2000 Toyota Tundra How To Remove Locked Up Drum Brake

Hose the whole thing out with brake cleaner and clean the shoesdrums with it right before you put the drum back on.

2000 toyota tundra how to remove locked up drum brake. Usually when brakes lock up on one wheel its ca. I sell quite a few clean and adjust rear brake jobs. You crawl under behind the brakes and pop out the oval shaped rubber plug on the brake backing plate.

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. Also is a DIY pictorial on the rear drum process. Weird thing is is that if i let the car sit for a while more than a few hours or so the car seems to be normal until i drive it again and i get the same problems.

In this video Ill show you how to diagnose a locked up brake caliper andor dragging brakes for one wheel. I attached the DIY procedure for refurbing the bellcrank. With the rear brakes properly adjusted your truck will stop much better and you front pads will not prematurely wear out.

Remove tire and pop off drum and remove PB Cables. After you connect the bleeder tube compress the pad into the caliper to facilitate removal. The wheel cylinders unbolt from behind with a 10mm and you will need a 10mm wrench to remove the hard line into it.

Your rear brakes are self adjusting. Yes you can adjust them. Jump to Latest Follow.

Cleaning lubricating and adjusting the brake shoes brings the pedal back up and can get rid of squeals caused by brake dust inside the drum. Its probably a gummed-uplocked-up parking brake bell crank. 9 Jan 2 2015.