2006 Tacoma rear drums

If you don't make the initial adjustment after a rear brake job, then it's you that isn't doing the job properly. This isn't a judgement call. Improperly adjusted rear brakes causes weak brakes all around due to excessive slave cylinder movement.

More importantly it could also cause the slave cylinder pistons to come out of the cylinder and a loss of all brakes from fluid loss.

I never said that the adjuster is stuck directly after a brake job.

What I said was this:
" Sometimes they get stuck with dust and crud from driving off road, you will need to manually adjust them then also."

 

Hey Brooky. Something I've learned, not sure if it's been mentioned here. IF you decide that you need new drums, it's way better to get your original drums turned if you can, as opposed to replacing them with new 'cheap' replacements. It has to do with the quality of the steel.

 

You are hilarious!! Thank you for this one.

 

Tacoma rear drums DO NOT adjust by going in reverse and slamming on the brakes, even the ebrake. They self adjust by simply just using the ebrake when parking

 

You're not worth my time...............

 

Amazing how my dealership would say after my 5,000 mile servicing that my rear pads are "getting close" to replacing along with drums after 60,000 miles? When I finally started my own maintenance @ 75,000 miles I had to beat my rusted drums and use the metric bolt method to remove them since they were frozen/rusted. Guaranteed drums were never in removed in 6 years of dealership servicing! And a independent shop told me the same @ 70,000 mile service. Neither will ever touch my truck again.

Drums are great with no grooving or marks. Still @ 10.0 diameter (256mm or 10.07 is max dia.). Shoes still have lots of life left in them. When I did 95,000 mile service last week drums came off with little to no effort. Hate to be lied to.

 

Drum brakes really do last a long time. Mechanically speaking, there's just a lot of surface area there, so they don't wear that fast. Of course, there are always a few exceptions but this is about what mine looked like on my old T100 after about 125,000 miles. And I always use my parking brake if it's above 20 degrees, so I'm confident they've stayed adjusted. I should probably check my Tacoma some day. My front pads will need replaced in the next few months.

 

I completely rebuilt my rear end last summer due to 3rd member gasket seepage and mileage being 175k. Wheel bearings, wheel cylinders, axle seals, shoes, drums, 3rd member gasket, new brake hardware....everything except pinion seal - it wasn't leaking and can do that by undoing 4 bolts & dropping shaft. Anyway, back to topic here...shoes still had about 1/2 the thickness of new ones at this mileage but drums were worn too far to turn. Went back with everything oem and hope to get same mileage use from it. Only on 2nd set of oem disc pads up front and those have plenty left. Will go with new rotors next time pads need attention.

 

Thanks for all the advise!

 

X2 and I would not trust what I'm told with out checking it myself - I've found they are just trying to sell you something you don't need - not always but a lot of the time.

 

I won't debate this, but I only install new drums or rotors for a reason- they're warped or out of the thickness spec. So I generally replace pads and shoes and that's it. And I've never had an issue. If they aren't scored or warped, and in the thickness limit they get reused. Another justification for changing parts unnecessarily is that you work at a shop and want to run up the bill.

 

Hopefully I learned my lesson with that one. I went online as soon as I arrived home and ordered a new set of Toyota brake shoes because I wanted to have everything in hand before I started.

My state inspection is next month, so I'll probably pop off the drums on each side and re-grease the mating surfaces. I know the shoes are in great shape...lol