Brakes are still dragging

Alright guys I’ve just dumped $365.00 into new pads rotors and calipers to fix my dragging front brakes. They still aren’t fixed. New rotor on the passenger side has turned completely blue from being so hot. I don’t know what else to do here. It’s an ‘07 with 296k miles. It’s my daily and I need to find out something fast to get this fixed.

 

front calipers replace both

 

I always replace the calipers when I do brakes with high miles. Disk brake calipers only retract the pads from the disk with the stretch in the rubber seal around the pistons. When that seals gets hard, it won't stretch and won't retract. You could rebuild your calipers, but new ones aren't too bad cost wise. Camelback offers discounts here if you go through Gunny. Do this soon before you ruin your new disk!

 

I just replaced calipers too. I don’t know. Maybe water in the lines? It hasn’t been changed from factory and it’s almost 11 years old. I read on here somewhere that water in the system would cause them to not retract.

 

What kind of calipers did you use? If you got some piece of shit cardone caliper then there is your problem

 

where did you get the calipers from? if they are hanging up they aren't operating correctly get ur money back or a replacement that works

 

this, go to the Toyota dealer see if they have reman'd calipers or bite the bullet and get new OEM

 

Napa total eclipse caliper would be my go-to caliper choice. They are good looking and I have yet to have one fail on me or any of my customers cars. Plus they have a really good warranty.

 

11 YEARS OLD!!!! it must be black as the ace of spades, that could be an issue

 

A proper brake flush with a pressure bleeder would be ideal for a vehicle of this age.

 

Kind of on a college kid budget here. OEM kinda isn’t in my price range. I would love new OEM parts but I quite frankly can not afford it.

 

True, the Tacomas are also notoriously hard to bleed to get all the air out of the system a proper pressure flush with a machine is in order,had mine flushed at the dealership for $128 but was worth it no more soft pedal after trying to bleed them 6+ times using the pump pedal hold method

 

OEM reman'd or NAPA pick ur poisin, those Advance/Vato ZONE remans don't hold up,

 

So if I'm understanding correctly, your right front caliper was dragging before, you replaced both calipers and the same one is still dragging? I'd not necessarily condemn the new parts right off the bat, thoroughly inspect your brake lines/hoses for kinks or damage. And definitely have a complete brake fluid exchange done with a pressure bleeder.

 

Might be the calipers, might not be...Next time you drive it and the right front starts grabbing, stop the truck (at home preferably) and crack the bleeder screw at the caliper.
If pressurized fluid comes out, suspect an ABS module failing or a internally collapsed rubber brake hose, if NO or very little fluid comes out, you have a mechanical issue with the caliper.
In any event a good flush as recommended above would prudent as well (as part of or after the repairs).

 

I seem to remember someone having brake issues due to a worn out wheel hub bearing...

Just thinking out loud here.

 

I would lean toward an internally collapsed brake hose. They can break down inside and still look perfectly fine on the outside. If hoses were pinched off for caliper change that could easily aggravate an already iffy hose. Good quality replacement hoses are pretty inexpensive, too. 11 years old and 300K miles with original fluid alone would make them suspect in my mind. Checks for fluid flow, etc are a good move and a full flush with fresh fluid when all is done would certainly be a good idea.

 

No play in the bearings. Checked those as well. I used to daily a 2000 F150 and the wheel bearing failed and I lost all front brakes

 

may or may not help but i bought my 2nd gen used in Jan with fresh pads and rotors. noticed my drivers dragged like a bad wheel bearing after further inspection they had 3 Shims behind each pad causing the brakes to drag .

i removed one of the shims and used the two oem ones ( one slotted cf looking one and one solid metal one) fixed my brake drag problem but killed my wheel bearing before that -_-...( passenger side didn't drag but it also had 6 shims total.. removed the shims and braking was night and day difference not to mention my truck actually coasted pretty far now LOL.

summary make sure there is only two shims per a pad per a side.pads should easily slid in and out of their channel without much effort. grease your pins. im crossing my fingers you just have too many shims

 

I've had to take shims out to get pad clearance sometimes.

Crack the line at the master cylinder and see if the wheel spins freely