1988 rear brake

Very few people ever touch their drum brakes.

 

Well finished the drivers side. Jumped on the passenger side and when removing the brake line from caliper it broke. It seems all the parts store carry brakes hose instead of metal brake line. Any idea where to look for an actual metal? I can probably take it with me and find one close at the parts store.

 

I have replaced the pads on front, all brake hardware on the back and bled the system of air. I still have to pump my brakes to stop. I have adjusted the rear brakes to a slight drag on drums. Is there a list of steps i can do to isolate my problem. How do I know if my MC is bad? Thanks for the help.

 

Parts stores will carry pre flared lines and you just bent to shape.

 

I mean.. kinda a silly question- how did you bleed the brakes, and did you include the LSVP (if that year has one?). I say that cause I never had great success with the 'ol fashioned way of pumping the brakes while opening and closing the bleeders. I finally got a power bleeder and it made a noticeable difference in the feel of the brakes. Plus you easily move a ton of fluid and really flush the system out every few years. Well worth the investment for a motiv bleeder and one of the cheaper toyota adaptors on Amazon.

 

I got a bottle and drilled a hole in the lid and feed the line thru it. I then added brake fluid and atarted on passenger back and went all the way around. I did not bleed the LSVP thinking by blleding all the brakes it had to go through it. Ok silly question but does the LSVP have a bleed valve? If not how do you bleed it? Thanks

 

No need to get brake grease specifically, just get a good high temp grease, and apply it wherever the shoes contact the plate. Yes it will help, and use the same grease on the pins on the front brakes if you do those as well. As far as brake parts go, I've never went OEM on these older toyotas (1st and 2nd pickups and 4runners) I do however stay away from O'Reilly's calipers though, they are almost always junk (sticking calipers right out of the box). I usually order reybestos brand stuff and have always had good results, at a very good price. I've built a handful of crawlers, and also kept some as stock as possible and just kind of "rebuilt" them. Great rigs! Good luck on this one it looks nice.

 

Quick question. Do i have a equalizer valve and a proportion valve on this truck or just a proportion valve? I know the proportion valve is on the rear passenger frame. Tha ks Ricky