Fellow Toyota brethren: my front and rear brakes wear at unbelievably different rates. I have owned my '92 4runner ( 22RE 5spd 4WD ) for going on 6 years, and have put on about 70,000 miles; the front brake pads wear out after about 20k miles, yet the rear brake shoes show minimal wear since I have owned the truck. I suspect that the proportioning valve is faulty. 'Brake' the bad news to me gently.

 

you should be fine, even if your rear brakes stop working completely, you will still be able to stop

i have been driving around without rear brakes for a few weeks now...


i know its not safe, im fixing the rear brakes this weekend

 

Its been said that front brakes do around 80% of the work. If you've lifted the truck as all, then you have to re-adjust the Load-Sensing Proportioning Valve as the axle-frame distance is increased and the truck thinks there is less weight on the tires than there is.

 

Have you adjusted the rear brakes properly?

 

Without rear brakes I'd be weary of warping your front rotors....

 

mine wear about the same...

IIRC, drum brakes just wear slower than discs...

our 94 chevy half ton has almost 300K miles on it and we've only changed the shoes on it twice... but i cant count how many times ive changed the front brakes...

 

i believe the ratio is actually 60/40 front to rear maybe 70/30... plus check to see if you have bad wheel cylinders or axle seals... any grease or fluid will cause your rear brakes to work improperly.