Brake Shoe Life??

How long did your factory brake shoes last you? I’m just shy of 60k miles and they need to be replaced. I checked them the other day and the friction material is paper thin. Way thinner than I expected for the mileage. Just curious when you all had to change yours

 

70k and same for front pads. It varies depending on city or highway and normal vs aggressive driving.

 

Shoes, as in rears??

I never changed them on my 2nd gen and they looked great at 150K when I traded it. Just did the fronts on the 3rd gen at 80K with some life left, and the rears still look brand new.
Something's wrong if you need rear shoes already.
Are you towing without trailer brakes? E brake not adjusted correctly? Just a bad-assed braker??

G.

 

Shoes or pads?

I’m still running the OEM shoes on my 2007 with 134k on them


Pretty sure the 2nd and 3rd Gen share the same shoes?

 

Seems like a general lifetime of between 50-80k for most. There will be some variation as @hiPSI mentioned, there will be those that claim that they get very extended life spans as @Garyji mentioned. I remember when I had my FJ that there were guys getting 150k+ on theirs and others getting the typical 60k.

When you replace them make sure to check both the tensioner for the shoes and the parking brake lever. It might be possible that they were adjusted poorly, but 60k is still a reasonable life span.

 

Auto or standard? I had 125K on my Ranger's brakes when I traded it in. Standard/front disk, drum rear.

 

I would think having an automatic vs. a manual transmission makes a difference, with the brake shoes on the manual lasting longer because they are not always being pulled on in slow traffic or at a light. I have always had a manual transmission and my rear brakes seem to last forever.

 

Automatic. Rear shoes. I didn’t measure them but they are almost paper thin (slight exaggeration). I don’t tow anything and don’t think I brake aggressively, but I got the truck at 28k so I can’t speak for the previous owner. The pads still look good, which makes me suspect about the shoes being so worn.

 

I went 3 years, 134,000klms (83k miles) with the TRD sport. I still had a good year left. No rotor vibration either. Truck was a manual and I used the gears for slowing down.

 

My 07' had 150k Km on it and the original rear shoes were still like new, it was an auto. Did the pads once at 30k because they were sticking on the sliders, and they were still fine at 150k as well. This was in 2018'.

 

Could be misadjusted e-brake that drags while driving, or a lot of hard launches in 2WD that causes the LSD function to operate. Brake shoes are cheap so whatever. You're supposed to pull the drums and clean/lubricate the brake parts every two years per the maintenance booklet anyway.