This may not be a cheap trick exactly- more of a 'save your money' tip.
My truck, with 180K miles on the original rear shoes, seemed like it could use a new set of shoes. The brakes squeaked a little one night so my friend suggested it might be the rears (he put a brand new set of front rotors and pads before selling it to me).
Today I finished installing my TRD trans cooler, and pulled the old brake shoes.
There was at least HALF the shoe thickness remaining on the pads! I changed them anyways (autozone brake shoes re only 20 bucks), but geez they last a long time!
I figure, they're good for 300K miles!
There was a TON of brake dust in there. My driveway looked like a mini front-yard volcano erupted, but it cleaned up with the hose easy enough. I may try to bend the proportioning valve wire a bit to get even more braking in the rear- it obviously couldn't hurt to be used more
-Dave
My truck, with 180K miles on the original rear shoes, seemed like it could use a new set of shoes. The brakes squeaked a little one night so my friend suggested it might be the rears (he put a brand new set of front rotors and pads before selling it to me).
Today I finished installing my TRD trans cooler, and pulled the old brake shoes.
There was at least HALF the shoe thickness remaining on the pads! I changed them anyways (autozone brake shoes re only 20 bucks), but geez they last a long time!
I figure, they're good for 300K miles!
There was a TON of brake dust in there. My driveway looked like a mini front-yard volcano erupted, but it cleaned up with the hose easy enough. I may try to bend the proportioning valve wire a bit to get even more braking in the rear- it obviously couldn't hurt to be used more
-Dave