Drum brakes squealing

Sad, isn't it?

I mean, if it were a base or mid trim, I get it. But on a Limited?!

 

I just find it weird that they put disks all around on the tundra for years but give the tacomas the shit end of the stick.

 

Don't spend much time in these parts do you?

 

Trust me, that's not the only thing Toyota shorted the Tacoma on....

 

Didn't you folks know this before purchasing?

 

im just saying on a new truck its funny. really don't care to have drums they don't do shit anyways and require barely any maintenance but cmon get with the times.

 

I think youre missing the point to this thread. Yes I know that, but I also had a corolla with rear drums that I drove for 80k miles before selling it, and not once did they squeal. That car was $18k.

A $37k truck of the same brand should NOT squeal either. While I hate drums (yet I still accepted it because of the reputation of Tacoma), I cannot accept having to "clean the brakes" every 10k miles to keep them quiet.

 

I have just under 12k - no squeaks. I know of a 45k+ audi q5 where the new rear discs squeaked, shit happens and the dealer corrected it. My Civic when traded it in 112k - drums - no squeaks drove that baby across country twice. I do not see a problem with drums and if I hated them on a 32k truck, I would not have spent my money on this vehicle.

 

I heard they may go with four wheel drums in the 2018 turd gens

 

Mine have the same squeal. I don't really care enough to address right away, but tire rotation is due this weekend, so I'll probably check for the glazing on those rusty ass drums.

 

Thankfully it wasn't too much fuss to open the drums, so a quick 20 min on each side to drown them in cleaner then blast air should take care of it. I just do not want to continually do this because I do feel it will get harder to put back together as it ages.

 

I'm going to rough it up a bit with some 120 grit while I'm in there.

 

this is the grease my toyota tech uses for brake jobs

 

Finally addressed it this weekend. Used a crosshatch sanding pattern with some rough sanding pads and repainted the rusty drums. All is good at 15k mileage.

 

Where do you apply that exactly?

 

in and around the affected area

 

You mean to tell me you put lubricant on the brake shoe and drum braking surfaces? Tell me you're not serious please.

 

Where the shoes contact that backing plate and the wheel cylinder/ adjuster actuates the shoes. That lube may or may not be thick enough to stay put for drums since it's in aerosol form. But you're not supposed to use much anyways.

 

It was my understanding the sound is coming from vibrations caused by the braking surface itself. Is that not the case?