What have you done to your rig today?
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BritKLR
Vice Commander
Love it!
I once met a guy on an exit ramp off I-70 100 miles west of Junction City, Kansas to buy the rear diff for a 1995 Suzuki Samurai for $50.00 I found on CL as I was hauling a load of furniture to our Nederland house. Seemed sketchy at the time but was a super nice guy that collected Samurais out in the middle of no where.
Rzeppa
Rising Sun Member
As I was driving my FJ45 this past April I noticed tat whenever I braked it was pulling to the right. Jacking up the left front wheel and examining the brakes it was clear that I had a brake cylinder the had a blown seal. Damn! It only lasted 51 years!
When I looked at the shoes were pretty worn too I ordered in new cylinders and shoes from Kurt. The shoes were in stock but they told me that the cylinders were special and they ordered them in from Toyota. After a time they told me that Toyota kept cancelling their order so I got the Toyota part numbers from them and checked with our friends at Stevinson. They said that the cylinders were in stock in the Toyota warehouse in Ontario California so I ordered them in. I figured if one blew out then the other three should be replaced along with all four shoes.
Long story short, it took several months to get my non-USA brake cylinders into my hands, and over the past couple of evenings I got everything replaced. I still have to bleed them, my mitivac is frigging useless, the seal between the reservoir and the cap is shot.
Blown seal
New brake cylinder
Left side ready for the drum.
Right side
Drum on, adjusted wheel cylinders
Tire back on, ready to bleed
I gotta say that these three inch wide drum brakes kick serious patootie, they'll put your nose on the windshield unless I'm hauling a ton of gravel or rip rap, when in which case that'll smooth out the ride from the one ton suspension. Drums are definitely more work than disks but they stop like nobodies business on this truck.
When I looked at the shoes were pretty worn too I ordered in new cylinders and shoes from Kurt. The shoes were in stock but they told me that the cylinders were special and they ordered them in from Toyota. After a time they told me that Toyota kept cancelling their order so I got the Toyota part numbers from them and checked with our friends at Stevinson. They said that the cylinders were in stock in the Toyota warehouse in Ontario California so I ordered them in. I figured if one blew out then the other three should be replaced along with all four shoes.
Long story short, it took several months to get my non-USA brake cylinders into my hands, and over the past couple of evenings I got everything replaced. I still have to bleed them, my mitivac is frigging useless, the seal between the reservoir and the cap is shot.
Blown seal
New brake cylinder
Left side ready for the drum.
Right side
Drum on, adjusted wheel cylinders
Tire back on, ready to bleed
I gotta say that these three inch wide drum brakes kick serious patootie, they'll put your nose on the windshield unless I'm hauling a ton of gravel or rip rap, when in which case that'll smooth out the ride from the one ton suspension. Drums are definitely more work than disks but they stop like nobodies business on this truck.
Agreed, getting the mitivac to seal at the reservoir is sometimes impossible.As I was driving my FJ45 this past April I noticed tat whenever I braked it was pulling to the right. Jacking up the left front wheel and examining the brakes it was clear that I had a brake cylinder the had a blown seal. Damn! It only lasted 51 years!
When I looked at the shoes were pretty worn too I ordered in new cylinders and shoes from Kurt. The shoes were in stock but they told me that the cylinders were special and they ordered them in from Toyota. After a time they told me that Toyota kept cancelling their order so I got the Toyota part numbers from them and checked with our friends at Stevinson. They said that the cylinders were in stock in the Toyota warehouse in Ontario California so I ordered them in. I figured if one blew out then the other three should be replaced along with all four shoes.
Long story short, it took several months to get my non-USA brake cylinders into my hands, and over the past couple of evenings I got everything replaced. I still have to bleed them, my mitivac is frigging useless, the seal between the reservoir and the cap is shot.
Blown seal
New brake cylinder
Left side ready for the drum.
Right side
Drum on, adjusted wheel cylinders
Tire back on, ready to bleed
I gotta say that these three inch wide drum brakes kick serious patootie, they'll put your nose on the windshield unless I'm hauling a ton of gravel or rip rap, when in which case that'll smooth out the ride from the one ton suspension. Drums are definitely more work than disks but they stop like nobodies business on this truck.