Tundra brake upgrade

[phattyduck]

My e-brake is zip tied to the drum. So no e-brake for me. :wtf:


EDIT: Just ordered Toyota 04493-30232 master rebuild kit ($65 HERE). And I'm going junk yard hunting for missing e-brake bits.

No e-brake = no rear drum adjustment = bad brakes!

Unless you want to manual adjust the start wheel on a regular basis...

-Charlie

 

[kuffelcreek]

OK, here's another video of the Tundra brake upgrade, this one installing the spacers also.
YouTube

 

[majdomo]

Did this upgrade, highly highly recommended. Nice, linear, clean stops. No more shimmy or vibration through the wheel. Picked up some calipers at the junkyard, blew them apart, cleaned and scrubbed thoroughly and rebuilt with new OEM bits. Needed to trim the dust shield but not by much.

13WL fits under the 16" stock wheels but only just barely. No rubbing or anything though. The wheels look like this (not my truck but example of wheel design).

 

[Blootz]

1998 Toyota 4runner 2.7L 2WD brake upgrade

I have a 1998 Toyota 4runner 2.7L 2 wheel drive. I have good brake pads but still get the shaking when braking. I want to do the Tundra brake upgrade, but I'm not sure if it will work on the 2WD version of 1998 4runner. Can anyone give me some clarity on this and what parts I need to get?

 

[phattyduck]

I have a 1998 Toyota 4runner 2.7L 2 wheel drive. I have good brake pads but still get the shaking when braking. I want to do the Tundra brake upgrade, but I'm not sure if it will work on the 2WD version of 1998 4runner. Can anyone give me some clarity on this and what parts I need to get?

It is basically the same. If you have a 4-cylinder 2WD, you probably also have 15" wheels unless you have upgraded. If so, you need 16" wheels to fit the larger brakes. Also consider changing out the rear wheel cylinders to the 16" wheel version to match the upgraded front brakes.

-Charlie

 

[SecureBase]

Did this upgrade, highly highly recommended. Nice, linear, clean stops. No more shimmy or vibration through the wheel. Picked up some calipers at the junkyard, blew them apart, cleaned and scrubbed thoroughly and rebuilt with new OEM bits. Needed to trim the dust shield but not by much.

13WL fits under the 16" stock wheels but only just barely. No rubbing or anything though. The wheels look like this (not my truck but example of wheel design).

That is the perfect balance of height + maintaining stock.

 

[Blootz]

I have the 17" 2019 Toyota 4runner factory wheels on my 1998 4runner. I just bought this vehicle 6months ago and I love it(I haven't even driven my BMW since). The first thing I did was upgrade the wheels.

 

[Blootz]

 

[juniortoy4runner]

break upgrade

#merica

can you send a link from amazon of your CALIPER.

I have a 98 4runner 2.7L RWD. do u think this will fit?

 

[JoshInReno]

Recently completed the upgrade. Nice difference - time well spent.

Thought I would share a warning to others who may run into what I ran into today.

I used OEM rotors and pads but NAPA calipers. $55.00 core on each caliper. When I went to return the cores today, they opened the boxes, pulled up some pics on the screen, took one look at the 4Runner calipers in the box and refused the cores.

I'm not faulting NAPA, as they are technically correct. I'm just annoyed with myself that I didn't consider the possibility. So now I'm likely stuck with $110 worth of cores I can't return.

I did run to the local Pick N Pull today as they have a Tundra (rare occurrence!) that might have had the calipers I needed for cores but that truck was stripped nearly bare and no calipers to be found.

 

[FloridaUnderground]

Has anyone upgraded the master cylinder or is that not necessary?

I did the Tundra upgrade closer to the beginning of the year but now may need to do the master cylinder and wanted some advice.

 

[WayneM]

I first did the S13WE (199) TBU 15 years ago. Then did the 13WL (231) TBU 3 years ago. (BTW, stick with the 199)

I am still running the original master cylinder. No issues, AFAIK.