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Originally Posted by Picasso
I don't trust your Midas shop. It is very easy to isolate the front and rear brakes on our trucks to determine which one(s) is/are the cause. Cutting the drums for a Tundra is problematic for any shop according to members of this board whom I trust. A few people who have reported having their drums cut had to replace them because they ended up being ruined. As for the front brakes, $95 seems a little steep but I haven't shopped for this lately. Is this for on the car rotor cutting or off? It should only be done on the car. If your rotors are actually out of round, I would get them cut if there is enough thickness remaining to keep them in spec. If you put on 33's in the future, this will make your brakes work harder which could cause them to wear out faster. This depends more on how you drive your truck than just the size of the tire. I would deal with the brakes when you get the 33's.
Your dealer is clueless. In addition to the TSB that is available on this site to TS subscribers, other mail order web sites like Frozenrotors.com has listed an "upgraded" drum for our trucks for a while. Toyota dealerships are capable of pulling up TSB's. Have the service writer pull up TSB BR003-02 Revised dated Sep 16, 2002. This covers the rear drum and gives the redesigned drum part number.
Just in case the dealership can't find the TSB, here's what you're looking for.
Old drum part #: 42431-35210
Redesigned drum part #: 42431-34021
Good luck.
Paul
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So would i be best off to get new rotors? which ones are the best? Im looking at the Brembo plain rotors and the Powerslot rotors? But i hear the Powerslot rotors that are slotted seem to make alot of noise while braking! I would definitely use OE pads up front.
For the TSB, if the dealer finds it, is this something they are suppose to handle and fix for me? what if they just say ok, so what?