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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: AJMBLAZER on March 12, 2009, 06:01:25 PM
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So I'm fairly sure my rear brakes are shot. I knew they were thin but I drive all my vehicles like a stick so I tend not to use my brakes until I'm actually stopping. They last me a long time, what can I say. :P
All of a sudden there's not much rear braking going on and my foot moves quite a bit more before I really feel the brakes grab. Reminds me of when we regeared it and the rear brakes took a few days to finally seat in right.
At any rate, what size are the rear brakes? Some sites just list by 2 door vs 4 door and others list sizes...which I'd bet means the 2 doors get the smaller brakes? Anyone know the dimensions?
Thinking about getting a parts kit as well since the truck has about 180k on it. Anything else I should pick up while I'm at it?
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2 doors have the smaller rear drums. I think mine were 297mm but mine were Lucas/Grling so yours may well be slightly different.
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All you really need are the shoes and spring kit. Unless your drums are bad, or you have a leaky wheel cylinder... but you won't know that till you get them off.
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Sounds like you have worn the shoes down until they actually are not close to the drums anymore. This would explain how the pedal does not "feel" contact for a while as you push on it.
You might check your front pads while you are at it... Also check the slide pins on the front calipers. One o mine "fell out" :o causing braking to be a bit spongy. I reinstalled new ones with Locktite and things felt a lot better.
I "engine brake" a lot on the Hypnotoad too. The only bad thing about that its that it confuses all the "Amateurs" driving behind me...
"How can a vehicle slow down without putting on the brakes??"