Where to buy rear brake self adjusters

stunt2

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Hi all. When replacing rear shoes, I found out that my 2000 SR5 doesn't have self adjusters. Got them from the scrapyard from same year model, test fited but seems they are different. The arm doesn't reach to the starwheel. Tried to teverse the starwheel mechanism, but then it doen't align whith pilot hole, that is back on the drum.



After some digging, found out that there is another option of this lever. It mounts on the rear of rearside shoe, not on the front of frontside shoe, like in my picture.



So, if I'm not missing something, I should get these ones, along with apropriate shoes, right ? Or is there any way to fit the parts that I already have ?

And the second, where to buy these newer style levers, along with its springs ? Or if someone out here has them second hand laying around, that would be ok too
 
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What about these?

They seem to list 2 different ones for each side depending on the build date so check them all against your build date (find the build date on the VIN sticker) and compare to what you need.

2000 Toyota 4Runner Parts - ToyotaPartsDeal.com

Brake springs, good luck trying to figure which one is needed.

2000 Toyota 4Runner Parts - ToyotaPartsDeal.com

In case you need the correct brake shoes, again different depending on the build date.

2000 Toyota 4Runner Parts - ToyotaPartsDeal.com

Also just an FYI, I do believe that the arm/lever definitely needs to be attached to the rear brake shoe for the self-adjusting function to work as designed, I don't see how it could possibly work being attached to the front brake shoe.

That being said I have never worked on these on a Toyota, but I have worked on 100s of other vehicles brands in my 60 years of doing mechanical work and they all have the been attached to the rear brake shoe.
 
If you need shoes w/ the 2nd small pin, they are on the 2001-2002 4runners. 2000 and older use the older styled single large pin shoes. I too found this out when I did a 2003 taco.

I'd suggest getting new shoes, a new hardware kit, and adjuster repair kit.
 
Did you try swapping left side for right side? They are definitely different, including one has clockwise thread and the other has counter-clockwise.
 

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