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I renewed my rear brake linings and disks this past weekend, and holy crap, the rear rotors look okay in the front, but looked like a *****show in the back! Lots of rust. See pics. MIght not hurt to replace these sooner. I had no noises or poor brake performance, but all this rust is not ideal.
It's very easy to replace if you know what you're doing. If DIY Dan is on this website, special thanks to him for his good videos. This is how much pad still left after 48K (77K km). Pretty good Looked OK in the front, but horrible in the back! Old vs. new Love the little subtle Toyota logo on the new pad The OE vented brake disks have a gold hue to them which is interesting. Cool fact: One of my all-time favourite cars, the MK2 Toyota Celica-Supra, dating back to 1984, had rear vented disks
I have 48K now, and the pad life was still OK, but I usually replace at this point. Probably could have pushed to 60K, so I think the OEM pads are quite good.
Thanks! And wow yours were way rustier. Maybe the Montreal winters are more aggressive than the ones here in Toronto.
I serviced them once at around 48K, and they probably could have gone a bit longer but you can't cheap out owning a luxury car. And brutal; I too got a similar quote as you from the stealership for a full brake job. I believe they should be able to make some profit for the service they provide, but $1200 is too intense, especially since the fronts are so easy and take even less time to service than the rears, so DIY we go!
I serviced them once at around 48K, and they probably could have gone a bit longer but you can't cheap out owning a luxury car. And brutal; I too got a similar quote as you from the stealership for a full brake job. I believe they should be able to make some profit for the service they provide, but $1200 is too intense, especially since the fronts are so easy and take even less time to service than the rears, so DIY we go!
Brake jobs are a MAJOR rip off. Imagine how fast and easy it would be, if you had a lift and air tools.
Also wanted to ask, did you adjust the parking brake by lining up that rubber hole to the star wheel, and then prying the star wheel downward a few teeth to tighten?
Brake jobs are a MAJOR rip off. Imagine how fast and easy it would be, if you had a lift and air tools.
Yeah, major rip off. I take a bit longer because I'm particular about cleaning all the hardware and flat surfaces thoroughly. The fronts I was able to use an electric impact gun with a ball and socket impact adapter to get the caliper bolts off, but for the rear caliper bracket bolts I had to use some long bars because the suspension arms were in the way.
Also wanted to ask, did you adjust the parking brake by lining up that rubber hole to the star wheel, and then prying the star wheel downward a few teeth to tighten?
Yupp, that's exactly how I did it. Once it's tighten, you release a few click to insure no rubbing.
Rear Brakes (Holy Rust, Batman!)
