Replacing calipers

They should be brand new OEM parts they sell, not used.
I dont have experience with them. Others here have.

Make sure to get the correct part number for your vehicle.

 

Well I did replace my rusty rear caliper pins.
Slick em with some fresh sIi glide grease
Mine were rusty pretty bad .

Might as well do a lube too on the contact points of the pads and shims.

If the pads and rotors are newer then that should be good for the rear brakes.

 

Do they advertise calipers for sale? I'm not seeing them; any links?

It may be what Amayama refers to as a "Prius A", some info on this page:

Buy rear disc brake caliper & dust cover for Toyota Prius a XW40 (05.2011 - 10.2014) - Amayama

Have you talked to local dealerships? I would ask for parts price, and installed.

 

I bought our old 2010 from McGeorge in 2009.

Good folks in Richmond, VA.

I’d buy parts from them or Olathe Toyota in Kansas.

 

McGeorge shows them for 1/3 the price as amayama! Yikes! What's happening???



moto g(7) power ?

 

Shipping?

Amayama's just another data point.

 

I apologize up front, as it wasn’t part of your question. I would buy them from AutoZone.

 

$99 for caliper is really good, bizarrely good. Caliper mounting bracket alone is $76, same site.

 

Good find at McGeorge. I would not buy them from AutoZone, and there's a story about why. (Disclaimer: the story's not about AutoZone specifically; the caliper in question came from a similar, widespread, discount auto parts chain.)

 

I used a bleeder valve coupler that came with my Mighty Vac kit. Those couplers are like a little ball joint, and accordingly stay on, are really the right thing to use. One size worked for the fronts and rears. You need 10 and 8 mm wrenches to loosen the valves. I found it best to slightly loosen them first with a ratchet wrench and socket, just to "break the ice".

If you are going to go cheap, just pop the covers off the bleed valves, try various hose sizes. But really, getting the proper coupler is the way to go. I used the one that came with my Mighty Vac.

Have you watched @NutzAboutBolts video on brake fluid change, pinned in third gen maintenance forum.

I more or less followed that, lots of good tips. Split screen demo of the front brake technique in particular. And how to get into Invalid Mode, without Techstream.

I used no vacuum source (except for syriinge to baste out the reservoir at the outset), just a big jar with lid, hole drilled in lid, about 2 foot of tube and aforementioned coupler. For the reservoir baste out, a largish syringe, short section of tube, and a thin spigot at the tip: there's a basket in the reservoir with just a narrow slit: you need something skinny.

Get it in invalid mode at the outset, then baste, and don't overdo it, leave a little.

My wife pushed the pedal, took about an hour all told, and I used 2 pints of Toyota DOT3 brake fluid.

I went in the Repair Manual proscribed order (contrary to @NutzAboutBolts , not sure if it mattered): start at front right corner, then go counterclockwise around the rest.

I've done this a couple of times now. Second time I was struggling with Invalid Mode. Doing everything, wouldn't take. Then watching the video again, and reading the Repair Manual: the car has to have parking brake applied, or it won't take. Even though it's up in the air, all four wheels off, lol.

Note, you could do this with the car on ground, wheels on, but it's a lot more convenient, to have it all on jackstands and wheels off.

I use alternate jack stand positions: if you're interested I can post a pic.

 

How about the "you want me to sit in that car, that's up in the air, with no wheels" look?

There's torque values and install info in attached:

 

I've had my fair share of having to replace DuraLast parts somewhat early in their supposedly lifetime life-span. I can't argue with that. What I do get are free replacements when that happens.

I do order them from them, and hence why I say so. They sent me an email saying I'd get a $25 credit to my rewards account and I caved in.

These are for converting the rear iQ drums to disc brakes.


moto g(7) power ?