Need rear drums.

Are these any good? Anyone have any experience with them?

They were on Amazon, and I can get them quickly.

 

For the money and your needs of the truck I would buy it and use em. Drum brakes are drum brakes and while they are drum brakes its the front that does most of the braking.

 

For brakes, I usually like to stick with OEM. Less likely to squeak and make an excessive amount of dust.

 

I think you’ll be just fine with those.
I like to get the Self Adjusters when doing them. That way it all goes back together “smoother”.
You don’t have to get them. Just be sure to clean and lube yours good.

 

just did mine a week ago with that acdelco spring kit. Worked well.

 

I'm sure that kit would be fine, like others have said. I'm a RockAuto fan for most replacement parts that are not Toyota specific.
You might check them as well.

 

I have been using Napa Ultra Premium brake products if not Toyota.

The Napa and Toyota drivers deliver to my door Common Carriers I need to Hunt for the Deliveries.

 

Thanks all. Ended up ordering all ac delco stuff. Other stuff wasn’t going to ship as quickly as I thought.
The adjusters that Tnshooter suggested were 1-3 months out!

Anymore in this economy, I recommend not putting off anything critical.

or you might be waiting a long time.

 

Meh, just did mine a few weekends ago using OEM drums and NAPA premium shoes w/spring kit. I still think the drums need turning, despite coming out of genuine toyota/lexus boxes, purchased from a dealership. Didn't purchase new self-adjusters, but did clean and grease everything for reinstall. They work fine...but I still think the drums could use turning. Just FWIW on the "OEM Only" school of thought.

 

I'm going to be doing my rear drums this weekend. Anyone know the size and thread pitch to use for the bolt to pop the old drum off? There's those threaded holes you can put a bolt in to force a rusty drum off. I did it once a while back just to check the shoe on one side for wear. I'd like to have the right bolt handy.

 

Here's what I bought from RockAuto when I did mine. I reused my drums the runout was good. But local places will turn them for $15. So for $65 you could have an entirely new rear drums about half the price of the kit you bought. Of course if the drums themselves are beyond turning, then you're stuck buying new ones.

 

I believe it is m8x1.25
I think that’s what I used when I took mine of. (I found that info on here - TW)
Tighten them up a little bit and smack the drum with a BFH.
I wouldn’t advise using the bolts alone to pull the drum off. They might break.
I’d look good bolts, don’t go cheap if you can help it.

Here is where I “messed up”
Remember to back the adjusters off, other wise you might be fighting the old pad itself.
As the drum wears, there is a lip created by the pads. Since the shoes have self adjusters, they will “adjust” the shoes up passed the groove.

I figured this out after I got the drum loose, but the drum still not would come off.
Backed the adjusters off and it finally came off.

I’ve heard you can use the bolts from the skid plate also. But I can not confirm this.

 

You may want to soak some aerokroil around where the drum and axle meet. I’ve found aerokroil works wonders on loosening rusty parts.

 

I believe you can take them off the truck they are readily available. M8x1.25. If you want to prevent seizing I’d install the gasket back on the axle flange prior to installing the drum

 

There's a gasket? I've never seen that before. There wasn't any kind of gasket when I popped one off a few miles back. I always just use silver anti-seize.

 

Anti-seize works just as well, but I was already ordering parts so I picked these up from the dealership for $1 a pop. Less messy than anti-seize if you have to remove later on to make any adjustments and it won't attract any dirt. Toyota P/N 42444-35050

 

Like other things the first time the brake drum gets removed it is gone .

I have to wonder if dealer techs bother to replace them if it means waiting another day to complete the job/.

I have never seen a gasket on any drum brakes over the years

 

My guess is they don't bother to replace them, but then again I never let the dealer touch my truck haha. I didn't see the gasket the first time around for my drum maintenance either FWIW. Time will tell what it looks like next time I dive into the rear brakes which hopefully isn't for a while.

 

Well, replaced the rear brakes with the

$229 Power Stop KOE15389DK Power Stop Brake Kit For 2005-2022 Toyota Tacoma - Autospecialty Rear Replacement Brake Kit - 6 Lug OE Brake Drums & Brake Shoes, KOE15389DK

Power Stop KOE15389DK kit from Summit. Paid $150 and change. Nice to have everything you need in one box.

I can confirm there were gaskets on the OEM drums. They were fused to the drum with no way to remove them in one piece. I just used silver anti-sieze on the new ones.

And thanks on the bolts. They are 8mm x 1.25 thread pitch. Got two at the hardware store and they popped the old drums off with ease.

I'll try to take pics of measurements next weekend, but at 173k my drums and shoes probably didn't need changing. There is no groove in the drum surface and the shoes are probably still 3mm or more.

 

TRQ is the house brand for 1A Auto. If you order them through Amazon, make sure there isn't any additional markup to account for Amazon's fees - or just order from 1A Auto's site directly. I've used a few things 1A Auto because most of my stuff is older daily drivers. The most recent was TRQ front bearing/hubs for my 2007 Rainier, and rear bearing for my 2013 5 lug Taco. Both have been fine (so far).

I did the brakes/drums on the Taco @ the same time since I was getting in there, but I used Centric - mostly because it's what I've been using with success for a few years now, and learned about them from a shop owner who told me about them and said (at the time) that they had the least amount of issues (comebacks) with Centric stuff. Note, Centric has a "cheap" line - not those.