rear brakes...

[nstueve]

Hey guys I have a problem with a es300 and figured the camry's were the closest relative... I have a 98 es300 with rear disk/drum brake combo... I need to replace a warped rotor but can't get it off due to the drum brakes holding it on...

Where is the release inside the drum? bottom? side? top?

I just took the caliper off and kinda expected the rotor to slide off like the front... I have beat the heck out of it and it's loose but seems like the pads for the drum breaks (drum pads used for ebrake only...) are holding it on... any advise welcome... did I miss a bolt? need to find the release inside the drum? beat it more???? let me know...

Thanks!
Nathan

[Chris Crash]

Is the handbrake on?

There should be a threaded hole or two in the rotor hat for you to put some long bolts in and tighten down until it pops off, much like drums would do.

You might need to get to the drunk brakes from the back and find the adjuster and loosen them.

[Eye8Pussies]

there is a release inside the drum assembly


there should be a a fair sized hole in the rotor with a small rubber plug on it. remove that plug and spin the hole so that it is exactly at the 6 o'clock position. then take a flat head screwdriver and poke around

the mechanism inside is basically like a gear that you have to spin either up or down to tighten or loosen the pads. use the flathead to spin the gear- you will hear the gears spin and the sound of a spring compressing or decompressing while you do it, so listen carefully to make sure you are spinning it at all

unfortunately, I can't remember to tell you if up or down is to loosen, but once you do it once and see how the assembly works, it will all make sense