Recent content by SodiumFlouride

Since mine had three separate wear sensors on each set of pads, I just waited for the scraping noise to start, and then waited a few thousand miles to get some additional wear out of them! :) Without going into too much confusing detail, from my conversations with Toyota customer support, the...

I had first flushed out the old amber DOT 3 fluid with 20 ounces of new blue ATE DOT 4 SuperBlue hydraulic fluid. So to be on the safe side, I used a syringe to lower the level from Max down to Min, which was probably more than I had needed to do.

That tool may be the cats meow, but I'm not sure yet, because the package of that tool, at least the one I looked at on the shelf at O'Reilly's, says it's for use only when the calipers are off the vehicle. The problem with my piston spreader tool was that the pushplate still needs to be larger...

Thanks for that idea of lubricating the boots, which I will do when I replace them soon as they're now torn. Thanks for confirming a rebuild kit exists. I had looked on Camelback under BRAKES - BRAKE COMPONENTS - FRONT but then I looked again and found it under BRAKES - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM -...

Yet another important too is this set of two bolts to fit your brake drums.

Another indispensable set of tools which are used constantly is a good set of mics and calipers from one inch to at least 12 inches or more.

I just made this tool after watching the Timmy the Toolman video on changing out the drum brakes (and another video for removing the drums). The wire needs to be about five to eight inches long for good grip where the important part is that white section painted on (and scratched into) the wire...

Flushed out the old amber DOT 3 with 20 ounces of new blue DOT 4.

Continuing with the front brake pad job.

I wonder, aloud, whether the OP can do a quick ball and string diagnostic on the camber difference between the front wheels? I'm not saying it will work - but I'm asking if it would work? That is, would it work as a rough diagnostic of the difference between the two front wheels' camber if the...

Here are some pictures of repairs to the Toyota 4Runner SUV I work on weekends as a labor of love, just to have fun, do the job right, save money, and to enjoy learning more about the 4Runner mechanics.

Thanks for the writeup which, along with the nicely detailed Timmy the Toolman video, can be used by noobs like me to do both the non-Tundra fronts and original rears. Having just done all four wheels for the first time, I have a few noob questions that I would think others who are new to...

I've always been told that the only time you can't bring an alignment into spec is when something is "bent" or "worn" to the point that alignment isn't your worst problem anymore. My alignment guy checks for worn suspension parts, for example, and he checks that the four wheels are aligned to...

Depends on maintenance & weather, and whether you leave it in the discharged condition for longer periods of time, and whether you recharge a dead battery with the alternator (heats it up) or with a trickle charger (more gentle), and lots of other factors such as the space under the plates for...

I think, since the cat is after the combustion, that readings from the cat don't effect the incoming fuel to air ratio one bit. I could be wrong - but that's logical.