Rear drum brakes?

The Toyota Yaris also has rear drum brakes.
If it’s good enough for the Yaris, it’s good enough for the Tacoma.

You do see the Yaris off road a lot, slogging through gravel, mud and water like the Tacoma.

It’s unfortunate that the Land Cruiser and 4Runner have rear discs.
I’ve heard that they might be offering a four wheel drum option in the next couple of years so that they’ll have heavy duty big rig, bulldozer performance.

 

You can always do a rear disk conversion. I was never happy with the tacomas brakes till I changed to rear disks. I'm very happy with the balance, braking power, and feel.

 

People buy them

 

Fuck Toyota, POS truck...

 

I towed a similar sized trailer out on highway 22 this last summer out of Jackson hole which goes through he continental divide. It was scary as fuck and will never do it again on something like that. Half way down I was frying my brakes and had to pull over multiple times to let them cool down. Basically had to dial in my trailer brakes to make strength to help get down that thing. So you can say I stress tested the brakes to their max capacity. Everywhere else they where fine. Just crossing that continental divide with a windy twisty extremely steep two way road was way to much for them. Never again. I will be mapping out all routes going forward and paying attention to grades. Almost went in an traded it in for a Ram with extra jake brakes right after that. Given my taco a second chance though.

 

Sorry, no

 

At work our 36,800lb engines run drums front and rear, and we hardly ever have problems. We can send that thing into a skid if we slam the brakes hard enough. Air brakes obviously, but still there's plenty of power in drums. I trust the drums a bit more reliability wise on my truck than my front discs. The disc calipers have been known to seize from time to time.

 

Wonder if Mike said to never take a 4Runner, FJ, Tundra, Sequoia or Land Cruiser off road?

 

I would also like disc in rear to make it easier to maintain. How many times are you are we replacing rear brakes though?I had a Ford Escape that I never replaced the rear drums in 175,000 miles every time I went to do a brake job there was the same amount of material on the old pads as the new ones I was about to install. I guess it used 90% front brakes?

I came from a 2016 Ram crew cab 2500 w/6.4 hemi with rear disc. The brakes sucked on it. I now have a 2019 DCSB OR. My brakes will put you threw the wind shield.

 

Dunno where you are specing out a '21 already?

However word is they will have rear discs on the 2wd sport model, which are 3" lower than the rest. Needed with the v8 they come with. And scoop is to be functional.

Everyone else keeps drums, just like every bus, dump truck and semi you'll see on the street today. More friction surface than most rear discs.

And a new vehicle in '89 certainly doesn't make you old. Keeping it this long makes you rare though. Pictures required!

 

I knew two who bought them new. They were both in outlying areas with just one GM dealer close by. It usually wasn’t by choice. A college kid friend of the family did had one used too. It’s what they could afford. If you didn’t use them much and you just took car ownership a year at a time and needed a truck...I suppose.

The optional 4.3 was a solid bus and tow motor and worked well. That’s probably the only redeeming feature.

 

Exactly.
Besides, imo, like a larger truck, my Taco makes stopping a systemic approach. When you step on the brakes aggressively, it starts down shifting too. It does it more aggressively then any-other vehicle with an automatic that I’ve owned.

 

Wait, are you from the future?

 

Thought I read somewhere that the Tacomas specifically have rear drum breaks to satisfy the offroad ability. Something about them being more reliable in mud/sand?

 

@44-16 Taco

You ain’t gonna be seeing any serious shit when my Taco hits 88 MPH!

 

If I was towing a 5k trailer often this truck wouldn't even make the list.

 

They should put them in all four wheels then

 

Since you're in the planning stage and if that 5000 lb tow will be on a regular basis, I suggest you look for a truck with more towing capacity. Maybe a Tundra if you want to stick with Toyota. The updated Tundra is roomed for 2021. Sure the Tacoma is listed at 6500 lb tow capacity but if you talk with anyone who's done that I doubt you'll find many that say the Tacoma is a dream towing that much weight. It's a relatively light truck with a pretty wimpy engine that has very little low end torque.

 

Drums are more expensive than rotors but drums last longer and are less likely to warp. When going off road the drum does a better job of keeping mud, grit and rocks out of the braking system.