When you get or do a brake pad replacement or remove your calipers for any reason on your SC, or any other model for that fact, try puting some anti-seize on the sliders to avoid them freezing. Sure wished my Toyota dealer had when he did my front brake job. The seized slider caused the out pad to eat into the newly surfaced rotor. I'm lucky that they were able to loosen the one slider and free it.

Just a thought and a cheap and quick bit of insurance..........

 

Great advice. I learned this the hard way on my rear-left rotor (now has a nice little scrape along it). ALWAYS grease the sliders (aka guide bolts) along with applying brake-quiet-stuff to the backside of the brake pads. Doing this will promote brake pad life, quieter braking, and prevent some pretty costly repairs

 

Do not do it that way. Toyota calipers use rubber bushings to guide the sliders. Regular grease or common lubricant will cause rubber to swell and deteriorate.

Use only Toyota specified synthetic grease for sliding pins or equivalent.