I have a 1985 Toyota pickup 2 wheel drive..... Well, here is the fun part... When installing my lift, the brake line extension brackets wouldn't even come close to fitting.. I thought I had done something wrong... I called tech support at Fabtech and they said that another customer, about a week prior, had told them that toyota pickups of that era had 2 different caliper designs. They also advised me to remove the entire lift as they couldn't endorse or condone me modifying them for liability reason~~well, I did modify the hard lines and the brackets and everything is fine.. Something about one being a made in Canada design and the other Japan....
I ordered brake pads from my local Kragen's and when they arrived and I tried to use them, they would not fit into the caliper so I returned them... What should I do and where do I get pads? Does anyone know anything about this?

 

my front brakes are making horrible noises now becuase of the crappy red painted raybestos brakes on there.... i really want the noise to go away, but not sure what i can do....

 

I say if there is a design change in there Toyotas should have both parts in there systems, may just want to head down to the local Toyota parts counter and see what they come up with.
Good Luck

 

I don't know about 2wd but the 4wd can be updated by using FJ40 rotors and 86-95 calipers. This is about 1/4 way down the page under brake rotor swap.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...hreadid=173918
This will give you vented rotors and 4 piston calipers.

 

i dotn think the tlc mod will work o nthe 4x2 as the rotors are totally differnt.. i have a 5 on 4.5" lug pattern, the tlcs dont

also.... i guess nobody knew about this change... the parts catalog at the local kragens only lists one set of brake pads fro the 1/2 ton, 4x2 in 1985.... and they didnt fit.....

fabtech knew nothing about the difference... i wouold have not found out except fabtech said that a guy that worked for a toyota dealership called them and had the same problem i did.. and told them about the different design....

 

anyone?

 

my brakes sound really bad now... i need to replace them... does anyone know?

 

jsut remebered something else that makes the calipers different from each other... the calipers have a hard line that comes out of them that passes through a bracket befroe being attached to a rubber line... this hardline on hte calipers is different from the ones that fabtech designed for my lift... meaning that there really is differnt ones.... and i need brake pads soon... my brakes sound horrible now!

 

The only difference I know of between calipers of this era 2x4 is the 1-ton has larger brakes. I'm not aware of any in production change of the brakes.

 

looking at things now, i wonder if my truck is a 1 t0n... the performance friction carbon metallic pads i ordered didnt fit... and although im pretty sure my truck is a half ton 4x2, the vin plate under the hood says it has a 3.07 gear ratio in an 8" housing and a w46 which is a 4 speed.... and from what i have seen here, if it has a 4speed and an 8" its a 1 ton.....

 

I have a 92 1/2 ton and my bro has a 85 1/2 ton both 2wd. I am no brake expert but if you tell what to look for maybe I can help out.