2000 Toyota Tundra How To Remove Locked Up Drum Brake

Your rear brakes are self adjusting.

2000 toyota tundra how to remove locked up drum brake. It broke loose and came off. Symptoms are rear brakes tend to stick and lock just before coming to a complete stop and it takes quite a bit of throttle to get moving sometimes preceded by a loud bang from the back when the motor overpowers a stuck rear brake. The video is ap.

Set a drip pan beneath the rear brake. I brush off the brake dust with an old paint brush to keep the brakes from squealing. The reason it wont come off easily is because the drum has a wear ridge so count on turning or replacing the drum.

Unscrew 4 Bolts 14mm on backside and pull Axle out. Now I remove the drums every time I rotate the tires. Chevron Techron Concentrate Plus Fuel System Cleaner - 20 oz.

Or you can jack up your rear wheels and do it that way also. Its probably a gummed-uplocked-up parking brake bell crank. I attached the DIY procedure for refurbing the bellcrank.

Shop messed up rear drums. Youll want the Seal as well as the O-Ring Toyota. You can also try backing off the self adjuster assembly but this isnt quite so easy as the bolt trick.

Hose the whole thing out with brake cleaner and clean the shoesdrums with it right before you put the drum back on. Sure brakes were ok for a coupe days then started acting up again not as bad as before but still not good. The wheel cylinders unbolt from behind with a 10mm and you will need a 10mm wrench to remove the hard line into it.