How to replace rear brakes and rotors 2004 Toyota 4 Runner

[@CarlRMauri]

not just good, but GREAT one of the best I have seen, Why? 1. Calm, deliberate, and throrough procedure by Jim 2. Great videography. Clear, and great close ups. 3. Great review at the end of the job. Thank you!!

[@JackTheJust]

THANK YOU! A friend did my front brakes with me and now I am ready to do the rear brakes on my own. How awesome that I have a 2004 4-runner and you showed me every step. The front brakes were different so THANK YOU for explaining the rear change in simple to understand layman terms!

[@byteme45]

Thanks Jim! Tackled the brakes this weekend - haven't done brakes in 30 years and took my time on the first side, second side took about 1/5 the time as I didn't have to watch the video constantly. Went great with your step by step, detailed instructions!!

[@phillipwebster4041]

Just finished replacing the pads and rotors on my 05 4Runner. One item you didn't happen to mention was the rubber boots that protect the slide bolts. I bought a kit from a well known website (Rock......com) that included pads, clips, rotors and boots. I was quite glad I did. One of my slides was frozen and the pad was grinding against the rotor. The boots they provided are different for the top and bottom slides. I just thought I'd mention this as a hint to others to just pay attention as they remove the old ones. It makes replacing them much easier. That was the only issue that you didn't address (and I admit it's pretty minor). thanks for the very thorough and well produced video and all the help it provided.

[@ThePendragon1998]

This is one of the best auto repair videos I have ever seen! I hardly ever comment on youtube, but I just had to give you props for this.

[@jimthecarguy]

Thank you for watching and your complement.I'm happy to share my knowledge.

[@summernash8331]

Fabulous. Especially appreciate the ending memos of symptoms post-repair. Helps with the paranoia that we did something critically wrong.

[@namijoh]

Jim, thanks for the pointers! Jumped back onto car maintenance this afternoon after watching your thorough video. Much appreciated!

[@michaelmoreno4939]

Great video. Clear,concise and with all the tips the average guy needs. Just bought an '07 4Runner for my son ad want to do all maintenance we can with him.

[@iangall76]

I just wanted to be one of many to thank you for this very well detailed video. Just awesome man. Great demeanor sprinkled with personality.

[@Reubengt50]

Thank you sir for the detailed video. Just changed mine and you made it a breeze and saved me a lot of money. Very much appreciated.

[@douglasjordan3415]

Nice job Jim, good audio and video quality as well as a quality illustration of how to do this job the right way the first time. I enjoyed this and sincerely appreciate your valuable contribution. You have helped me tackle some jobs I would not have attempted otherwise and it's a huge help currently being out of work. Thanks again!

[@andrewpierce2395]

you can adjust the parking brake shoes with a screwdriver on the little star wheels that can be accessed with clearance holes in the rotors if they are positioned at 6 and 12 o'clock

[@gregallen9065]

exactly......he left out a critical step since many times you cannot get the rotor off without backing the parking brake shoes all the way in to clear the "lip" of rust that forms inside the rotor near the edge where the emergency brake pads do not touch........many times getting the rotor off is the toughest part of a job like this AND you always have the star wheel adjusted all the way in when you replace the rotor and go through the parking brake adjustment procedure. I was amazed that he completely left that out, not only that he also stated you could not adjust them.....wow. Gotta love these KZbin mechanics.....lol.

[@richward2288]

@@gregallen9065 Also, there are 2 threaded holes in the rotor. You can insert a 14mm head, 8.8 hardness (grade 5) 29.5 mm length, 7.85 mm dia., pitch is about 1.25 mm. WD40 around the axle area, back off the emergency brake, then screw the 2 bolts into the rotor and it will come off; much easier than a hammer. Be careful not to strip the threads in the rotor.

[@Me-zo8yc]

Well at least I know about this step now. Thanks!

[@jeremyd4708]

awesome thanks the instruction and clear video. good tips on cleaning the rust and which lubricants / grease to use. I would love if you included the torque specs in your notes. then it would be a one stop guide!

[@chocolingo7423]

Very thorough and well presented video. Definitely helped me out. Thank you sir 💯

[@TN_HondaDad]

Boy, those Northeast winters sure do havoc on vehicles. Great video btw: Definitely a mechanic I would want to service my vehicle.

[@Kiss__Kiss]

I've been watching your videos for God Knows how long. I just realized, either I never subscribed, or something else.. So I just subscribed again I guess lol Thank you for your way of explaining, patience, and videography.

[@jimthecarguy]

Welcome back!Thanks for watching.

[@twowheeledsmurph]

Great tutorial, Jim. Much appreciated. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@jimthecarguy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bigtreesfall]

Gotta do my brakes but I wanted to just double check as this is the first time on the Yota. Thanks for making it a straight through process.

[@nyag1764]

So...as a single lady, I was going to attempt this job myself on my forerunner and, although this video is superb and I LOVE learning about mechanics, I fear I'll not be able to do this myself, especially because I don't have half of these tools. Sad face. Lord please bring my handyman, mechanically inclined husband with whom we can work on these things together! !! Thanks for the great video! From Texas.

[@joshuajose2669]

Awesome vid. Thanks for the post up. I tried to post up a pic of what happens if you ignore the grinding. It wasn’t pretty. My pad pretty much separated from the caliper and heated up enough to melt through one of the piston seals and lost all of my fluid sitting at a light. Scary situation. Moral: procrastination can kill you.

[@jimthecarguy]

Thank you for watching and your input.

[@barrym7462]

excellent video great job on showing how to replace the brake pads

[@charlesgray143]

A lot of good people in world to help others . Excellent video. Thanks Jim. helped me a lot

[@jimthecarguy]

Charles Gray Glad I could help, appreciate the comment.

[@richardortiz197]

Thumbs up explained extremely well.👍. I'm going to be doing my rear brakes after I replace front brakes and rotors. Thank you

[@jimthecarguy]

I'm happy to help .Thanks for watching.

[@nickp76]

@@jimthecarguy thanks for the great video. I just need help with one problem. When I laid the caliper off the the side. Fluid pushed the cylinder out. I could get it back in. I had to clamp the hose and take apart the cylinder caliper and clean out and put back together. But when I try to bleed out the air with the valve nothing happens. Bleeder valve is clean so I'm stumped

[@dosvaskosfarms4643]

Excellent Video Jim, Really helped me out and I am now back on the road.

[@cbsmanitobaguide1023]

A NICE GUY AND HE SHOW'S YOU HOW'S IT DONE RIGHT ,,,, THANKS VERY MUCH JIM !

[@chevyvega6622]

for removing the rotor, i could hear the parking brake pad, could you loosen the adjuster on the parking brake to allow the rotor to slide off, sounded tight?

[@miss.wright3035]

4Runner caliper pistons are known for seizing up. You should be cleaning both pistons while extended, and applying anti sieze copper paste.

[@buzmey9]

Thank you for such an in depth tutorial. I enjoyed watching it.

[@HB-yq8gy]

Jim your videos are excellent very detail. The same brake service for 08 Toyota rav. The refresher course was needed. Thanks.

[@jimthecarguy]

Thank you

[@jimthecarguy]

H bullock Good to hear. Thank you.

[@jt20thave]

Hi Jim, great video!! Btw what are the torque specs?

[@PapaP86]

You probably don't need it anymore, but 77lbs for the bracket, 65lbs for the caliper if anyone else sees this.

[@wyattoneable]

Excellent video for those who own thee vehicles. Great video for some steps along the process.

[@jimthecarguy]

Thank you Wyatt

[@almadeunrebel]

brake grease, silicone and anti seize are they all interchangeable for this application?

[@mendoblendo321]

What's the name of the clips you moved from the caliper? You mentioned it being rusty. Thank you

[@gordonchristensen8143]

I am somewhat confused. You said that grease on the pads is not a problem because you clean them with brake cleaner after installed. If you spray brake cleaner on the assembled caliper won't that wash away all of the silicone grease that was just applied? maybe show how you do that?

[@luisgeorge7059]

Tnks Jim , I watched your video then finally pull out the rear disc 😓👍🏼 I was fitting to

[@jimthecarguy]

I'm happy to help. Watch for the next free tool giveaway coming soon.

[@bkproductions3569]

Excellent. I felt like I was in a mechanics class. Thanks for your help!

[@jimthecarguy]

I'm happy to help. Watch for the next free tool giveaway coming soon.

[@stevanrose7439]

You never said anything about the squealers is there one on each pad ?

[@TheReaL35]

so he took about 20 minutes there...Think i should get it knocked out in about 2 hours lol

[@jimthecarguy]

Yes 2 hours is a good estimate.Remember at the shop everything is right at hand. Let me know if you need any advice. Thank you for watching . Don't forget to subscribe.

[@jraw4310]

Is the same process for the rear brakes of a '03 Lexus GX470 the same?

[@iamatt]

Hey I just did mine on a 2004 4runner. New rotors and pads. Getting squeal while driving but not when braking now. Any suggestions?

[@lschiz-photography1765]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@azphilip1960]

Great video as always!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍

[@carlsmith4767]

witch pads do you use

[@14vlee]

Those clips go in so easy and looks solid with space where the pads sit at the top and bottom of the bracket. What brand pads was it? Advance auto has very crappy hardware with their wearever pads.

[@jimthecarguy]

I use either Monroe or Wagner. They are the best. Thanks for watching. Im happy to help. Don't forget to subscribe.

[@jmaurhy]

Thanks bro!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@VertigoPerformance]

That was a great video, best I've seen.

[@myronhensel]

Aren't you supposed to take the brake bluid cap off in the hood when you compress the caliper piston?

[@jimthecarguy]

No need to as long as it is not over filled.

[@nofear6235]

Really nice video. Very informative. Are you located in NJ by the chance? Would love to visit the shop.

[@chevyvega6622]

are you not able to access the star wheel from the front hole in the rotor?

[@greghope235]

yes, rotate star up to contract (loosen) and down to expand (tighten). After new rotor is on make e brake shoes tight turning star downwards and then back off 7-8 clicks of star, so they don't drag.

[@theschuntz]

Torque specks?

[@jasonsims007]

as hard as you can tighten it

[@greghope235]

@@jasonsims007 NO, don't do that. Caliper bracket bolts - 77 ft pounds, slider pins for caliber - 65 ft pounds

[@johndelpozzo8402]

Hey Jim, I love your videos. Have you ever done a brake job on 4 piston Brembo brakes? I just got a new Camaro and those are the brakes that came from the factory. When it's time, I would like to change them myself.

[@jimthecarguy]

Yes they are no different than any other 4 piston set up.I think I have a few Mercedes Benz brake jobs with the Brembo brakes.

[@shootnpost7954]

Great video and great content!

[@hogan1515]

Great job. Very Informative!

[@jimthecarguy]

I'm happy to help.Live stream Sunday night at 7:00 PM on jimthecarguy.I hope you can stop by.

[@insanzeforlife5150]

Great video 👍

[@jimthecarguy]

Thank you for watching. I'm happy to help

[@Lealtad87]

Great video Sir! Thank you

[@johnrhodes6593]

Thanks for this great video. I did it with your help.

[@jimthecarguy]

I'm happy to help.Thank you for watching.

[@ericcervantes663]

Does anyone know how to Service the rear dtum brakes on these?

[@mikeprokop8947]

Excellent!!!

[@jimthecarguy]

Glad you like it!

[@michaeldiaz754]

Put some anti seize behind your new rotors, so they won’t be hard to get off in the future. Just a tip for you Do it yourself peeps.

[@jimthecarguy]

I'm happy to help. Thank you for watching

[@Liberty4Ever]

I bet you didn't really look up the torque specs. 🙂 77 foot pounds for the caliper bracket mounting bolts 65 foot pounds for the slider pins I put anti-seize compound between the back of the rotor and the wheel face that tends to rust.

[@janico76]

Hello Jim, Which was in your opinion the best year on the 4th Generation Toyota 4runners from 2003-2009? God Bless you.

[@Blakgun]

Starting in 2006 they made a lot of good changes to the lighting systems - added LEDs, added projector headlights, and some other improvements in different areas. I don't think there were any significant changes between 2006-2009.

[@markmarcantonio5808]

2005 plus corrected the head gasket problem .... it’s always best to buy one of the last years in a generation because they fixed all Or most of the errors of the first few years - so I would say an 07-09

[@janico76]

@@markmarcantonio5808 Thank you Mark. Have a nice weekend.

[@jaymac5286]

What are the torque specs? You went through the whole process and didn't say the most important part

[@Runn4est]

There are 2 threaded holes in the rotors. Thread a bolt into them and the rotors will come right off without hitting your discs.

[@jimthecarguy]

Stephen Clagett thanks for watching and your input

[@t-bone6467]

What size bolts would be used to thread in holes to free up rotor?

[@Runn4est]

I think it's a M8x1.25. Honestly I have so much crap laying around my garage I just grabbed something that fit haha.

[@t-bone6467]

@@Runn4est thanks!!. I'll pick a couple up in case the rotor is a problem.

[@Magnusscipioiterum]

I changed the rear pads on my 2005 Toyota Solara, but the pedal still feels mushy and goes about mid way when pushed. Is that Normal?

[@MegaCityOne]

No. Did you have to bleed your brakes?

[@tbonenbugsy777]

good video but what about the torque specs?

[@MegaCityOne]

I know right lol. Got to go back to the manual now.

[@Liberty4Ever]

That poor 4Runner has been driven on salted roads without adequate frame corrosion protection. Every two years, I reapply Surface Shield to prevent frame corrosion on my 2005 4Runner. Frame corrosion is car cancer. Everything else can be fixed or replaced. A rusted frame is the death of an older truck. My Tacoma frame rusted through at 91,000 miles and rusted in half at 137,000 because of a Toyota defect that they refused to fix, and I live in central KY with barely salted roads.

[@alexhise968]

To back off the Adjuster you go thru the front of the rotor

[@RF-co2ix]

Great video, thank you Jim. Just one input - I followed this to the T, went well except for the broken parking brake spring trying to get the rotor off. You mention this as a concern, but the hammer technique resulted in the broken spring. Another video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5LYgYuwYreXn80) shows that you can loosen the parking brake which makes getting the rotor off super easy. Wish I had seen the other video before I did the job

[@fordawin7811]

And the pad is a ***** to get in the bracket with the new hardware sometimes lol

[@jimthecarguy]

Thank you for watching

[@fordawin7811]

of course the video was great very instructive

[@jimthecarguy]

Thank you

[@fordawin7811]

I did this on my mom's 4 runner 07 D/R new rotor and new pads and its still grinding on that side I'm thinking the caliper is starting to go because when your not on the brake you can gear the pad against the rotor as you drive smh

[@jimthecarguy]

It sounds like the pads are staying on .Did you clean the rust off the mounting bracket before you installed the hardware

[@fordawin7811]

not as well as I possibly could have its snowing today that's my next check I was gonna take everything back apart and clean it as well as possible and I didn't grease the contacts where the hardware goes either I only had the lubricant that came with the pads

[@maxnguyen22]

lot of rust. ill just clean it up right hearyea

[@jasonsims007]

If you believe he checks or uses tq specs for this job then you're crazy. Turn the cam off then right back on

[@jimthecarguy]

?

[@ICYPROFITS]

17-22 lbs torque on the bolts