Back Breaks

[scrappyslexus]

I have a 2000 LX 470 with 80k I recently got the breaks done. Back breaks seam to be sticking on drivers side only. rattle sound when going forward and shaking. No noise going backbards. Could the emergency break be out of adjustment? the lever has about an inch play before catching. Do the back break adjustments work independantly? The only other odd thing i had was the brake fluid above the MAX mark, which corrected itself after driving. Could it be a shim kit?

[denslexusgx470]

Do you smell the brakes after driving it? If one of the brakes are sticking while your driving, you should smell something when you park it after driving

[scrappyslexus]

I gave the truck bak to the dealer because they did the breaks. They said that the Emergency break springs and linkage broke. Cost to repair all parts $140. I have had many vehicles and never heard of such a thing. Has anyone else heard of a similiar situation? Could the Tech not of done the breaks correctly the first time?

[Jim_Chow]

Never heard of the springs in the e-brake breaking. I don't see why you even need to mess w/ the ebrake at all. I did all of my brakes (new rotors/pads/shims) and never had to do anything w/ the e-brake other than to make sure it was "off" so I could get the rear rotor off. It could be that the tech had to loosen that flywheel thing through the hole since the ebrake shoes weren't allowing him to remove the rear rotor and forgot to readjust it, causing something to bang around in there.