How are you 5th Gen brake calipers doing?

skott · 2015-05-20T16:52:14+00:00

How are your 5th Gen brake calipers doing? Hey everyone, I'm a 4th Gen guy looking for some info from you 5th Gen guys. There's a writeup in the 4th Gen section where someone took 5th Gen brake calipers and installed them on their 4th Gen in hopes to alleviate the horrible seized brake caliper problem we have. I searched to try and find if you guys have the same problem, but my searches didn't turn up much (which is a good thing I guess). Anyway, have any of you had problems with frozen/seized calipers? The calipers between the two look almost identical (the pistons on the 5th Gen are sliiiightly larger), so it makes it hard to believe there was a major design update to help prevent the problem, but hey, if they work they work. I appreciate any feedback. I have a seized caliper (my fifth one) and I'm thinking of doing the swap if it may prevent it from happening again.

Thread starter skott
Start date May 20, 2015

keph13

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Feb 26, 2019

Just FYI if anyone has the Toyota extended warranty - they replaced both my front calipers for free after I tried to swap pads and discovered both sides' pins were frozen.