Rear brake kit/love

[amalik]

I bought a Raybestos rear brake hardware kit here on T4R for cheap alongside new shoes/drums.

Shoes/Drums fit, but the hardware kit doesn't according to amazon's fitment tool.

I don't think there was any ill will on behalf of the T4R member; he probably got the wrong kit by mistake.

Should I take Amazon's warning for face value and purchase the Wagner instead which says it does fit? Or does Amazon not know what its talking about?

Raybestos:

https://www.amazon.com/Raybestos-H17.../dp/B0015RMU78

Wagner:

https://www.amazon.com/Wagner-H1718...1-2282-199-1-0&sr=1-1&ymm=1997:toyota:4runner

Lastly, I'm grabbing wheel cylinders to go alongside the new rear shoes/drums/hardware kit. Was thinking to just grab the WC's locally from NAPA or one of the other auto part box stores.

Anything else to get? I've heard the word bell crank been thrown around also when giving the rear love.

 

[JayRolla]

I had non OEM rear cylinders start leaking on a previous vehicle. If yous are not leaking and working fine I would not replace them.

 

[TheDurk]

I bought a Raybestos rear brake hardware kit here on T4R for cheap alongside new shoes/drums.

Shoes/Drums fit, but the hardware kit doesn't according to amazon's fitment tool.

I don't think there was any ill will on behalf of the T4R member; he probably got the wrong kit by mistake.

Should I take Amazon's warning for face value and purchase the Wagner instead which says it does fit? Or does Amazon not know what its talking about?

Raybestos:

https://www.amazon.com/Raybestos-H17.../dp/B0015RMU78

Wagner:

https://www.amazon.com/Wagner-H1718...1-2282-199-1-0&sr=1-1&ymm=1997:toyota:4runner

Lastly, I'm grabbing wheel cylinders to go alongside the new rear shoes/drums/hardware kit. Was thinking to just grab the WC's locally from NAPA or one of the other auto part box stores.

Anything else to get? I've heard the word bell crank been thrown around also when giving the rear love.

I bought a NAPA kit and everything fit except the pins that hold the shoes on were too short and I had to reuse the old ones. From the pic, it looks like the pins in the Wagner kit are longer, so that might be the same issue on the Raybestos kit.

I've been able to clean up and lube my bellcranks the two times I've serviced them over 18 years in NJ salt. It depends on how bad yours are. They definitely deserve some love.

If you want to do them OCD, NAPA has a kit:

https://www.napaonline.com/p/NDP7356895

I have not used it, I just bookmarked it in case I ever do, so if it doesn't fit, don't blame me.

Here is a DIY on rehab (pretty much what I did):

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/attachments/3rd-gen-t4rs/102497d1384491163-bell-cranks-38092d1231601230-sticking-parking-brake-bellcranks-toyota-truck-park-brake-bellcrank-repair.pdf

and a thread on the subject:

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/154830-bell-cranks.html#post1533139