That seems like the right part. Not 100% on 2wd though. As for things you'll need, basic hand tools and maybe a c-clamp to push the pistons back in to get the caliper off. And definitely the manual. It'll have a list of tools needed and step-by-step guide for the whole job, including pictures! Good luck.

Got the manual, wheel bearing packing grease, brake cleaner, 3" c-clamp, wheel seals, caliper grease & brake silence compound.. got up bright and early on this sunny day (rain was forecast) and the parts store did not get in my rotors. Since UPS doesn't ship saturday or sunday here, I have to wait til monday unless their slow truck ships it in sunday, but it is doubtful. I'm a little upset. I was totally set to do this thing and now I can't. My worry was rain, not the abscence of the rotors. They told me they'd have it saturay morning. Typical UPS service around here!

I went ahead and removed the front passenger-side wheel and took some photos to get opinions. Here they are. Please have a look and let me know if ordering those new rotors was a good idea.

My Toyota T-100 brake assembledge

It's all I can really do now since I called around and there's not a single rotor or any type that I can get right away in my area. The best I can do is study the manual. I spent another hour talking to one of my brothers (mechanic) and he explained the process in more detail last night. By the time I actually get to do the job, I hope it goes smooth as silk.

By the way.. I couldn't seem to get a good picture of how thick the pads were, but they were about as thick as 3 quarters stacked on top of each other, maybe a little less.

Good news.. the slow truck happened to bring in my rotors sunday. Almost bad news.. I overslept and did not wake til 2:30pm and today's forecast was for rain. Good news... it didn't rain. Good news... one of my neighbors I hadn't personally met before was changing the oil on his mom's car and I just happened to ask him if he had any metric sockets (I only had standard). He had a whole 125 piece set and graciously offerd his expertice and hands on helping me out before the sun went down.

The process took us 6 hours.. we had a hell of a time getting the passenger side caliper and caliper bracket bolts off the darn mount on the first wheel. The previous work I had done.. the shop must have used a high torque impact wrench or something to tighten those bolts. I weakened my bad back getting those out, but they finally budged after trying sevarl times with a can of WD-40.

I accidently broke a cotter pin, so it was another trip to the auto parts store halfway through the first wheel. The second wheel was more forgiving on the entire process. Unfortunately on the first wheel.. we had the rotor off and was trying to get the outer bearing off with a screwdriver by prying around and around. The screwdriver slipped and it went up my right nostril. I bled for about a half hour before it finally clotted. Didn't let it stop us though. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

New rotors, pads, lubed berrings, wheel seals and a nice brake cleaner sprayed where required and I am happy to say that my braking is 150% improved. It's a small miracle and very satisfying. I am getting a slight burn odor, but I suspect that is because we ran out of brake cleaner and I could not clean the opposite side of the last rotor (I wiped it down as best I could with a fresh paper towel), so I suspect some of that original oily stuff is still on the rotor and will hopefully just burn off.

Overall I am very satisfied that a newbie like me learned to do the job in 6 hours. I am very grateful for my neighbor's help. I had showed him the trick my brother's told me about using the rotor and the spindle bolt to knock out the center bearings with a good pull (he's a novice auto mechanic starting school soon and loved the practice).

Good thing I opted to replace the rotors.. the front passenger side had a nice groove in it and the pad material was all gone, so the backing plate was pressed on when stopping (that explains the bad metallic sound I was hearing).

Thanks to the assistance on this forum I have learned alot. Really appreciate it!

New pads will give off a slight burn odor. 6 Hours, good god man <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

I just reread this thread and things make a whole lot more sense after doing the brake job. What airrikk17 Said about removing the rotor from the hub.. I forgot what he posted and discovered another way to do it. Put the rotor assembly on the ground. Stick a screwdriver in one of the open holes on the rotor. Butt the screwdriver behind your left heal and have a friend step on the opposite side to really force it into the pavement.. you should be able to turn the bolts now. At least that method worked for us. We should have tried it with airrikk17's method. The way we did it worked well enough though. My neighbor did have a breaker bar (he recently bought it), so it was perfect luck for me. We *really* needed it to remove those caliper bolts. I felt a vein popping out of my forehead we pulled so hard. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Yeah.. that's counting driving to and from the auto parts store (twice, the rotors and then later cotter pins) and grocery store (gloves) and Sears (bigger 8" C-clamp) (each time driving home first to discover I needed something else). Take out all that wasted time and I'd say we spent less than 3 hours tops on both wheels.

hehe.. now I have everything I need to do more brake jobs!

I hope your c-clamp had flat surfaces on it.

Yup, it was smooth.. had to get the 8" one though as that was the only big clamp ours Sears had in stock and I didn't feel like wasting more precious sunlight to hunt down another. We were really rushing to beat nightfall. I wish traffic didn't suck so back around here. I could have saved so much time on the job if people didn;t drive like morons and trap me behind every traffic signal.

just wait til your trucks lifted and its nice and slow. Then you won't have to worry about a thing. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Yeah I can just driver over them <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />