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Land cruiser 2020, 200 series brake upgrade for towing
Hi Jason, I pressed the wrong button, hence the quote. Does you trailer have brakes? If so are they electric, with a controller under the dash? If so have you properly adjusted it? With properly adjusted electric brakes there shouldn't be any extra load on the vehicle's brakes. Herb -
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Land cruiser 2020, 200 series brake upgrade for towing
I've been driving my 2020 Land Cruiser since it was new. I tow roughly 80% of the time, both in city traffic and on the highway. The stock brakes simply can't handle heavy braking. I've had the discs skimmed multiple times in the 150,000+ km I've driven. What issues have others been experiencing? I would also really appreciate advice from those who have gone through this before on the most affordable brake upgrade available that can handle the heat and wear. Thank you for any helpful advise you may have to offer. -
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Faulty braking system in land cruiser 200 series 2016 model
I assume you mean either the brake disc, or the vacuum cylinder? The 200 series has no brake drums on it - all discs. Sounded like the original problem was something like the "crawl" control coming on...? that applies the brakes to reduce slip when 4WDing in soft ground. -
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Aurion rear muffler delete straight 2.5"pipes exhaust setup
It sounds really good. What is the exhaust setup ? -
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CH-R sudden engine failure
"This clip explains it well . . . . https://autoexpert.com.au/posts/can-additives-clean-my-direct-injection-engine?rq=direct injection" Just read this article. The argument makes absolute sense. You will probably find that unfortunately Toyota and others do not perform tests simulating real life conditions when it comes to reducing pollution outputs. Different countries have different requirements and one rule does not fit all. Some of us in the diesel world have taken to 'deleting' the EGR valve. In a diesel as opposed to a DI petrol ICE, sooty exhaust gases combine with an oily fuel and form deposits (lots). The article points to a similar event occurring in a DI engine because oily fumes are not washed away by the fuel.. Deleting the EGR may help. Ideally oily fumes need to be redirected as DI in the combustion chamber. Hope this all makes sense. -
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Brake issues
Thanks for that but handbrake hasn't been touched in over 50,000 kms. Last time was when the car was serviced at a Toyota Stealership ( fixed price) and they over tightened it. -
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Hi all, just got a Toyota hilux. New to the forum. Hope you’re doing well. -
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Brake issues
Shudder in 200 series can & will come from a over adjusted hand brake shoes & cables. Jack up under the axle un adjust the hand brake cable in cab then back off the hand brake shoes then readjust the shoes so the wheel turn freely then adjust the cable in cabin just enough for it to hold at with about 6 clicks too tight causes shoes to drag. -
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Brake issues
UPDATE. Got in contact with DBA, explained the problem and they asked for pictures of the rotors. These were supplied and the response was slight pad deposit which would cause 'DTV'. That is the technical term for Disc Thickness Variation. Why would I have that? Vehicle has travelled 30K km since the brakes were changed, easy driving and no towing. Was I suppose to use DBA pads instead of Repcos. No mention anywhere that this is the advice - website, box etc. In desperation had a conversation with a chap at Autobarn who seems to know his stuff, not just a salesman. His comments were that rotors are more prone to being damaged than discs with a built-in hub. Reason being that if they do not sit 110% flat against the hub or that wheel nuts have not been tightened correctly damage could happen. Whenever I have taken the wheels off, the wheel nuts are torqued to 140Nm and in the correct sequence when re-installed. Who knows what happens at a tyre shop. Apparently even a minute spec of corrosion on the hub could cause this. What a lot of BS I thought. So, pulled the brakes off again for the third time in as many days and took them to a machine shop. Cut a long story short, they required an ever so slight amount of skimming. After 30,000 kms? Thickness of pads is 1 mm, yes 1 mm, less than new. So when I say easy driving, I mean easy driving. Most of the shudder has gone now. I say most because the rears probably will require skimming. Am I looking at going through this whole BS 30,000 km from now? BTW, also got a lecture from DBA about not using a 'qualified' mechanic. So I asked, what would this so called 'qualified' mechanic have done different. And where do you find one? Certainly not at a Toyota Stealership.
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