Brake pedal feel.

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adrtoy

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I'm having a hard time adjusting to the feel of the brake pedal on my new 4R and was wondering what the thoughts from other were on this. Mine seems very touchy at slow speeds and I just wanna see if this is normal.

Kind of hard to describe but as you slow down to a stop sign it just seems to get really touchy as you come to a stop.

May be the norm so what you say.

Thanks!!
 
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I just bought mine a week ago, and the brakes feel very similar to my girlfriend's Prius. Pedal doesn't seem to do much when depressed, then all of a sudden it seems to grab hard. Not sure if this is just a Toyota thing or what.
 
Mine too. Be patient. New brakes. I only have 1100 miles. Need to break in a bit. Don't go too hard on them in the first 3k
 
If you think the 4Runner is bad, drive almost any Honda vehicle. Seriously though, you'll get used to it as the brakes wear in. It took me a week or two to get used to the transmission's downshift under braking which always caused a slight jolt until I learned to expect it.
 
I came out of a 2002 Tahoe with 100,000 miles on the brakes into my new 4Runner. Speaking of a difference! hikenbike is right. I have now about 4500 miles on mine and the brakes seem to be settling down. I still have to lighten off on brake pressure as the vehicle slows to a stop,
but I accept that as normal.

ellis
 
Brake feel and application is not an uncommon complaint of new 5th gen owners. As mentioned above, most owners just need to become accustomed to the new feel - a large part of acclimatization being dependent on what your used to. My most disconcerting feeling came from Toyota's brake assist feature, where if the brakes are pressed to quickly or hard, software sends a signal to boost power to the brakes as if you were in a panic stop mode. Thank goodness for seat belts!
 
I have the totally opposite issue after installing the 285s the breaks seem to lack in bite. Not sure if it's just me or not.
 
hikenbike said:
Mine too. Be patient. New brakes. I only have 1100 miles. Need to break in a bit. Don't go too hard on them in the first 3k
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Agree...the brakes are more grabby when they are new, which took me some time to get used to. They'll wear in and be fine in no time. Once you get passed that initial break in period the brakes will be fine.

I have 8000 miles on my 4runner now and have no complaints about the brakes (and haven't had any for many miles now).
 
I think [MENTION=65614]Antman[/MENTION] just posted here somewhere that he just changed his out after 95k and is replacing them with OEM. Pretty impressive.......unless I misunderstood.
 
hikenbike said:
I think [MENTION=65614]Antman[/MENTION] just posted here somewhere that he just changed his out after 95k and is replacing them with OEM. Pretty impressive.......unless I misunderstood.
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AND the pads still had life left on them- rotors looked great as well...I could have easily surpassed 100k.
 
Antman said:
AND the pads still had life left on them- rotors looked great as well...I could have easily surpassed 100k.
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What year is your truck? Wonder if the new brakes on the 16's are of the same brand/quality. I hope so. That's great durability.
 
These response's are spot on!

Thanks again!

As far as the 285's The larger diameter has more leverage, kind of like a longer wrench on a bolt and for the braided lines they don't expand as much when fluid is put under pressure in them.
 
ST1FLER said:
:shrug:how do braided brake lines change the feel of a brake pedal?
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I can tell you on motorcycles they make a huge difference. The factory rubber lines "balloon" slightly under hydraulic pressure, the braided SS lines do not.

You will definitely notice the difference before and after.

Edit: Sorry suprarztt, saw your post saying essentially the same thing after I posted. :-)
 
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