1st Gen Tundra Brake Upgrade

Can I be the second I think the brakes grab and stop just fine, but I don't tow. However, they are very finicky with having the correct adjustment and parts. Eats rotors faster than other cars and that's the benefit I see for the 14WA upgrade.

 

That's fair. I don't tow either. I've posted this before but I find during every day driving I have no complaints other than the mushy pedal which I've never been able to completely solve.

Where I hate our brakes is during the rare instance of heavy/emergency braking and there just isn't enough stopping power. Any other vehicle I've owned I can apply more stopping power the harder I push the pedal. With my truck it hits a certain point and it just doesn't have anything left to give. There have been a few times when it was scary. When they get real hot it's especially horrible.

I'm installing the GX460 brakes Wednesday and hoping they help!

 

You doing new SS Hoses? What fluid you using?

 

I did SS hoses last year, front and rear. I'm just going with some synthetic stuff I picked up from Advance.

I know I know.. I bring great shame to my family.

 

I thought you did the hoses last year, but you said you still suffer mushy pedal. Hhhmmm. Looking forward to your new brakes upgrade. Its exciting stuff!

 

Following with great excitement and popcorn. My life is not exciting, what can I say. LOL. I am glad you guys are still active on this forum. Our trucks don't get too much attention in the online arena.

 

I'd like to add, I think the brakes work fine but they don't last very long. Doesn't seem to be mileage related. I get maybe 3 years then they start wearing oddly and the calipers will start sticking.

 

I have been disowned from my family...

Doesn’t fresh brake fluid provide sufficient hydraulic action regardless of price?

I haven’t owned this vehicle very long and immediately noticed the same braking issue...

SS brake lines sounds logical as well as playing with the proportioning valve (noticed there is another thread on it). Now I just need some free time to tinker.

 

Don't worry, I was too! But now they see how long I've been driving my Tundra compared to their cars!!

 

For real!! I was coming down a muddy hillside the other day in 4Hi and when I went for the brakes i skidded down the hill a bit. Popped that b*tch in 2 and 4lo and all I needed to control my decent was just some nice light taps. Engine braking is definitely underestimated. Obviously there are grade and speed limitations, it does but a bit of extra wear strain through your gears and drive train in the opposite direction as normal(wheels driving motor not motor driving wheels) and probably not recommend if your already or starting to have some issues with your trans or transfer case. But if thats all good its a great tool as long as you don't let it rev the tits off itself and you don't solely rely on it to slow you down, because it wont. I try and stay below 35-4000 but to each their own, just my opinion and results and mileage will probably vary on terrain, tire size (bigger tires = more torque back through the drive train), and level of send .

 

I agree. I accidentally took my truck down a dry ski slope a while back and popped it in 2nd and 4lo. Carefully tapping the brakes and listening to the truck do it's work got me to the bottom safely without the truck running away.

 

First thing is to make sure your rears are adjusted correctly, the parking brake needs to be nice and firm.

 

Front or rear? If it's the front, your proportioning valve is probably biased too much towards the rear.

 

Hope it wasn't a black diamond

 

I thought the same but the rear wears very little, the adjustment is very near the top on the valve rod.

 

This was on Bear Mountain, someone shut the gate on the trail I took in. I forget the name of the slope I went down but the grade and fact I couldn't see the whole trail from the top was enough to make me pucker.

 

I've probably been down it then on my board. I don't remember the names of any of their trails, I only went once and need to go again. I hit almost all their trails in a day, the open ones at least.

 

Yeah, I really want to get into snowboarding or skiing in the next few years but the bike tends to keep me busy in the winter. I just hope summer up there this year isn't as bad as last year.

 

Snowboarding gets addictive really fast. My wife skis, I can't imagine doing that. Too f'd up when skiers fall. Its a faster way to injure your legs.

 

They let you guys just drive around the ski resort in the summer? That's neat.

 

A lot of it comes down to land ownership. The mountains aren't owned by the resorts, its a mix of mostly public with some private land or land-use permits. Most of the forest and wilderness areas over here are public land. There's another ski resort right next to this one you can drive behind as well - all USFS mapped fire roads.

 

New to the first gen Tundras myself, I would also like to get ahold of the "Yota Guy" Lexus BBK conversion.

 

Must have 17” rims to clear BBK upgrade. Not sure if that was mentioned.