OEM Toyota Land Cruiser Parking Brake Shoe

Toyota Land Cruiser Parking Brake Shoe Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Shoes, Passenger Side Or Center
  46540-60050
  Q: How to service and repair the parking brake shoe on Toyota Land Cruiser?

  A: Service and repair work on the parking brake shoe starts with taking off the rear wheel while using a torque setting of 103 Nm (1,050 kgf-cm, 76 ft. lbs.). You should take down the rear disc brake assembly by removing the 2 mounting bolts with equal torque strength and securely suspend the assembly in a correct position while keeping the hose free from strain. Draw marks on the disc and rear hub before disassembly and check the resistance using shoe adjuster until wheel movement is effortless. The procedure requires needle-nose pliers for the lower side tension spring removal followed by Special Service Tool: 09717-20010 usage to remove the 2 shoe return springs while installing the front spring first in reassembly order. First clear the shoe strut with spring before removing the rear shoe and adjuster followed by the shoe hold-down spring and two cups with pin. The shoe assembly process requires removal of the front shoe by disconnecting Parking Brake Cable No. 2 from its lever and then extracting the shoe hold-down spring together with the 2 cups and pin. To disassemble the parking brake bellcrank you must remove the washer and pin combined with the clip while disconnecting the parking brake cable and extracting the 2 tension springs along with 2 bolts with torque of 13 Nm (130 kgf-cm, 9 ft. lbs.). It is crucial to check all separated parts along with lining thickness measurement for brake shoes (minimum 1.0 mm, standard 4.0 mm) and brake disc inside diameter standard at 230 mm, maximum 231 mm. Inspect and adjust the parking brake lining to obtain proper contact with the disc followed by a measurement of the parking brake shoe lever clearance that should fall below 0.35 mm. The shim requires replacement before reinstallation of the lever along with a new washer followed by measurement of the clearance. The reassembly process starts by performing a complete reverse of disassembly steps while applying specified components with high-temperature grease and lithium soap base glycol grease. parking brake shoe adjustment involves disconnecting the cable followed by removing the bellcrank tension springs and loosening the adjusting bolt and temporary installation of the hub nuts before removing the hole plug to expand the shoes until the disc locks then returning the adjuster 8 notches and reinserting the hole plug. Adjust the bellcrank by pulling it to eliminate play then screw the adjusting bolt until it touches the dust seal after which you should loosen the bolt once before locking it with the lock nut at 5.4 Nm (55 kgf-cm, 48 inch lbs.). The parking brake cable should be reconnected before removing the 3 hub nuts. Settle the shoes and disc using a 50 km/h (31 mph) vehicle speed on a level dry safe road by pulling the lever with 88 Newtons of force through the release button at each of 2 or 3 repeats before verifying and readjusting the lever travel.