I was talking to my friend the other day about the brakes on the 60 and some options and configurations I had read about on this forum regarding rear disk setup. One of the classic issues is the parking brake setup. The question came up...Has anyone adapted one of the disk brake calipers that has electric parking brakes. Some of the newer Toyota cars that have rear disk brakes ...the parking break is electric. I'm not sure of the exact design but the caliper has hydraulic setup for service brakes and then it uses some type of electric motor or servo to actuate the parking brake (the actual parking brake appears to be the same service brake). Not sure the caliper is large enough or appropriate for the weight of the FJ60 but on face value it appears to be a great idea. Parking brakes lock with just an electric switch. I was looking for a picture but could not find one at the time of this posting.
In summary some of the newer Toyota cars with disk brakes have electric parking brakes that are part of the rear disk caliper. Wonder if there is a caliper that would be appropriate for the FJ60 that has the electronic parking brake feature? If so this could be a value added solution to the rear disk brake modification.
Others considered this or maybe more of the Toyota line going to electronic rear disk parking brake....?
Don't know if this is a viable option or not, maybe more complexity to the electronic parking brake that would be problematic or too much $$ invovled, anyway, it might be worthy of looking at if you could simply have an on-off electronic swith to control the parking brake and not some ECM or control module.
In summary some of the newer Toyota cars with disk brakes have electric parking brakes that are part of the rear disk caliper. Wonder if there is a caliper that would be appropriate for the FJ60 that has the electronic parking brake feature? If so this could be a value added solution to the rear disk brake modification.
Others considered this or maybe more of the Toyota line going to electronic rear disk parking brake....?
Don't know if this is a viable option or not, maybe more complexity to the electronic parking brake that would be problematic or too much $$ invovled, anyway, it might be worthy of looking at if you could simply have an on-off electronic swith to control the parking brake and not some ECM or control module.
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