Those with rotors in the back, how good are your parking brakes?

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Those with parking shoes inside the rotors, how well do they stop your car?

I never had my lx450 with working parking brakes before. I recently bought new hardware to fix it but i'm not impressed with its stopping performance. I can't lock the e-brakes. Should I be able to? My fj60 works way better but i figure it is because it has a full drum.

I was "bedding" it as per fsm and it is better. Should i keep doing it till i can lock my tires while moving?
 
Lol you aren't going to be pulling J turns with it. If the brake can hold the vehicle pointed downhill in low range and first gear then it's good enough. The shoes are meant to hold a static load - arguably they should never be used to stop a moving vehicle...
 
Cruiser Ed said:
Those with parking shoes inside the rotors, how well do they stop your car?

I never had my lx450 with working parking brakes before. I recently bought new hardware to fix it but i'm not impressed with its stopping performance. I can't lock the e-brakes. Should I be able to? My fj60 works way better but i figure it is because it has a full drum.

I was "bedding" it as per fsm and it is better. Should i keep doing it till i can lock my tires while moving?
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Keep in mind that with AWD and a viscous coupler you will have more force than just the traction of the rear tires to break by yanking on the ebrake.

And, what everyone else said. It is there to hold the truck still.. not pull some fast & furious stuff.
 
They should bring anything to a stop. I used to Safety Test trucks and -it's been years-think it had to pull 20% of the service brakes. Emergency brake in non-hydraulic actuated way to stop if all hydraulic fails. On a 4wd by stopping 1 axle youre stopping the other too.
 
I've only "needed" mine to pass inspection at CM. Otherwise, I've never used them.
 
I've stopped my 80 many times (including locking the rear wheels) using just the emergency brakes. It doesn't stop the truck as fast as the hydraulic system but properly adjusted it will stop the vehicle. IME it helps to put the transmission into neutral at some point (after first using the compression braking effect of the engine) before you come to a complete stop to remove the last bit of torque from the engine. FWIW.
 
I had a bunch of cars with rear break pads/rotors. Never had a problem with the way the breaks function.
If yours don't hold well, maybe you need to swap in a new set.
Pull the e-break, put it in D and give it some gas, it should struggle a lot going forward.
 
I would not expect the e-brake to lock my tires while moving of course, but it should stop the vehicle while moving. That seems to me to be much important potentially than just the parking function. (One reason why I hate the damn left foot parking brake on the Prius.)

And, you likely know this already, but at a formal off-roading event it is likely they will check to make sure the e-brake works properly before they'll let you join the fun. A good idea IMO.
 
Mine will hold if the 80 is static, but no more. Glorified hill holder.

Any previous vehicle has had a better e-brake, one worthy of use to stop the vehicle.
 
Just tried what @scottryana said. Flat road, parking brake all the way up, in drive. No problem, brake holds. Give it gas, holds till 1200rpm then the rear brake sounds really angry and the truck pushes past the brake's holding power. I didn't like the noise. May need to do some inspecting.
 
I've had mine pop the spring off. Luckily I was pulling the handle when it broke. I do not trust it at all now that I have a manual. If I am not on flat ground the truck gets turned off and left in gear. No more leaving in neural with break on to step out of truck anymore.
 
@scottryana I hate to disagree with you after seeing so many of your posts, but as a Texas state inspector that is not the official test. do you really think any parking brake would hold 2000-2500 RPMs on the newest generation of diesels with 800 ft/lbs of torque stock? I had someone try to tell me that with my 64 Falcon while I was between shops. Parking brake is not required to be upgraded to match the 347 stroker and loose converter.

The parking brake should hold from a stop with reasonable load applied. In other words it has to horrible to not pass.

PS: They are brakes, not BREAKS.
 
And before anyone asks me about doing a TSI on their vehicle, Land Cruisers stand out and get questioned heavily at a VW dealership. To be productive for the OP, the parking brake doesn't do more than meeting a minimum legal requirement in a FZJ80.
 
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