Thank you VERY much for posting this video! My 2007 Tundra has had a crappy parking brake engagement since the day it was new. I finally found a great tutorial on how to properly adjust it, but without replacing the lever that you show here, I don't think all the adjusting of the shoes at the drum would have mattered one bit. My lever looked about as rusted as the one in your video, but luckily...with a lot of patience and PB Blaster, I was able to turn the two mounting bolts out. Posting the link to the lever from Amazon was a real time saver for me too, as I probably would have been hunting for quite some time to find it online. So THANK YOU again, sir!
Thanks for watching! I'm happy you found this video helpful. Yea, unfortunately alot of tundra's suffer from rust on this lever, and you essentially lose the parking brake function if it's not replaced, just like you stated.
That's how my 04 parking brake looks. Different design, similar situation. Winter underbody coating makes a huge difference in slowing down and preventing rust.
Update: Changed mine about a week ago. My attachment bolts were threaded into the chassis vs held with a nut. I sprayed penetrating oil all over everything day before and didn't have too much trouble getting it off. Went slow so as not to break any bolts. Imagine this would have been a $200-300 job at a shop. Did it all for about 35
OMG, thank you so much for this video. I replaced my shoes thinking they were worn out, but it turns out it was this part! I got mine out, and it was just as rusted, if not worse! I attempted to adjust it, and the spring fell apart and crumbled in my hand. So, besides thanking you, I have not received my replacement part yet, but since the spring disintegrated in my hand, I don't know how it goes in. Would you please show me where the left side of the spring hooks on to? The right side I can make out logically, and in your video I kind of see it, but not on the left. Sorry for the long comment. Thanks! 😊
By chance do you remember the bolt sizes you replaced from the hardware store? M6x1 maybe? Hard to find. But thank you for the video. Need to do my 13'
Free-All is an awesome penetrant. I used to use Peanut Butter Blaster. I also have a tiny butane torch that I use for tight spaces like that. The kind of torch you might see a chef using. Heat the nut or bolt until it glows.
Thank you VERY much for posting this video! My 2007 Tundra has had a crappy parking brake engagement since the day it was new. I finally found a great tutorial on how to properly adjust it, but without replacing the lever that you show here, I don't think all the adjusting of the shoes at the drum would have mattered one bit. My lever looked about as rusted as the one in your video, but luckily...with a lot of patience and PB Blaster, I was able to turn the two mounting bolts out. Posting the link to the lever from Amazon was a real time saver for me too, as I probably would have been hunting for quite some time to find it online. So THANK YOU again, sir!
Thanks for watching! I'm happy you found this video helpful. Yea, unfortunately alot of tundra's suffer from rust on this lever, and you essentially lose the parking brake function if it's not replaced, just like you stated.
Video helped, I sprayed the lever with Rust-Oleum rust removal gel 3 times and pulled lever both ways and worked it loose.
nice! yea, mine was rusted way too much.
ha this is exactly how my 2014 lever looks. need to replace and now i know. thanks for posting!
That's how my 04 parking brake looks. Different design, similar situation. Winter underbody coating makes a huge difference in slowing down and preventing rust.
Update: Changed mine about a week ago. My attachment bolts were threaded into the chassis vs held with a nut. I sprayed penetrating oil all over everything day before and didn't have too much trouble getting it off. Went slow so as not to break any bolts. Imagine this would have been a $200-300 job at a shop. Did it all for about 35
Thanks for this very helpful video. You have saved me an expensive repair.
The struggle is real. Your battles with rusty hardware look like mine, and that's affirming.
definitely! the north east is crazy with rust problems
Thank you for your valuable time and for sharing your knowledge, experience and skills with the rest of us.
Respectfully
much respect, I'm happy you got value from my content!
OMG, thank you so much for this video. I replaced my shoes thinking they were worn out, but it turns out it was this part! I got mine out, and it was just as rusted, if not worse! I attempted to adjust it, and the spring fell apart and crumbled in my hand. So, besides thanking you, I have not received my replacement part yet, but since the spring disintegrated in my hand, I don't know how it goes in. Would you please show me where the left side of the spring hooks on to? The right side I can make out logically, and in your video I kind of see it, but not on the left. Sorry for the long comment. Thanks! 😊
Awesome video, thanks.
No problem 👍
By chance do you remember the bolt sizes you replaced from the hardware store? M6x1 maybe? Hard to find. But thank you for the video. Need to do my 13'
outstanding! thank you!
much respect👍🏽
What size wrench to remove bolts
I sprayed PB Blaster everyday for a week
I'm not sure. Mine was so rusty I couldn't get to identify the correct size nut.
Free-All is an awesome penetrant. I used to use Peanut Butter Blaster. I also have a tiny butane torch that I use for tight spaces like that. The kind of torch you might see a chef using. Heat the nut or bolt until it glows.
Hey good job
Much respect!
@@CraftyWorkshopBuilds how long have you been wrenching I’m a mechanic my. Self
Oh, cool! I've been wrenching since around 2011 when I got my first car, a honda civic.