So ever since i bought my 4runner I noticed my breaking is not the greatest, i could step on the brake pedal as hard as i could and the truck with not lock the tires, it would just slowly come to a stop. I thought this was normal and since my previous car was a 67 mustang with all 4 drum brakes it was a big improvement any ways.

During my last trip to Baja Mexico, my rotors got warped. So i decided to do a Tundra brake swap, to prevent the warping from happening and also to finally get better braking power.

Finally yesterday i swapped the brakes, bleed them and went out for a test drive.

The good news is that the terrible vibration every time I come to a stop is not there any more.

The bad news is that the braking still sucks! as a matter of fact i cannot tell the difference from the smaller 4runner brakes. It dosent matter how hard I try i cannot make the tires lock or even get the ABS activated.


Yesterday i had the chance to drive someones 4runner similar year to mine (1999) and even with the factory brakes it was like 100% better.

So my question is, is there any way to adjust the sensibility of the brakes? or is something else broken and i need to replace?


Brake fluid level is to the Max Line, new calippers, pads and rotors and system bleed.

Thanks for the help!

Are your rear brakes adjusted properly? When your rear brakes are out of adjustment, you can get a low pedal/crappy stopping feeling. How are the brake hoses? Cracked, split? Did you buy new calipers or used? If used, how easily did the pistons push back?

Thanks i would have to check the rears, calippers are new. Hoses look perfect to me.

Thanks

Did you properly bed in the new rotors?