Is one side or needs to adjust at both side?

Thanks for the really straightforward video. Dealer quoted me $230 to do this. You saved me some serious $$$.

thanks for the video, last time I took my 4runner to the dealer y requested a parking brake adjustment and they said that I had to leave the car because it could take half day. I'll do it by myself now!

Wow… this is serendipitous. I just called my mechanic about this yesterday!!! The YT algorithm must be spying on my conversations. If it wasn’t -24° outside I’d do it myself!

Great video, and of course the first time you went to show it not working it actually did what it was supposed to hah!

Thanks a lot for that mechanical tip. 👍🏻👍🏻 Greetings from Yellowknife 🇨🇦

This seemed like a scary job until I watched this video, which is short and clear. Thanks!

Thanks for the video, subscribed.

I recently did rear brakes. Loosened the drum to remove rotator. Parked on my drive which has a similar incline. Put in N and depressed E brake. It didn’t roll but, I put my hands in the rim and rotated the wheel and sure enough she rolled a bit! I wish I checked to see if it was like this before I adjusted it. Best video I’ve seen on adjusting this drum brake. It really could take a few attempts to get it perfect. I wish there was an actual spec to go off of rather than tighten, don’t over tighten, then loosen lol

Great video for adjusting the e-brake shoes! In my case, I think a cable adjustment was all that was needed. My 2022 4Runner has always had a really weak e-brake. This was definitely different than the 2017 that it replaced. We bought both new, so no one had adjusted either one. Anyhow, I noticed that if I pressed the pedal all the way to the floor, the e-brake would eventually engage well enough to keep it from rolling backward on a moderately sloped driveway. So I knew the shoes were eventually engaging. After some reading, I found that there are cable adjustments both at the foot pedal, and under the center console under the cup holder area and the arm rest compartment. I adjusted it at the foot pedal, and the brakes now engage nicely at about 5 clicks. So long story short, if your brake engages all the way at the bottom of the pedal travel (no more clicks) - then a cable adjustment may be the better alternative to adjusting the shoes. In my case, I think the shoe clearance was correct, but the cable was adjusted too loose from the factory. To make the adjustment here, you have to remove the panel that covers the brake pedal area. Then use an open end 10mm wrench to hold the adjusting nut, while breaking loose the retaining nut. Remove the retaining nut, and tighten the adjusting nut as needed with a deep well socket. Then reinstall the retaining nut and tighten against the adjusting nut while backing up the adjusting nut with the 10mm open end wrench.

Thank you good how to video 👍

Nice 4runner..The park brake assembly is drum and shoes style.thx for sharing. My wife drove thru the park brake on my 03 v8 4x4runner and ruined. shoes..They suck to change.thx.

Thank you

Good video 👍 , I have ? You only do it in one side of have to do it in the other side too. ?

Great video, I have 60s and 50s classic with drums, I typically adjust that clicker when changing the shoes. Isn’t the low e peddle the cable adjustment? Just wondering, my wife’s 4Runner has a low e peddle from day one.

Dumb question but is the parking break set while making the adjustment or not? Thanks

Good quick vid. How do you like the Kendas?

Could this be a reason why I’m hearing some brake drag/ squealing? I recently got my e brake adjusted by someone else and I have squealing from the rear end at low speeds. Maybe tightened too much? My pads and rotors are good front and back.

dumb question, but is the break disengaged while you are making the adjustment?

Just bought a 2023 4Runner and having exactly the same problem… QC these days is unbelievable

You need to set the parking break or this is done while is released?

Are those kenda klever R/Ts? How are they on and off road?

Shift to neutral and then apply the parking brakes, to see if the brakes are holding the vehicle and not the transmission.

Take it off! 😂

1. INSPECT PARKING BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL (a) Fully depress the parking brake pedal to engage the parking brake. (b) Depress the pedal again to disengage the parking brake. (c) Slowly depress the parking brake pedal using the specified force and count the number of clicks. Standard parking brake pedal travel: 5 to 7 clicks at 294 N (30 kgf, 66 lbf) If the parking brake pedal travel is not as specified, adjust the parking brake shoe clearance and parking brake pedal travel.

So let’s say you did this and the vehicle still rolled down hill in neutral Either the mechanic who adjusted mine is an idiot or something else is wrong and I’m trying to figure it out.