yonswizzle

I replaced my rear brake rotors and pads, and noticed there are brake shoes inside of the brake rotor. I'm assuming the shoes inside are for the e-brake. Has anyone else seen this?

GS350Lexus

iTrader: (5)

Yes those are E brake shoes.

tunedis95

Yes. Replace those little spring retainers if you break them. I broke two when doing my rear rotors

yrush

That is the emergency brake.

chuckGS350

I had my GS350 E-brake clean and adjusted by the dealership.
When the E-brake is engaged while the car is stop and in D drive, the car does not move forward.
But when I put i in reverse, the car moves backward. Is that normal?

Also when the E-brake is engaged, bouncing the rear end causes the creaking noise at the two rear wheels. Is that normal?

My RX350 doesn't do the two above.

Thanks.

lexus997

I know that this is an old thread, but the information is still relevant to this model, and to other vehicles with the same type of emergency brake setup.


Another "trick" for rear rotor removal, is to spray the emergency brake pad braking surface area with some lubricant to aid in rotor removal. You would then clean the lubricant off of the braking surface area on the rotor and the emergency brake shoe friction material.


The braking surface for the emergency brake is wider than the friction material on the emergency brake pad shoes. As the braking surface on the rotor is worn, and as the rotor rusts, it creates a lip that the friction material must "get over" when removing the rear rotors.