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Old January 10th 18, 07:16 AM posted to alt.home.repair,rec.autos.tech
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Default Drum brakes - do you disconnect the parking brake cable?

On 10/01/2018 1:53 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 20:44:47 -0000 (UTC), Mad Roger
> > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 08 Jan 2018 21:56:58 -0500,
>> Clare Snyder wrote:
>>
>>> Don't know about the USA but almost impossible to source the rubber
>>> parts kits here in Canada - and cyls are stupidly cheap compared to
>>> what they used to be. (labor to rebuild costs as much as a cyl if you
>>> are paying to have it done)

>>
>> At a hundred bucks each, I wouldn't call cylinders "stupidly cheap".
>>
>> Called the local Toyota dealer, who said the cylinders are $102 each, and
>> the brake shoes are $157 for a set of four, so that's about $400 with tax.
>>
>> Toyota doesn't sell a rebuild/repair kit for the rear brake cylinders.
>>
>> I'll look around for better parts although I need to know the friction
>> ratings to compare shoes apples to apples.

> You do not need to know the ratings - just buy "oem replacement" -
> they WILL be the right stuff. (there are cheaper qualities available -
> usually sold as "economy") Premium shoes and oem replacement will
> both be VERY close toidentical. In almost 50yuears as a mechanic
> Inever once had to "match" friction materials for "stock" brake
> replacement.
>

Someone is way too anal to be a mechanic.

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