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Old Jun 23, 2014 | 03:37 PM
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My 1998 4Runner Nightmare

First I want to say this is a great site That is full of information and thanks for having me. Now for the Nightmare I own a 1998 4Runner 195,000 miles on it. Has the v6 motor. It all started with the passengers Wheel Bearing being bad. Had rear end fluid all over so I replaced both sides everything Bearings, Seals, ABS Gear,O-Rings, Brake Shoes and Wheel Cylinders and Bleed and adjusted brakes. After replacing all that the brakes did not feel right they were going to the floor so I went ahead and bleed them and they still didn't feel right so I replaced the master cylinder and did re-bleed which helped a lot but they still don't feel right. Now I can drive it and stop good but the pedal seems to go down to far but not to the floor. I normally don't drive this. Is it because it has drum brakes in rear and it don't stop as good as Disc ? I normally drive a 2007 Fusion which has 4 Wheel Disc Brakes

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Old Jun 23, 2014 | 05:36 PM
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Are the rear drum brakes properly adjusted at this time?

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Old Jun 23, 2014 | 07:28 PM
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Number one suspect is that there is still air in the lines.
Number two, as has already been suggested, is the rear brake adjustment.
It could be a very tiny bit of air still in the rear lines that'll give that "not quite right" slightly soft pedal feel.
If you are tired of the bleeding routine, find a small, friendly, independent service/brake shop, and ask them to do a quick brake bleed. The place near me did it for free...it took them about five minutes. Way faster than I could have done it myself.
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Old Jun 23, 2014 | 11:29 PM
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Thank you for the help. yes I did adjust the brakes so there was just a little drag when spinning the wheel. I think my next step will be to take it and have them do a brake bleed. Another thing I bought my shoes from Autozone maybe I should have bought OEM from Toyota ? and one more thing I notice when replacing the master cylinder there was a gasket between the cylinder and the booster the old one looked bad but they did not give me a new one with the new master so I used it anyway.

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Old Jul 7, 2014 | 05:22 AM
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It can be hard to get all the air out. Especially if you get air in the ABS modulator unit.
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