super doody
Senior Member
No camping this weekend I so took my truck to the local brake shop to install new brake pads, new rotors and while I installed rear sway bar afterwards. I could've done it myself but they were super fast and also inspected and adjusted the rear drum brakes. I had a little bit of squeaking from brakes which I thought was the front but it was actually the drum brakes.
My camper is 1390 lbs dry so I wanted some additional braking power.
On top of that I had tundra brake clicking/popping sound - I thought I had some suspension or steering rack issues. Whenever I put my truck in reverse, I heard clicking/popping sound. I spent about 2 hrs torquing everything to factor spec but the sound didn't go away. I read online that this is common a issues and due to the pad shifting in the calipers. This noise did go away with the new brake setup.
I added truck/suv (yellow) pads from EBC and slotted cryo rotors from stoptech. The braking is much more firmer and more controlled. Time will tell on the durability of the brake pads from using slotted rotors. Both rotors and pads came with the truck (brand new, previous owner didn't installed them).
rear drum adjustment
Even though I had ride rite air bags to help with the extra weight I felt the rear end was a bit sloppy.
On road the rear hellwig sway bar dramatically improved handling. We'll see how it handles off road.
Daddy's little helper.
My camper is 1390 lbs dry so I wanted some additional braking power.
On top of that I had tundra brake clicking/popping sound - I thought I had some suspension or steering rack issues. Whenever I put my truck in reverse, I heard clicking/popping sound. I spent about 2 hrs torquing everything to factor spec but the sound didn't go away. I read online that this is common a issues and due to the pad shifting in the calipers. This noise did go away with the new brake setup.
I added truck/suv (yellow) pads from EBC and slotted cryo rotors from stoptech. The braking is much more firmer and more controlled. Time will tell on the durability of the brake pads from using slotted rotors. Both rotors and pads came with the truck (brand new, previous owner didn't installed them).
rear drum adjustment
Even though I had ride rite air bags to help with the extra weight I felt the rear end was a bit sloppy.
On road the rear hellwig sway bar dramatically improved handling. We'll see how it handles off road.
Daddy's little helper.