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Drum brakes - do you disconnect the parking brake cable?
On 1/9/2018 2:44 PM, 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 might want a second opinion on those parts prices: http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/toyota Then again, you might not. -- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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