It is a real PITA to sand off all the rust underneath the original rotor before you install the new Tundra rotor.

I must have spend an hour each side getting it to look pretty.

..and no one mentions what direction the brake wear indicators go on the new pads (up or down). I ended up looking at pictures in several different posts and determined that the should go up.

FYI torque on the braket that holds the ABS wire and hydrualic tube is 22ft/lbs.

 

Nice to know you are the pretty boy type!!

For the most it does not effect anything

 

I didn't have any of those problems with my swap, just popped the old parts off, popped the new ones on. No longer then normal brake job with rotors.

 

I probably would have ignored the rust, but the guide I was following indicated it should be removed.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-ge...rs-rotors.html

I feel better knowing it's gone, but it sucked getting it off.

 

Mine didn't have any rust, guess thats what i get for having a Texas truck. lol

 

I just did my lower ball joints today and took off the rotors, just a few taps with a hammer and block of wood and they were broke loose, no rust behind them either. She's an Iowa girl born and raised, salt and snow every year. I have rust elsewhere but the brakes are always easy to do.

 

Mine grew up in Nevada, but is now a Washington resident; I was a little suprised to see rust, the underside is pretty clean.