What parts do I need for the brakes on a '98 3.4l 4x4 limited?

I'm doing the brakes, both front and back, on my Tacoma. I've never done brakes on any vehicle before, but my girlfriend's father has volunteered to help me (he drag races and I would think has all tools necessary). I'm wondering what parts and/or specific for Tacoma tools I will need to get the job done. I know front is disk and rear are drum, but that's about it. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

 

I did akebono pads for front
With brembo rotors

 

What symptoms are prompting you to do a brake job?

Replace, or rebuild, anything that is leaking (MC, caliper, rear cylinder, proportioning valve, etc ).
At the very least, pads and shoes would be the minimum to do.

Fronts are easy, rears are not so easy. Hopefully, the GF's father has successfully replaced rear shoes before.

Watch a few youtube how-to videos before you start.

I recommend all OEM parts (Brembo makes pretty good rotors, though). Pricey, but the best quality. Brakes are kinda important.

 

I guess it is the younger people that find drum brakes so scary .

I don`t think they are all that difficult

In my misguided youth Drum brakes on the front were common only the very expensive vehicles saw disc brakes

Be nice to know just how many miles .

Front Rotors /Pads and new hardware Hoses maybe calipers

Rears Drums/ Shoes Adjusters /hardware kit Wheel cylinders ??

Any parts that might be needed to bring the Parking brake up to working condition

Enough brake fluid to bleed the system

It all comes down to the mileage on the vehicle

 

One thing to memba or to let your father in law know is that there is a bleeder on the lspv. Just make sure he knows it's there.

 

Also, I echo the statement to use the Akebono pads(Amazon.com)and Brembo rotors. These are very good brands that Toyota actually uses in their factory when building these trucks. Hard to find anything comparable to this quality at this price point. Stay away from aftermarket, unless you go balls to the wall(high end) aftermarket.

 

That never ends well !!

Maybe a manual brake valve and the lines and fittings to install it

 

Lol, yeah you rust belt folk prolly deal with rusty bleeders, eh?

 

Maybe he can get away with not messing with the lspv, as long as the brakes feel good. If he's bleeding for new fluid though, will likely have to bleed the lspv, right?

 

You shouldn't need to bleed the LSPV, unless you replace the master cylinder or the LSPV itself. Just be sure not to let the MC run dry while bleeding the calipers and wheel cylinders.

 

Oh, I thought he was doing a flush. Yeah, if you're not doing a flush, don't need to bleed.

Edit: unless I'm missing something. If flushing the fluid due to age, not replacing calipers or opening any brake lines, would you still need to bleed the lspv to get new fluid there?

 

Edit 2: I'm retarded. Not sure what I was thinking. Of course the new fluid goes through the lspv while bleeding the rears.

 

My rear brakes are just due to be replaced, they've got about 5% wear left, and the front's have a bit more, but I figured I might as well do both if I'm gonna do them. As far as I know there is no other issues with the brake system.

 

Sounds like they are overdue.
I recommend doing one end first, make sure everything is good, then doing the other end.

When doing the rear (shoes only), then you won't need to bleed them, unless you also replace the cylinders.

 

All I know is after the first attempt years ago I never even try and bleed them

 

Okay, so per your recommendation I'll just be doing the rear brakes at first, the front ones can last a bit longer. What all would I need to do the rear brakes? Thank you again for all of your help.
Also, the truck has 277k on it, I've had it for 15k, but before I had it I cannot vouch for the upkeep. I recently had my mechanic take a look over the whole thing and he only mentioned the brakes as a major issue. Before that it hadn't had a full lookoevr in about 1.5 years, but it got well taken care of then.