rear brakes

I've decided to replace the rear drum brakes on the old girl. Anyone got any recommendations on things to improve or upgrade while I'm at it? Or known issues to watch out for while replacing rear drum setup. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I was picking up a bunch of passengers in the rain last night put the parking brake on to load everything up and then drove off. I went about three city blocks (less than 1/2 mile, maybe 25mph max) before I realized. A couple stop signs and a hill but didn't even notice until I saw the...

Hello mudders. I have very specific brake issue on my 62. I ran into the back of an F250 yesterday with my wife in the car. Fortunately it was fairly slow, 15mph roughly at impact, down from maybe 40mph. We are fine, but im embarrassed. I have an ARB bumper that destroyed the trucks rear...

Howdy, Two weeks ago JUST as I got home after a short drive in the cruiser ('90 62) I lost my brakes. This past weekend I started tearing open the rear drums which I do not think had been looked at in 3 years or maybe more. I managed to get the drums off (took some serious encouragement from...

I’m replacing my rear brake pads because one of my lower slide pins wasn’t moving freely enough, resulting in excessive outer pad wear. I bought new pins but the ones with the bushing still do not want to slide very well. I should mention that I cleaned the inside of the hole very thoroughly...

hey everyone- I am in the process of replacing the rear brake pads on my rig and behold, the piston cut through the pad and dug into the rotor. It is not a pretty site. I do need to find a replacement rotor fast and would like to grab one at a local auto parts store. I am having a hard time...

Well I just spent a LONG time doing my first front axle job on my 1983 FJ60. I want to do a rear brake job as well. Not only is it long overdue on this truck, but when I bled the brake system for the front axle job the passenger side rear would not rotate with the e-brake off/on (not matter...

Well, I went to replace my rear brake pads and rotors last night. I've got problems with noise and I think some friction when not pushing the pedal. The noise is a cyclical sound that picks up after about 5mph. It sounds like "shick shick shick shick", and speeds up/down with the vehicle speed...

The brakes on my 80 have always been lacking in stopping power and I wondered if maybe the proportioning valve was to blame. I am in the middle of replacing the rear axle seals on my 80 and also replacing the rear brake pads which requires the caliper cylinder to be pressed back in (i'm using a...

Seem to have a seized rear brake adjuster on the 70'. Might as well replace both sides. Anyone know where I can pick these up at a reasonable cost within N.America? RH 47061-60011 LH 47062-60011 The Toyota dealer want $71.60 per side :-( thanks.