How to Replace Rear Brakes 2003-2008 Toyota Corolla

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This video shows you how to install rear brakes on your 2003-2008 Toyota Corolla. For drum brakes and parking brakes, shoes will eventually need to be replaced.

This repair was done on a 2008 Toyota Corolla S 1.8L Sedan 4-Door FWD Automatic and the process should be similar on the following vehicles:
2003 Toyota Corolla
2004 Toyota Corolla
2005 Toyota Corolla
2006 Toyota Corolla
2007 Toyota Corolla
2008 Toyota Corolla

Tools you will need:
• 21mm Socket
• Needle Nose Locking Pliers
• Anti-Seize Grease
• Brake Grease
• Brake Parts Cleaner
• M8x1.25
• Rust Penetrant
• Safety Glasses
• Hammer
• Wheel Chocks

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[aten]

TRQ handsdown the best repair videos out. These guys are true pros.

[MrBottlecapBill]

Great video. What he skipped over with a cut is that that adjustment screw for the brake shoes is VERY difficult to adjust. DO NOT touch it if you don't have to. Tightening the shoes is them is very difficult. Took me 45 minutes to adjust one after I made the shoes way too tight by mistake. Learn from my

[TheClyde-vf]

Great video !! Not a lot of "Ummmm"s and "you knows.."s that some videos are loaded with. Great speaking voice and you clearly know what you're doing. Thanks for helping me save myself some money. I was comfortable with the disc pads in the front but the springs on the rear drum brakes I was apprehensive about. You made it a snap to get it done. Great info on the brake grease and anti-seize also. Best video I've seen on this procedure by a MILE.

[jeffcarpenter]

This was the best video I watched for all spring locations and setting the pads in place. Thank you for doing an excellent job!

[Journalman]

Good camera work, clear, precise instructions, no fake buddy talk. Well done

[seanhealey]

Just bought an '04 Corolla. Excellent timing.😊

[maurosgarage]

best video. I seen probably all of the ones for this vehicle and sadly I have spent 3 hours trying to do one side.... and the difference between this and other videos is that you put in retaining spring and locking nut at the end. this helped me.

[CoolCatsLC]

Took my car to firestone the brakes were grinding. They told me they looked at them and they were fine. I asked if they took off the drums and they said they looked through "the peephole". The noise I was hearing was supposedly something rattling around in my trunk. I took off the drums and the shoes were down to bare metal. I made a video confronting the mechanic and used this video to install my own brakes.

[samblanco]

Great video thanks, one question what size bolts do you use to break the drum off ?

[Flushdraw-lwgk]

I honestly don't think this video could be any better. It's perfection...thanks!

[_ifandwhen_fan]

Great video I especially like how you point out where to clean and lubricate and to apply anti seize. All of it helped me a lot change my brakes.

[davidchristopher]

Thank you. This living room mechanic couldn't have done it without you. One extra trick I figured out was to take the u-shaped retaining clip off the parking brake, use a vise grip pliers with one jaw on the pried open end of the clip and the other jaw tip grabbing the stud the clip is around. Squeeze and it pushes retaining clip off . Similar technique tomout back on.

[TeoHerrero-pc]

Amazing, I don't think Harvard has this kind of masters teacher and "cameraman" thanks a lot. Muchas gracias.

[craigcampbell]

Excellent instructions. Follow it step by step and it is a breeze even for a first timer.

[echonautproductions]

Thank you for this. Fortunately I work in a shop with all the tools I could ever need. After freaking out about the damn springs I decided to take an angle grinder to make a slot in my screwdriver so they stopped slipping off.

[jlangevin]

Thanks - this was really helpful. I can do almost any disc brake pad replacement with no instruction, but I hate drum brakes rather passionately. If the brilliance of a thousand suns were to burst forth into the sky, that would be like the intensity of my hatred for drum brakes. My only crticism is that I think most people will find it easier to attach the rear spring before pinning the shoe in place; I had no trouble with that after many failed attempts to do it in the order shown here.

[icandodgebullets]

Your Toyota videos are very therapeutic!

[goofynate]

Thanks for this video man, helped me get thru it today. But I failed the wheel cylinder so I’ll be working on that tomorrow bc I ran out of daylight. Got the wrong parts twice so the job didn’t go as smooth as I had hoped. But this was helpful and now I have a better understanding for the finish and next time

[craigcampbell]

Might be helpful to mention if you are using new adjusters that there is a left and right side. Unfortunately my new hardware kit came with 2 lefts. Don't throw away your old one until you check new ones. Great video