Any advice on this before I start? I've done this with my old Corolla before.
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17 years ago
Replace rear brake rotor for 2000 Camry V6
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17 years ago
Should be the same deal as the rotors on a corrolla. The only difference here is that the parking brake shoe is inside a little drum in the center of rotor, and sometimes they hangup the rotor from coming out. But most of the time, they come right off.
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Haynes manual has a pretty good description of how to get it off. I recently purchased my 2000 Camry v6 used so I took off the wheels to inspect the brakes.
The driver's side rear rotor had a half circle opening to loosen the shoe adjuster. After turning the adjuster a couple of times, the rotor came off with a slight tap of a rubber mallot.
I think my car has aftermarket rotors because the passenger-side rear rotor is missing the small hole that you need to loosen the parking shoe adjuster. I wasn't able to get that rotor off. Since the pad and rotors looked almost new, I wasn't too worried about inspecting the passenger-side parking brake shoes.
The drivers side parking brake shoe was within tolerance, but I plan to replace them later this year. They cost a fortune at the dealer and I can't find aftermarket shoes.
Make sure you have a piece of string or something to hang the caliper while you are working on the rotor.
RickC