</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by mhawker:
<strong>Richochet,
I totally agree about this brake deal. I've never had a car that had as many brake issues as my 4Runner. I bought the Toy to avoid this type of thing. I still love it, but, to be honest, it will probably affect my purchasing decision when it comes time to replace it.
Also, I noticed Jay chimed in about this problem. He is VERY knowledgeable about Toyotas. Don't take his advice lightly.
Mike</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">It is unfortunate that Toyota chose not to make the brakes a bit more stout on the 4Runner, or at least the 3rd Gens. One should not have to worry about getting the bigger brakes on 16" wheels, etc. It should be like on all my other older Toyotas and come with the stoutest brakes on the planet! And I actually did take a look at the push rod on the booster but I did not mess with any of that since my pedal travel is not out of line at all. The front brakes grab well with minimal pedal pressure, it is just those darn rear shoes that are not grabbing as they should. May be why the new 4th Gen Runner comes with four-wheel disc ?? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />
Anyhow, I did get under my truck and manually hit the adjusters a bit more and the braking is much better. Sad part is that the stealer just had this a short time back when I posted this thread so you wouldn't think the rears would be out already. The stealer probably did not adjust them as much as they could have. I usually run the adjuster up until I just start to get drag on the shoes with the vehicle rear axle supported on stands and with Tranny in neutral I spin the rear wheels free-hand.
But as Gadget pointed out I am going to start checking this at every oil change just to make sure. If it helps it is indeed worth the effort.
Ricochet
<small>[ December 24, 2002, 04:50 PM: Message edited by: Ricochet ]</small>
