New England B.S. Thread

Went to the spot this morning to prep for the next wave of work. Huge ass tree blown directly across the very top of the driveway. Of course it was literally dripping wet green too, so heavy as balls. The pile is just what I had to cut to sneak in with the truck, I'll get the rest later.



So I had to do that before I even picked up the pick and shovel. It's like noon and I'm gassed

 

Well, disappointed but not surprised. The 3rd member ended up having 43 ring gear teeth and 11 pinion gear teeth. ....3.91s.
Emailed ECGS to see if they would purchase it as a core.

 

Happy B-day @emelianenkov

 

Stupid question..in general, how long should the rear drum brakes last on our vehicles mileage wise?

 

When I was still working full time and had to go out to clear the driveway so I could get to work I'd call this "Doing a day's work just so I could go do a day's work."

 

As the lawyer's would say, "It depends." Mostly on how much cargo you carry and how often. In 231,000 mile in my old Tundra, I think I did rear drums once, while it was probably 4 sets of pads and rotors up front. I'm due for my second brake job in a couple of thousand miles on my Tacoma, but they only mentioned the front brakes, so I expect I'll get similar results with that Taco.

OTOH, if it's used to carry a lot of stuff often, the rear brakes will wear faster.

How's that for a definitive answer?

 

My last taco went 228k and only replaced them when the rear wheel axle seal leaked. At 170k on this one and will be having @tacobell007 tending to them in the next few months.

 

Happy birthday @emelianenkov !!!

 

I replaced mine for the first time around 150K

 

I'm at 121k and had previously bought the parts but still haven't needed to. 3rd set of fronts.

 

It's all relative but you should be able to get around 200k or more from a set unless the wheel cylinder or axle seal start leaking/seeping or you warp drums in a cold river crossing (ask me how I know)

 

I could have gone 200k+ miles my original shoes, but I replaced them years ago (at 100k miles), and after 80k miles, those shoes started squeaking badly, so I replaced them again, and now those shoes seem to be holding up well. My cousin's 2004 Tacoma has 230k+ miles on it, and those shoes have never been replaced, and they still have more than half life left!

Happy Birthday Alex @emelianenkov!

 

Replaced mine at 160k, but only because my wheel cylinder left the chat and I pissed all my fluid out lol

 

I checked mine probably 20k ago. They start at 5mm of pad life and mine were at 3.5mm at 150k. Don’t plan on doing anything until an axle seal or wheel cyclinder goes. Min spec was less than 1 if I remember correctly

 

Happy Birthday Alex @emelianenkov

 

Oh no!

 

Big 'ol box of spam

 

If you send me the money, with fees of course, I will take care of it. It will be like it never happened until next time you get the spam, I mean unpaid toll message.

 

Thanks all. Mine's about 148K, pedal seems to go down a little further nowadays. I can put my toes of my other foot under the pedal barely from the side. Top of my skull I'm on 4th or 5th set of fronts..might be that time I suppose?

 

Flashing lights on my street on the way home today. Cop blocking one lane of traffic. Tree fell blocking the road but most was on one side so that was good. A detour would've added 20 minutes to my 7 minute commute.