Brake self adjuster

So I went to change my drums on my 2009 trd offroad and found bent brake self adjusters on both sides. Any idea how this happened? Just a FYI I just bought the truck last year.

 

Not a clue.....and I've done a few drum brake jobs in my day. I've never seen one bent like that, let alone both sides.

 

Prior owner must have stuck a screwdriver in side slot and pryed on adjuster in an hastily attempt to adjust the shoes.

 

PO might have ripped off drum while adjuster was tight

 

Yeah that’s about the only answer I can think of. Well thanks for the help

 

So how did the brakes feel with that issue ?

 

Well that's certainly something you don't see every day!

Thanks for a 'refreshing' post

It breaks the boredom of threads on level lifts, tire fitment, LED headlights and what oil to use.

 

Ya that about the only time I've seen that, but never that bad. Its usually they dont screw all the way in nice and easy after cleaning them up. But that one is ready for the scrap pile.

 

Get a new one. I honestly have no idea WHY you would jank that up like that....

 

That is a first for me too. Chalk that up to operator error.

 

The brakes felt a little squishy and to be honest I really felt nothing in the back. the E break didn’t work that’s kind of my first clue somethings wrong. the worst part about all of it is i just had it serviced at the Toyota dealership the day before and they claim the brakes are good.

 

If it were me I would take this down to the service manager and show it to him and ask him if that is good? At least to make him aware that they are fudging on the brake checks.

 

Oh yeah. They have a friendly phone call come they’re way.

 

Are they Driver/Passenger side specific and possibly the driver's side was installed on the passenger's side and vice versa so they were turning the wrong way and had no where to go so they bent?

 

You know I’m not sure. I’ll have to look into that

 

What tires will fit my......

 

Hmmmm. I've done my rear brakes 3 times since I've owned my truck every time at least one adjuster looked like that.

 

Every time you have done your brakes one adjuster was bent?

That is crazy. I've been doing brakes since I was 15 years old and have never seen any bent adjusters in my 63 years on this earth.

Something isn't right with the OP or your brakes.

 

And I'm older than @Jimmyh and started helping dear old dad with brakes about the same age. By the time I was 18, I had GTO #104 with 4 wheel drums. And got a lot more experience refreshing brakes.

But same here, never seen one bent. Plenty stuck, corroded, even the star wheel nubs damaged. But never bent like that.

Hope you can figure out the root cause. And tell us.

 

They are definitely going to be left and right. Left hand threads and right hand threads.