tommytuttle

I need some advise. 2000 4runner 5spd with 199,000km

My ebrake is seized at the drum, that arm that goes throught the backing plate seems to be seized on the pivot pin. I searched but ended up spending an hour just reading past posts that deal mainly with the rear brakes or cable replacement

I freed the arm back in the winter, but it siezed again. so i got out some rust remover and a hammer. had my wife pulling the e-brake and me freeing it up with a hammer and the rust remover. Problem is it isn't completely feed up.

I thought before I pull the drums apart, take apart that peice and sand it all clean and put anti seize all over it I would ask for advise here.

Anyone experience this? any suggestions on how to free this up and keep it fee.

both sides are seized and it looks like the cable connecting the two is a stretched or something because it is slack now when they are both released.

Any help would be appreciated.

drguitarum2005

i dont have any advice on freeing it up at the wheel but that happened on my 2000 taco once after a wheeling trip (probably lots of mud in there). Since I knew it was the ebrake, i kept on the gas until it broke free. probably not the smartest move but i did what i had to do.

tommytuttle

Thanks

The vehicle rolls fine, it is just that the peice is seized so I haven't been using the e-brake. I just want to get it fixed so I am not alway relying on it just being in gear.

I would have thought others in a winter/salt climate might have experienced the same thing.

I had it happen alot on my 81 pickup. I pulled the whole thing appart and drilled the hole out a little bigger so the pivot would be sloppier and not rust. That was when I was younger and I figure there is probably a better way to do it now. like clean it all up and lots of anti seize.

I'll probably be putting new shoes in it, because I got some of the rust remover into the drum (little too much on the trigger of the can).



Tom

Ringmaster

When you get it apart, clean all the rust and burr's [ from getting the pin out ] off with a file or sand paper. Then make sure the pin rotates freely in the holes.

Coat both the pin and the holes with anti-seize lubricant, and reassemble the unit. It works best to coat every pin or moving part in the e-brake system.

tommytuttle

yeah I guess I will have to take it apart. I was just hoping to have a simpler method.

This is going to be one fun brake job. I'm already having trouble getting the pins out of the calipers. I've been soaking them with "moove it" but haven't had time to take the hammer to them or cut them out.

Thanks

Tom

techno

I just un-seized mine this weekend. I had to take it all apart and really bash the pins out. The rust had completely eaten away the little ridges that the rubber boot fits onto. After cleaning everything up I packed it all with grease to help it last better.
I bought new shoes incase they were worn out, but the old ones still had 75% left. The hardest part of the whole process was getting the drums off.