greasefingers
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Rotor resurfacing & brake job for my 2003 Sport 4runner.
I have 43,444 miles on it.
If you are just replacing the pads then do not remove the calipers.
Tools used: flat blade screw drive, 12 mm, 17 mm, sockets, rubber mallet, torque wrench, jack stands, bungee-cords, needle nose pliers, regular pliers, Emory cloth, C-clamp, & Fake Lizard
1- Place the parking brake on
2- Loosen front wheel lug nuts
3- Support T4R on jack stands and remove the wheels
4- With needle nose pliers, remove the two small clips that hold long pins in place (figure 2)
5- Remove pins and then the anti-rattle spring (figure 2)
6- Remove caliper bolts with 17 mm socket (figure 2)
7- Disconnect brake hose bracket with 12 mm socket (this provides room to hang caliper)
8- Hammer top & bottom of caliper to remove caliper from rotor. (because the pads are smaller (width) than the surface area of the rotor and an outer rust ridge forms.
9- Support caliper with bungee cord
10- Remove rust from area on rotor around the lug nuts. This will make it easier for the next job. The rotors can stick/rust onto the hub in this area. One of my rotors fell straight off. The other required a lot of pounding with a rubber mallet.
11- Bring rotors into shop to have them cut/machined for a true flat surface, or replace rotors with new ones. My cost $ 20 for both rotors.
12- place some 3 in 1 oil on the mating surface of the rotor to hub interface. This will burn off if any excess actually makes it to the rotor. I did not want to use anti-seize here. Has anyone else used anti-seize here?
13- remove the master brake cylinder reservoir fill cap.
14- using a C-clamp and the old pads squeeze the brake pistons back into their cylinders. This will allow room for the new brake pad thickness. Caution: watch the reservoir. It can overflow during this step. If the level is near the top then remove some fluid.
15- Install everything in the reverse order. Torque caliper bolts to 91 ft-lbs. My ceramic pads cost $ 55 total.
Many shops will not cut rotors today. I was told by the shop that this is because the manufactures use thinner rotors today to save money? And that often a cut rotor will warp over time because a thin rotor will not dissipate the heat as well. The Toyota has a minimum spec on this thickness. That value is 26 mm (1.024
I have 43,444 miles on it.
If you are just replacing the pads then do not remove the calipers.
Tools used: flat blade screw drive, 12 mm, 17 mm, sockets, rubber mallet, torque wrench, jack stands, bungee-cords, needle nose pliers, regular pliers, Emory cloth, C-clamp, & Fake Lizard
1- Place the parking brake on
2- Loosen front wheel lug nuts
3- Support T4R on jack stands and remove the wheels
4- With needle nose pliers, remove the two small clips that hold long pins in place (figure 2)
5- Remove pins and then the anti-rattle spring (figure 2)
6- Remove caliper bolts with 17 mm socket (figure 2)
7- Disconnect brake hose bracket with 12 mm socket (this provides room to hang caliper)
8- Hammer top & bottom of caliper to remove caliper from rotor. (because the pads are smaller (width) than the surface area of the rotor and an outer rust ridge forms.
9- Support caliper with bungee cord
10- Remove rust from area on rotor around the lug nuts. This will make it easier for the next job. The rotors can stick/rust onto the hub in this area. One of my rotors fell straight off. The other required a lot of pounding with a rubber mallet.
11- Bring rotors into shop to have them cut/machined for a true flat surface, or replace rotors with new ones. My cost $ 20 for both rotors.
12- place some 3 in 1 oil on the mating surface of the rotor to hub interface. This will burn off if any excess actually makes it to the rotor. I did not want to use anti-seize here. Has anyone else used anti-seize here?
13- remove the master brake cylinder reservoir fill cap.
14- using a C-clamp and the old pads squeeze the brake pistons back into their cylinders. This will allow room for the new brake pad thickness. Caution: watch the reservoir. It can overflow during this step. If the level is near the top then remove some fluid.
15- Install everything in the reverse order. Torque caliper bolts to 91 ft-lbs. My ceramic pads cost $ 55 total.
Many shops will not cut rotors today. I was told by the shop that this is because the manufactures use thinner rotors today to save money? And that often a cut rotor will warp over time because a thin rotor will not dissipate the heat as well. The Toyota has a minimum spec on this thickness. That value is 26 mm (1.024
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