802 Garage I was working for what seemed like 30 minutes before I cut it

When that happens, use a punch to get them out if possible then just replace the pins 😉

@@KyBusch18KBM I got them out in the end but had to take them off the car and heat up the sliders before they would even think about moving

Omfg no it’s aluminum. It’s weighs maybe 1.5 pounds. It’s really fine

@@jth1987leb Nah, doesn't matter, still stressing the brake lines.

@@kuvyoghmoobamelica6883 do you have any idea the amount of stress these brake hoses are under when you apply the brakes? Way more then a 1.5 pound aluminum caliper hanging from it.

@@jth1987leb not the same sort of stress though, resisting pressure from within is a different stress than stretching the hose linearly.

Eleuterio Ramalho it’s an aluminum caliper. It weighs not even a pound. It’s okay.

@@shawndowtin9790 that sounds like the cable is not good. You could try and loosen the adjuster that’s in the car. I’m not sure where it is though

The holes do not line up with the spring. The holes the hub are meant as a pass through to adjust the parking brake shoes

alb12345672 my recommendation would be to unbolt the caliper bracket. This will allow you to remove the caliper since the guide pin is seized. You want to avoid hitting it calipers are aluminum. Once you have it all off, if you have a vice put the bracket it in it. Put WD40 on the guide pin so it starts going down the bore. If you have a way to heat it up like a burns o matic heat where the guide pins go through. With a lot of patience and time you should be able to rock it free and pull it off. You should be able to clean the guide pin off with 320 paper then go to a finer paper. Clean the bore out the best you can. Try to find need boots. Make sure the pistons compress. If they don’t just get a new caliper and bracket. I hope this helps.

@@jth1987leb The calipers are still on the car, I managed to tilt them so the pads came off(probably woke up the dead). They have some strike marks. The pin definitely is unscrewing at bit as they tilt. If I heat it the caliper has to come off and I have to bleed it. Pads look new because they never engaged. I was actually trying to isolate a noise, had 1 wheel and on the ground noticed the car won't budge. The AWD/TC system should touch the opposite brake and at least make an attempt that is how I knew something is very wrong. It was also horrible in the snow last winter, I thought it was tires. I have the calipers in my cart, I also priced locally hardware (the boots) and its getting close to new calipers shipped. I have another car, so no rush. I can also put it back, was driving like this a while. I've seen seized pins but not this bad. Must be the AL and steel pin. The seal was also torn. This is something to check every year or so. Thanks for the help

You will be fine to drive but you need to remove all the parking brake hardware, pull the parking brake cable through the backing plate and zip tie it out of the way. When I’m doing drum brakes or parking brakes. I’ll work on one side but use the other side as a visual reference

@@jth1987leb I got everything put back on thanks to your video! Helped guide me along the way. Thankfully I had needle nose vice grips and I could easily turn them stubborn spring caps to lock it in place.

Heating it out with a hand held burns-o-mantic would do the job. That what I had to do to the other side

If it won’t slide off the bottom pin remove the whole caliper and bracket. I have a newer video posted on how to do that. After I would do one of two things. Buy a whole new caliper with bracket or heat the area where the pin goes into the caliper. Heating that area up will break up the rust. With the bracket in a vice I would turn the caliper back and forth. This will break up more rust and allow the caliper to come off the pin. You will need a new pin and boot. Make sure your local parts store has these parts before doing this

@@jth1987leb thank you very much.

Yes. If you have the parking brake engaged you will not be able to remove the rotors or adjust the shoes correctly

It’s the same as the first.

Dreads51 that part should be on your car. In the case of this car the customer removed it to free up the wheel and save it for when the parking brake was installed. I’m not sure but I image that part is the same between the is250 and is350. Wouldn’t make since for Toyota/Lexus to make two different parts.

Oh ok yeah cause my 350 doesn't have it, it has the right side but not left I wouldn't know why .. I'm assuming the last person messed with it 🤦‍♂️ but thank you I thought the same hopefully it does fit thank you for getting back to me so quickly!

Dreads51 so I just looked into it. They share the same parking brake parts so that part is interchangeable between the is250 and is350. It sis also found on the GS of the same years.

That might be something on your end. My audio and visual are recorded on top of each

This is a awd.

Uriel Salas hey! Happy holidays. Thanks for stopping by

I’m really sorry to hear about your blindness.