How to Replace Toyota Drum Brakes Like a Pro

A Toyota Master Diagnostic Technician Shows you how to replace Drum Brakes on your Toyota like a Pro!
In this video that my viewers have asked for, I share with you how to replace your Toyota Drum Brakes. I share with you tips and tricks that I've learned over a long career as a Toyota Technician leading to opening my own Toyota\Lexus specialty shop.
There's a hundred ways to replace drum brakes, I share with you the way I've replaced drum brakes without any issues.
Drum brakes are often regarded as hard to change when compared to conventional disc brakes. However they are actually not difficult if you have the right set of skills and knowledge.
I hope this video and others on KZbin help make your drum brakes replacement easier.
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0:00 Intro
0:38 Removal
5:02 Preparing your New Shoes
10:50 Preparing Backing Plate
11:51 Installing New Shoes
18:04 Preventing Noise and Issues
21:11 Drum Installation
23:02 Drum Brake Adjustment
25:16 Important Information About Drum Brakes

[@cachanillabc9049]

Great videos like always. This guy is probably the most knowledgeable Toyota tech in the USA.

[@icosthop9998]

True

[@gregjones8501]

He’s definitely set aside from the rest! 💯✊🏾

[@onesri6108]

Better than Jesus?😊

[@puchu9507]

Well, Scotty Kilmer has been there for a long time.

[@paulgraumann2774]

I agree this guy really knows his stuff and is great at explaining the fiber points that most YTubers slip over or just touch on.

[@jhaedtler]

So nice to see a mechanic take his time to do the job correctly! Thank you sir! Thanks for the videos!

[@mysoap23]

That is ideal but most customers don't want to pay for that time.

[@jhaedtler]

@@mysoap23 Well, then they should not own a car! I'm an aircraft mechanic. I have seen shitty wrenches and lots of broken cars. The car mechanic screws up it only cost them money. If I screw up I go to jail for Manslaughter! It is not all black and white Junior!!!

[@mysoap23]

@@jhaedtler Why are you having a go at me? I speak from experience in saying that most customers don't want to pay for that time. Obviously you still do the job correctly regardless. Also if I were to make a mistake on a car and it causes an accident killing someone I'd also being going to jail for Manslaughter.

[@LAactor]

@@jhaedtler who are you aircraft maintenance for?

[@jhaedtler]

@@LAactor ME! I have done this all my life!

[@hhattingh]

Plueeeeze! More DIY uploads! Thank you. More and more people are trying to do repairs themselves, not buy new cars. Thank you for this.

[@longnguyen-zu1qe]

❤ cause no money my man, got to learn from him. 😊

[@eugenesotomayor545]

Im one of them😂

[@artvance8251]

I was taught on orientation of brake shoes,, tall boys to the back and short boys to the front of the class. Maybe kind of dumb but I never made that silly mistake. Taught a lot of young techs this over 45 years.

[@inshallah4280]

Hell naw bro! This is so helpful to me. Appreciate you

[@j.gtheautotech8455]

Primary and secondary shoe. Quick google search for picture. But yes primary/ leading shoe is smaller and goes to the front of vehicle.

[@DIYDaveOK]

I did my very first set of rear Corolla drums ever a few months ago and wish I'd had this video!! It was SUCH a pain! 😃. But I got through it!!

[@hangdog7094]

they are much more difficult than the model he did in this video. 3 springs and they are super strong.

[@johndesaavedra1040]

I'm 69 and all my cars up until 1977 had drum brakes. I did work on other peoples' cars with disc brakes but I had a steady diet of drums for 30 years. The rear drum brakes on my first (1991) Camry went 200K and only wore out because of leaking cylinders. I did use OEM shoes because they were competitive with AM. Ahmed, I am glad to know that I was taught correctly 55 years ago.

[@callmebackfriday2]

I did drum brake shoes before and it is quite difficult. I made all the mistakes you mentioned on this video. (push too much and cylinder brake fluid leaking). I learned a lot of tricks on this video. Best instruction and explanation. Every time I work on drum brakes, I always wonder how much car manufacture can save instead of using disc brakes which is much easier and have much better stopping power. Thanks for the video and thank you for sharing your knowledge. 👍

[@CrimeVid]

Did you put those short crossheads back in again ? or do Toyota’s not use them ? Oi ! maybe you re-cut a lot of drums badly, hein ?

[@carlo54377]

Always very instructional. Clear and concise, excellent camera work and explanation. Great video. Thank you very much!

[@d1bergman]

Again, this is exactly the kind of video for Toyota I want to see you doing. I'm always interested in any kind of special treatment which applies to Toyota vehicles. I have a Camry 2018 and Corolla 2017 which btw has the drum brakes in the back and have learned that the adjustment hole is in the front not the back like on most of the other cars I've done in the past. This is a wonderful idea. Make adjusting them so much easier and safer. Please do more videos like this for other areas of maintenance and or repair of Toyota products. thanks

[@ianbutler1983]

Great video, thanks. I use needle-nose vise-grips to remove the springs. I find I can control them better and keep control with them.

[@riceburner4747]

Me TOO!

[@mjs7100]

You Sir are the Bob Ross of car repair videos. Thank you for an in depth explanation of one of life's mysteries - the drum brake job.

[@reedlarsen5441]

8:10 discussion on adjuster was really helpful. Thank you.

[@Harry1s]

Thank you for this detailed instructions!!

[@tercelfish00]

These tutorials are my favorite videos you do. Thank you thank you!!!!!

[@emilerossouw8837]

This man is the reason I'm not selling my yaris. Thank you for the in depth videos kind sir. So nice to see someone proud of their work and never cutting corners . I hope other mechanics see these videos and workmanship

[@DdDd-ss3ms]

I needed your upload decades ago when as student I wrestled with the 4 drum brakes of my MINIs (with the springs actually)🤣

[@davidparker9676]

Drum brakes are no fun to replace. This was a pretty good tutorial video. The one thing I'd do differently is all of the cleaning, sanding and lubing BEFORE assembling new parts. I agree to adjust the shoes with initial drag, it will wear in perfectly if you do that. Make sure both sides are adjusted the same so they grab at the same time.

[@jsims2985]

A man after my own heart. Spot on, brother.

[@ryanmccoy1612]

I absolutely love your channel. As a Toyota owner that maintains his own vehicles as much as I can your channel is invaluable. Sometimes I wonder if you have read my mind or maybe divine intervention. Poof a video that totally answers my questions about the transmission fluid change on my Tundra. Now a Camry rear drum video. I have an 05 Camry that I have been putting off putting rear brakes on. Thank you. The only channel for Toyota lovers in my opinion

[@MattExzy]

Woa, that strut!! Rustyland never ceases to amaze me... I live in a country where the roads never get salted and there's generally no snow etc in most of it, things like that always just make me gasp. Can't wait to see the struts done, wowsers.

[@thetechlibrarian]

Yeah you’re so lucky. It’s honestly enough to make me want to move. I mean you go and buy a brand new car that’s expensive as ever and you might get a good 10 years out of it but you just know if you live somewhere where there wasn’t saw you might be able to double it.

[@Bgkim1113]

Thank you very much!! you guy is very educational instructor. I am a retired shop owner ASE master thirteen years ago. your detail explain is one of the best those on youtube video

[@mojo4376]

Thanks for all your great videos. If you were close to me, I’d definitely use your services.

[@Derekolson0]

Great video Thankyou! I am sure I know how I messed my drum breaks up so bad the first time I did them now. 😂

[@Len10293]

AMD another very informative video! It’s so hard to find a mechanic of your honesty and professionalism

[@azizbass]

It looks like you may have changed your camera because the image quality has improved a lot in your lot of your videos recently, and the hissing sound is gone from the microphone. When you were working on the bench, an overhead angle would have been amazing, BIG THANKS and for your fantastic videos. May the Lord bless you and your family/team. Live long and prosper you're a living legend, sir.

[@chucksw1]

I don't even have drum breaks but I enjoyed watching you do this!😊

[@CountryFarmBoyUSA]

WOW! I live in the rust belt and have never seen a rear strut that bad. Another great video for the DIYer. I'm 60 and my first car, a 1970 Galaxy 500 had 4 way drum brakes and most of my cars until the late 90's had rear drum brakes. My current cars are 2003 - 2005 Vibes and they still have rear drum brakes.

[@coloradoboo1071]

Very much appreciated!! I have a few Toyotas with drums that will need replacing at some point (if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!) We are still waiting for your engine bay cleaning on your Camry!!) 😅

[@danielforrest3871]

I hope that your shop thrives. You really are an old school, awesome dude.

[@mod_incllc3235]

The best Drum Brake tutorial I've seen on KZbin! And I've watched many of them!

[@tsukki_amv2848]

Great video with a lot of practical tips. I have a 2007 Toyota Sienna (original owner) with 132,000 miles with original rear drum brakes. I have had the parts for a year and I think now I am ready to try this out. My neighbor across the street helped his son change his drum brakes last weekend. He said he would help me with my brakes but when I informed them that the rear brakes are drum, he promptly changed his mind.

[@PH-md8xp]

Excellent video. Just one tip, take a couple photographs of the shoes and springs setup after you get the drum off and before you start disassembling the springs, shoes, and clips- so that you have a quick and easily accessible reference for reassembly.

[@silk7519]

Glad I have brake pads all around 😆. Excellent video.

[@tardeliesmagic]

A mechanic told/showed me many years ago to rub the edges off the shoes & to lightly sand the surface too. I've never done the job myself EVER,too risky for me lol Great advice Amd as always....i'm just not good with fiddly things.

[@greganderson2335]

Very nice as usual. The great thing about current times is that you can now take tons of pictures with your phone to insure you know the original position of all the parts We old guys remember when you just had to guess or check the other side.

[@riceburner4747]

Most of my cars had TWO upper springs. And when I first started, I'd lay parts on a flat piece of cardboard the way I took them off.

[@jacklo325]

Man, I remember changing shoes on my paseo years ago. You made it looks so easy, while I struggled. The pro vs. weekend warrior...😅

[@uaart1]

This was EXACTLY what I needed for my ‘05 Sienna. Had a noise only backing up after the new shoes and hardware were installed. I needed to roll the edges of the shoes? Who knew? And I’ve been doing drum brakes on my GM cars and older Hondas for 40 years! Everything else he did is gospel. Side cutter method? Um, ok. I had been using a special tool to hold the spring end that never really worked. Some of the older Toyotas used front access adjustment holes? I wish I had that feature !! 7:04

[@LorenaPoston-tq7vs]

I'm a lady and I' will do my rear drum brakes myself, and so far your tutorial was the best!!! Thanks

[@user-em8mf4bi4l]

Μονο Toyota. Καλύτερη εταιρία που σκέφτεται τον τεχνικό

[@glennfields8121]

AMD, you make great videos and provide tips and educate us. Thank you for doing this. You do this by choice and it is appreciated.

[@danny.choi.]

AMD you are an ethical and responsible super star mechanic like the one called Mike Holme in building industry, you inspired me! 👍

[@karotte29]

Thank you that video boosted my confidence in tackling my Tacoma!!!!!

[@sheerwillsurvival2064]

Still have my snap on brake tool set the pliers were the best had spring tools on the ends of the pliers. Bought them in 1975 working at a GM dealership. Good memories

[@jafopt]

Your videos are great. The presentation from beginning to end is as if you’re teaching an automotive repair class.

[@mervwhitney7229]

Another excellent tutorial video. I have done the brake shoe replacement job many times in my DIY driving career, with older cars, many years ago. It is not easy when lying or kneeling on the ground! A 'lift' makes everything so much more accessible. Your customers are fortunate to have you..

[@justliberty4072]

I recommend you get a stool from "HF"; even a little step stool or an upside down 5-gallon bucket is great to sit on rather than kneeling. At least if you destroyed your knees with basketball and running...

[@mervwhitney7229]

@@justliberty4072 Thank you for the suggestion.. We have Screwfix in the UK where I obtained some Trade Gel filled knee pads, held by velcro straps. They work as a cushion for the knees, as well as roll of carpet underlay or an old pillow. Unfortunately, at 6'4", a stool or bucket are far too low. At my age I would never get up again! The joys of getting old!

[@BigSlickRick75]

Great video! Little things you've covered that I've never done before 😂! Love the videos!

[@peterchang4601]

Thank you so much for your insightful instructions! It's always great to watch you work and to learn from you! You made this difficult job easy because your method is a lot better and smarter than some other videos I've seen. You are the best!

[@ThunderbirdRocket]

So thorough and explained the information in simple language ! Thanks !

[@jzb8380]

Thanks so much for this video! I was just about to tackle this job on our 2005 Camry.

[@dandan3643]

I'm shocked at the amount of rust you have to deal with. I don't know what state your in but I'm in Florida by the ocean and you would think our cars would be caked in rust but it's the opposite of what you get there. I love the channel. You speak so well.

[@joseleysa5137]

Wonderful step by step instructions and very clean work indeed. That is why i enjoy watching your videos... Keep it up Care Nut!

[@7fpsmarvin]

Man this has never been my go-to I’ve always paid someone else to do this for me but following you for a minute now and I’m going to shoot my shot 👌🏻

[@kens97sto171]

Great video.. nice clear steps. I like how you put the parts on the table side by side, keeping everything organized. I need to start doing that. Its easy to get stuff turned around or backwards. Taking pics helps too. On the adjustment part. I have added a step, get the brakes adjusted to whatever you like. I then get in the car and apply and disengage the parking brake several times. Then go back and adjust the brakes again.. normally you will find they are loose again. The parking brake will press the shoes tightly against the drum and center them nicely. I have found repeating the parking brake step 2 -3 times, and you will get to a point where there is no longer any change after you do it. Now the Brakes are centered, and adjusted nice.

[@aldomassa7473]

OUTSTANDING as always ! The advice and counsel were even better portions of the video. After so many great videos and perhaps finding more and more reasons to just purchase OEM, it lasted thing long…. Why not go back to the same. Toyota parts = Toyota happy. God bless and be well. 😊

[@Maplecook]

THANK YOU for posting this!

[@kangaroorun5116]

You are really the man. Salute here. Although Ive been doing this for quite sometime now, I still need those advises of yours, thanks.

[@cenccenc946]

From this video I learned I have those drum breaks on my 2002 Hilux pickup I just got, and I am going to totally DIY the payment to my mechanic to replace them. 😆

[@edulloa7958]

Well done job explaining the process of changing the drum brakes,God bless you for sharing your knowledge.

[@chefboyarrde]

Finally gave me the confidence to try! Thank you!! Doing rear drums on a 93 Camry!!

[@davidrouleau3289]

I've never really like those hold down spring removal tool my go to instead has always been long nose vise grip, it hold the spring and the plate and it work on all cars

[@icosthop9998]

Nice

[@MrNICOYA2009]

I’d like to thank you a lot for this video helped me to replace rear breaks on my corolla ‘11. My ugly fight was with installing the adjuster spring, at the end used an small flat screwdriver to do it. Four hours but saved me almost a grand.

[@christy6828]

This is one of the very best brake shoe replacement video's I have ever seen. I like that you take the time to show what needs to be done, and you also explain why it needs to be done. You have helped a lot of people, and you inspire confidence to do it yourself. Thank you very much.

[@richardpena7275]

Very professional. He takes the time to explain details and his experiences.

[@rightlanehog3151]

AMD, My 2005 is still on its first set of brake shoes as well but this video will be handy when the day comes. 😁

[@yunieskerjoseespinosamarre1174]

My friend, thank you!!! Always impressive your lessons. Done this job in my car before. Once said this, there is always a new good tip from you 👍. Blessings 🙏

[@michaelfishman7174]

Beautifully explained. I have never seen a video that explains this so clearly. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@richardwallinger1683]

loved your finishing advice .. DO ONE SIDE AT A TIME. Priceless.

[@ericknutsen1958]

Thanks for your time making the video! God bless you and yours

[@DougZbikowski]

Perfect. Best drum back instructional on KZbin!

[@mvtroiano]

I have watched 100 brake install video's over the years. No one else said to turn the self adjuster all the way back down. That makes complete sense! I like your style of explaining things and just subscribed!

[@brianzachary5618]

I put new drums and shoes on my 2003 Tundra a couple of weeks ago. I watched some other videos that helped a lot. The lithium grease and sanding the ends of the shoes are two tips I picked up.

[@javig5045]

Love your subtle humor, Mr. car car nut....Javi G.

[@KP-uj1wf]

Thanks for another great video. Would it be possible to do a similar video, but on 'servicing disc brakes'? Thanks!

[@tdcm666]

He also made a video "How To Replace Your Toyota Brakes Part 1 and Part 2" where he replaces the disc brakes

[@PeteBasel]

Drum brakes are such a pain in the butt with all the springs and do dads, hate them everytime I do them. Even took pictures before to see where things went. NICE job and thanks for explaining so clearly! I often find things rusted solid, lots of PB Blaster, and brake grease to clean them up.

[@jh1319]

Have watched a lot of DIY on drum brakes, but yours is the best, sir. Well done.

[@gregsantos9731]

Very well shown and presented, thank you very much bro, how can i live with my car without you.

[@panagiotisharos9625]

Congratulations... excellent... regards from Athens Greece...

[@Tuckedvisuals]

Thank you so much! I just changed the drums brakes on my 2014 corolla with the help of this video

[@chrisczarnik3439]

It is a pleasure listening to you AMD.👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏from🇦🇺

[@ronchappel4812]

26:12 ***Solid gold advice***! I've needed that backup plan a few times😆 For anyone that's curious about leading versus trailing shoes,here's a quick explainer. The leading shoe gets the most wear because the rotating forces help pull it tighter against the drum- which gives a stronger braking effect.The trailing shoe doesnt have this advantage. So why not make both shoes the leading type? Early race cars did exactly this and it works well. However this has one disadvantage. When a car is going backwards the leading shoe(s) become trailing shoes and lose most of their braking ability.And because road going car's E brakes need to work equally well in both directions, they have the leading/trailing arrangement.

[@davidnguyen9067]

Thanks my teacher. You're always #1.good luck.

[@romeokabatay4655]

Extremely thorough and highly informative. After watching this, even a non- DYI person should be able to service a drum brake. Thank you, very much. I always enjoy your excellent presentation.

[@Larry-Hi]

Made my day in light of the kaos going on in our Nation and World. Love your videos. Thank you Car Care Nut. God bless, aloha!

[@LAactor]

Larry Yo we have such chaos in the agenda that our leaders are concerned over that other world leaders are abandoning the US dollar. India will use other currency to trade their rupees. China and Russia just brokered a deal to do the same. Our world here is being ruined. We will be refugees in 20-30 years if this keeps going. Our country has fallen.

[@eds8780]

Thank you for making this video. I love how you broke it down step by step and articulate it for us novice folk to understand. Great video!

[@richardprokopczyk9255]

you are completely 100% correct about doing one side at a time , drum brakes confuse more backyard mechanics than any thing on the car,thank you CCN for your videos! LATER GATOR

[@avsfan291]

I've watched my share of DIY car video's and this one is the cleanest one I've seen. Nice job.

[@gregsantos9731]

Oh my! Yes that struts need a replacement, thats another one beauty with you, yiur not just working on the problem, you also giving advise on a coming problem as well.

[@toyotatundra0455]

Thank you for the video. I'm one of your subscribers asking for this video. I'll keep watching.

[@garymoon2829]

Thank you AMD, this was extremely helpful. ! I've done a few drum brake jobs on my cars, having had no particular instruction. I definitely learned good techniques from your video, and feel sure now that the next time will be easier, faster, and less stressful. Thanks!

[@olavi_liikanen]

Wow! This was very uselful video for me, thank you! I did watch this before i replaced my 1993 Corolla's rear drum brakes. Car has been driven 124 598 km/77421 miles currently.

[@elidaniel9568]

Love your "how to" videos. Please give us more of them. They not only teach how to do something, but how the mechanizem works, and that's wonderful!

[@vetteboy1024]

One of my most frustrating cars to replace the drum brakes was a late 90’s Tercel.

[@p6102zrfxe]

Great video. Thank you AMD.

[@eurowerks1]

Another great video 🎉 always helpful and informative and done so well

[@tonytheetiger3750]

Most informative mechanic ever and knowledgeable Thank you

[@omarpatterson5045]

He's the best so far!

[@ivanbg5167]

At the shop I work at, we like using high leverage pliers to grab the spring, such as snap on HL138ACP.

[@7thplanet121]

I made a hook with a welding rod. Removed the flux and made a small hook on one end and on the other I bent it to be comfortable for the hand. Works great for removing and fitting springs.

[@aneelpanjwani9114]

Excellent video. Thanks.

[@rickj1983]

I would be more than happy to relinquish my weekend mechanic work to let you take over everything if you simply moved to CO. Your attention to detail is phenomenal.

[@zhengqixu3833]

The machanic is very professional. I learned a lots. Thanks