Rear brake drum replacement

my rear brakes on my 08 have reached the end of their life. I was shopping around for OEM replacements for the springs, shoes and drums and it comes up with a 100 options. What have y'all used? I'm looking for a OEM type replacement kit. Any advice? Not interested in duralast or cheap shit. Seems difficult to buy OEM parts.

 

Since about all Brake Drums are made in China .

I just buy mine from Napa as well as using there Ultra Premium line of Brake hardware

Price is reasonable and they deliver

 

Any toyota dealer will take care of you. Pricey but worth it.

 

Yes I know that was an option. They wanted $240 for the parts. I thought they may have a mark up at the dealership and there would be a cheaper way to buy said parts but maybe not. I went in looking for a serpentine belt, spark plugs and crush washers for the diff's and t case. They robbed me for $165. Ive never bought a $100 belt before but I want OEM. Thanks for the help!

 

If you want OEM, you'll have to pony up the $$.

Last summer I went Centric on all 4 corners from Rock Auto for $57 including shipping. Don't know how long they will last though...I had 130K miles on the OEM's and they still had some life left.

 

Don't buy cheap ones. Every set of cheap brake shoes I have bought have either separated or cracked. NAPA sells some good ones. There is always OEM too $$$.

 

I'd be willing to bet if its the first time you're doing them, your factory drums have enough meat on them to be machined. Instead of buying new ones find a shop that will just resurface them for you and you'll save a lot. In my experience, most aftermarket drums come out of the box out of round or warped and will cause a brake pulsation so you might need to machine them anyway. Then you can spend that extra cash on the good OE dealer shoes.

 

If you have not done your brake job yet then I think the best prices for OEM parts can be found here. You will need the OEM part numbers.

https://www.oempartworld.com/brake-drums

 

Toyota of Dallas has reasonable prices on oem, my local dealer has price matched them for me in the past.

 

Bumping this thread up. Going to service my drums soon, and curious if there's an all inclusive package with everything needed, and good parts. I found one on Rockauto made by CENTRIC but I have no idea if they're any good. Also on the parts list it appears to service both sides, yet there's only one replacement pad in there.

http://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=5910948&cc=1431544&jsn=402&jsn=402&jsn=402

 

Did you end up going centric?

I’m between them an OEM....

 

I still have never opened my rear drums........but if I ever do I’ll likely go oem since it’s lasted this long.

 

Thats where i’m at.

 

If your original drums are not worn badly I would reuse as is or re-machine and reuse. A good repair shop or NAPA can measure the wear and turn your drums to a like new surface if still within size limits. I think they charge less than $20.00 per drum to machine? I would then use OEM shoes from Toyota. We just went through this last night on a 2102 Jetta front brake pads. Somebody installed aftermarket pads that rattled over bumps so badly it sounded like the front end was falling out. We got new pads from Advance, wrong ones. Went to VW dealer with vin number and got the correct pads. Pad fit and finish... totally superior. Fit perfectly, not a rattle at all. Nobody can complain about the rear brake life on these trucks. I'd spend the extra money to duplicate those results.

 

buy oem, they cost more but they will last. I have bought crap aftermarket, and with drums they warp when heated. I am still having issues with them. even used oem works better then aftermarket