I think you will be ok I tapped quite a few in over the years.

Although it does make sense to seat the race and bearing together . I would be worried about getting it crooked the way my luck goes at times.

I have never used a torque wrench on those bolts I just run them in with the 1/2" impact.

Was the threads on the bolt or the hole damaged .

Maybe it was twisted a little breaking it loose . When I can I use new hardware.

Do you have a drill press I would not want to drill it out by hand.

Good luck

 

Ok guys I've been slowly - I mean slowly workin on this thing and Im almost done with the entire brake job all the way around. I got bigger fj60 landcruiser wheel cylinders and new shoes that Ive been trying to put in, but holy crap I can not get the freshly turned drum back on. Ive cleaned everything and put the new shoes back on (everything looks good compared to the other side which I havent touched yet). the star adjuster is adjusted down, but not all the way because the shoes wont come in any more and its started to just dangle. The only thing I can think of is compressing the new wheel cylinder pistons to get a little more room, but I'm not sure if that is ok or not.

any advice?

 

Loosen the bleeder screw and compress the shoes as much as you can.

 

Ok thanks, I just wasnt sure if it was like a caliper in that way and didnt want to bust my new wheel cylinders.

 

Lawdy lawdy I need a 40.

I can't get my drum back on the shoes with new wheel cylinders from a fj60. I Compressed them but it is still not enough room for the drum to go back over the shoes. Is this supposed to be a bolt on mod? I'm thinking i might need to cut off part of the shoes in order to get the drum to fit.

Anybody experience this? I'm getting tired of banging on these shoes with a rubber mallet.

Maybe I got the wrong wheel cylinders? Here are pics:



Here's the part number


And for good measure

 

I finished my brake job finally... It took me long enough, but the result is great! From the original brakes the upgraded ones are so much nicer - I dont know if thats because one caliper was shot and leaking and barely stopped. I cant really compare to stock because my brakes never worked well since Ive had the truck.

Also replacing the wheel cylinders and master/booster feels great. I had a leak with a cross threaded line that gave me some trouble and it took FOOOOOREEVER to bleed (I bench bled the master) but eventually got the pedal nice and hard. I wasnt able to use the landcruiser FJ60 wheel cylinders because they wouldnt fit inside my drums even when compressed, I think I may have had to cut the shoes down to accommodate them. I didnt want to mess with that since Im a newb and didnt want to compromise my brakes in any way so I returned them for the stock wheel cylinders.

onto the next project

 

Congratulations on your brake upgrade project, and trust me there is a big difference between the original brakes and the 2nd. gen 4runner brake upgrade.

 

you said you got a dual diaphram brake booster from a 96 t100 , did you have any issues clearing the steering rod ? it bolted right in ? i heard they are bigger then the 1st gen boosters , reason i ask is i have the 1 1/16" bore master cylinder and need to use the dual diaphram brake booster .

 

Not a single problem. I don't remember how much clearance but it is more than enough that I didn't even take notice....its not even close.

Let us know how the 1-1/16" master cylinder works out. I have the standard 1" out of the T100 and the pedal doesn't travel much. Its not firm either, just right. Kinda feels like sports car brakes.

 

Nice and great to hear it fit , yeah the 1 1/16 bore mc is slightly larger then a 1" bore mc cause it's for a runner with 4 wheel disk brakes with abs but has only two ports and the reservoir and plug for the warning light. So should be ok. I really hope