Toyota Brake Job Best Practices Guide

[Luftmasse]

This guy works at Toyota and seems to use a different grease and greasing the backing plate.

 

[The Critic]

This guy works at Toyota and seems to use a different grease and greasing the backing plate.

Techs do a lot of things that go against the official instructions. Not saying that they are correct or incorrect. This thread was created to discuss best practices set forth by Toyota.

 

[The_Jeff]

I first heard the washing rotors with soapy water about 10 or so years ago from one of our techs. He heard it at Ford school and said once he switched to that method he had a lot less issues with noise. I have tried to do it since. It gets hard with the big rotors though.

Yeah that's weird. I, like many of you, hose them down with brake cleaner then wipe with a rag or paper towel.

Water just seems like a recipe to get flash rusting before even driving them ten feet.

 

[The Critic]

Yeah that's weird. I, like many of you, hose them down with brake cleaner then wipe with a rag or paper towel.

Water just seems like a recipe to get flash rusting before even driving them ten feet.

I only wash the ones that have been resurfaced. New rotors get a wipe with purple power, followed by brake cleaner.

 

[Luftmasse]

What grease do you guys use the caliper pistons?

 

[The Critic]

What grease do you guys use the caliper pistons?

Well, the guide says you are not supposed to grease them.

 

[Luftmasse]

Well, the guide says you are not supposed to grease them.

I am not sure if I have been doing it wrong or not, I apply silicone grease on the caliper piston/boot I do not use brake grease with oils or solids because it can swell up the boots.

Also, the guide states not to use shim grease on the brake hardware. That could also mean use other type of grease to lube or to not lube at all.

 

[Hall]

I apply silicone grease on the caliper piston/boot

I've seen / heard of people that do that. Silicone-type stuff is pretty harmless so I doubt it's an issue. I'd just keep it only on the face of the piston itself, not on the boot.