Are my rear brakes no good?

My truck has 113k miles on it. I just did the front brakes 3 months ago. One caliper ( wish I did both both , well, because) , and pads and rotors.

Over the last 2-3 weeks or so I’ve been hearing squeaking/squealing while backing. Intermittently. Been hearing a clunking type sound while slowing to a complete stop. Both forward and reverse . I purchased the truck at 26k miles and I can’t imagine that the rears were ever touched so I’m looking for a opinion. Thanks

 

Check your center support bearing for the drive shaft.

 

Noise from the rear? How's the parking brake?

Check/clean/ adjust the rear brakes and see if that helps

 

Hard to see from my house but I would follow b_r_o 's advise and do some preventive maintenance on the rear brakes. Throw a little lubrication on those rub points on the drum brake backing plates.

 

I'm gonna guess the clunking is coming from the slip joint on the driveshaft, behind the carrier bearing. Sadly it's buried under the bellows, requiring its removal to lubricate.

Not impossible, but not a 5 minute fix either.

 

Can you post a pic of that , please? Thanks

 

Are there any videos of how to do that?

 

Gotcha. What kind of lubricant? I got a few different kinds in my garage

 

Ok. I know it’s cold and asking for a pic sounds like a lousy favor. Can anybody from a warm clime post a pic of that as well? I’m gonna try and get it on my neighbors lift. I gotta do a tire swap out anyway, so it would be a good time to go through my options.


Thanks

 

I will, however, bring my grease gun in from my freezing garage and warm it up in front of fire and grease fittings alone driveshaft later

 

Couple suggestions.

Finish the brake work on the other side. Always replace in pairs. Reason, the front brakes operate in pairs, they both have the same amount of wear and the same amount of miles. This is also a good method to introduce "pulling" to the side when braking.

Check the Carrier Bearing and the U-joints. Although, at 113K, you may need to replace the CB and the U-joints. Not expensive, not difficult, just time consuming.

Double check your assembly work on the 1 brake you worked on.

Don't warm the grease gun by the fire. Just take it into the house the night before. Let it warm gradually...overnight.

 

Throw a tarp down and go have a look. You can't miss it. It is right behind the carrier bearing. Behind the middle ujoint.

Grease the u joints till grease comes out of the caps. Look for rust near the caps. Or, water coming out, like mine did, when greasing the ujoints.

As much as it sucks It is well worth replacing brakes as a set. The fronts, the rears. If one caliper or wheel cylinder is bad, chances are the other one isn't far behind behind.

Rear brake adjustment it critical to proper operation. If they're,"loose," the pedal has to travel further to achieve the desired effect.

In a nutshell, with everything back together, and the wheels off the ground, adjust the star wheel through the back plate until the tire locks up. Up. Then back the star wheel off 15 clicks.

 

When you say adjust the star wheel . Is it righty tighty and then loosen 15 clicks? I appreciate your advice

 

Never mind. I found this video….
https://www.google.com/search?q=how...gws-wiz-hp#kpvalbx=_9jTBYZf6NNSaptQPgs-miAQ12

 

Copied the whole page , sorry

 

Are they pads or drums?

 

Just get any brake parts lube at the parts store. Just do the points that the brake shoes contact the backing plate. And the star wheel threads with a good antiseize.

 

Drums

 

Get yourself two M8-1.25 bolts at least 30mm long to pull the rear drum off as they are threaded for them. First give the drums a few taps with a hammer then use the bolts. If the shoes are hanging the drums up as you use the bolts to pull (they push against the axle) and if they don't pop loose you have to back them off via the star adjuster. Shoes don't wear much on Tacomas and the parking brake adjustment is under the center console inside the cab (not underneath like many vehicles).