I was a bit early in changing out my brakes (the rear pads were about 4mm thick), but out of respect for my car and the safety of myself and others, I went ahead and did the rear brakes on my ES350 today. Spent the afternoon sweating and putting on the new parts, and after test driving it I’m happy to say she brakes better now (or rather it feels like it comes to a stop sooner than it did before with the same amount of brake pedal force) and zero wobble/vibrations/noises. Day well spent 🙂‍↕️

  • jimjam5@lemmy.worldOP
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    6 days ago

    Agreed! For me I bought a two day subscription for Toyota’s technical service manuals. Could I have winged it without paying for this? Maybe. But it had a lot of detailed information, most importantly the correct torque specs for all the different bolts.

    • Feddinat0r@feddit.org
      2·
      6 days ago

      What was the cost and do you have the link?

      Have a verso 2014, where i change the oils and tires, but brakes would be a new one for me

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Good to hear. The official service manuals are the best but written for their mechanics and aren’t always easy for shadetree mechanics to follow. But a good choice if they work for you. I prefer to have the printed versions if they aren’t huge like a Deere manual.