﻿ Repair and operation of the FJ60, FJ62 and FJ80 Toyota Land Cruiser 1980 - 1997 cars - 8.3. Blocks of disk brakes (forward or back)//Toyota

Toyota Land Cruiser

FJ60, FJ62 and FJ80 1980-1997 of release

Repair and operation of the car

Toyota Land Cruiser
+ 1. Maintenance instruction
+ 2. Maintenance
+ 3. Engines
+ 4. Cooling systems, heating
+ 5. Fuel and exhaust systems
+ 6. System of decrease in toxicity
+ 7. Transmission
- 8. Brake system
   8.1. Technical characteristics
   + 8.2. ABS system
   8.3. Blocks of disk brakes (forward or back)
   8.4. Brake support
   8.5. Brake disk
   8.6. Blocks of drum brakes
   8.7. Wheel cylinder of brakes
   8.8. Main cylinder of brakes
   8.9. Hoses and tubes of a hydraulic actuator
   8.10. Removal of air from a hydraulic actuator of brakes
   8.11. Vacuum amplifier of brakes
   8.12. Blocks of the emergency brake of back disk brakes
   8.13. Adjustment of the emergency brake
   8.14. Cable of the emergency brake
   8.15. Braking signal switch
+ 9. Suspension brackets and steering
+ 10. Body
+ 11. Electric equipment
+ 12. Electrical circuitries


8.3. Blocks of disk brakes (forward or back)



Blocks change only in a set on one axis. When cleaning blocks to delete dust and dirt with wiping by the rags moistened in alcohol or special liquid it is forbidden to blow.


1. Turn off a stopper of a nutritious tank of brakes.
2. Release nuts of wheels, lift the car and establish on supports.
3. Remove wheels.
4. Attentively check a condition of a disk (see subsection 8.5).
5. In need of grinding or replacement remove a disk and blocks.


When working you watch liquid level in a tank, if necessary remove a part of liquid.

6. Remove a spring bracket of a finger.
7. Get the lower finger of a block.
8. Remove an antinoise spring of blocks.
9. On cars till 1991 remove a W-shaped antinoise spring of blocks.
10. Get the top finger of a block and remove an external block.
11. Drown pistons of the external cylinder.
12. Grease a block basis with antinoise structure.
13. Grease antinoise slips.
14. Grease a reverse side of a block and establish a block in a support.
15. Cultivation of pistons of a support of back brakes requires a clamp. The heel of a clamp rests against the platform near the union, and the screw is rolled, pressing on an external block.
16. Turn off support bolts.
17. Remove a support of a back brake, take a support aside and fix.
18. Remove blocks from a support arm.
19. Get indicators of wear and an antinoise slip and rearrange on a new block. At detection of wear or deformations replace these details new.
20. Remove persistent plates of blocks and check. At detection of the slightest deformations replace.
21. Establish a new block, an antinoise slip and the indicator of wear.
22. Grease overlays of external and internal blocks with antinoise structure and establish a support upside-down.
23. When dismantling a back brake remove basic plates of blocks which should be replaced at their slightest deformation. Rearrange the index of wear on thickness of new blocks. At damages replace indicators.
24. At assembly tighten support bolts with the set moment.
25. Press several times a brake pedal, check and restore liquid level in a tank.
26. Check work of brakes.