Time to replace rotors

Hello all,

I have 130,000 on the truck and it's time to replace the rotors and pads up front. I've done this on other vehicles in the past with no problem but on our trucks I've noticed a hard line going from the caliper to a flex line. Do i have to remove the hard line from the caliper thus draining the fluid or is there a way to keep it intact. Thanks a lot

 

welcome

no you just un bolt the caliper from the hub (2 bolts on the back) and swing it out of the way. I have never seen an easier vehicle to do a brake job on than a tacoma.

 

but won't the hard line bend

 

no because the rubber line will be able to bend.

 

there's a bracket where the 2 lines meet, I assume you just have to loosen the bracket...why didn't they just make everything out of rubber, it's just gonna flex anyway. You're right though, they're easy to work on

 

oh you have a 2nd gen. lol oops

Yeah I would assume you just undo the bracket, you should never have to release fluid doing brake pads.