2002 taco

Took off my rear brake drums, and drivers side shoe are not contacting drum at all. How do I correctly adjust them out?

2002 taco

Sorry, 2002 Tacoma 3.4l 4wd

tantacoma

rotate the adjusting wheel, until its slightly difficult to put the drum on.

Nelsonmd

The adjusting wheel is accessed from the back side of the hub, through the little slot plugged with rubber. Use a flat screwdriver and turn it until the brakes are just grabbing the drum.

2002 taco

Thanks, I think I have them adjusted good now. I don't think the drivers side had been contacting the drum for some time now.

2002 taco

Now I just need to swap the front to the 231mm tundras because they are almost ready to be replaced.

ksti

Does your taco have rear self adj. brakes?
If so your probably going to have the same problem down the road.
Star wheel could be gumed up causing it not to adjust when pulling on e-brake.
Just my two cents worth.

2002 taco

It actually wasn't too bad, but I cleaned it up more and I need to do the self adjust with ebrake some more today.

tantacoma

When I had a similar experience, I over-adjusted the shoes a bit. On my first drive down the road, the drums got real hot. I could smell them when I got out of the truck.

So, check them for heat occasionally (simply by touching the wheels) , to make sure the shoes aren't too close to the drums.

wyoming9

iTrader: (1)

If your shoes are not adjusted enough it will take forever trying to get them correct with the emergency brake.

2002 taco

Thank you everyone.