Toyota Tundra TSB BR001-03 brake caliper upgrade?

[ewarnerusa]

Has anyone done the Toyota Tundra TSB BR001-03 brake caliper upgrade? This is to upgrade the brake calipers on 2000-2005 Tundras and Sequoias to something better. Basically the OEM ones don't perform as well as we would hope and shimmy and vibrate under certain hard braking situations.

[Ron3rd]

4aSong wrote:

ewarnerusa wrote:

4aSong wrote:
Upgraded the brake calipers with larger calipers and brake pads quite a few years back, If I recall it was around 2002 or 2003 when I received a recall from Toyota. Solved the front end shimmy problem when brakes were applied.

Thanks for the info! Was it under warranty for you? I'm not the original owner of my '04 doublecab. I was told it would be a couple thousand
An article about it

The cost was covered by Toyota. If I recall My Tundra was less than 2 years old when I received the notice.

That was a smart move, I wish the previous owner of my 2000 Tundra would have done the same.

[Ron3rd]

ewarnerusa wrote:

Ron3rd wrote:
I recall this issue when I owned my old 2000 Tundra that I bought used off a gentleman, had a 60K miles when I bought it. Unfortunately the prior owner did not have the upgraded brakes installed, which he could have for free. It really was not a "recall" but a TSB that would authorize the dealer to upgrade the brakes if the customer complained. Some had know problems and many did. There was an old post on tundrasolutions.com about 7 years ago in which a guy pulled all the later model parts off a Tundra from a junk yard and did the upgrade himself.

Thanks Ron3rd. I think I ran across that Tundrasolutions thread you mentioned. It is beyond my skills and motivation, though. Sounds like your Tundra had the brake vibrations? Mine has been fine until a long trip this summer towing the TT where I suspect I pushed them too hard. I think I brake wisely, but if the calipers are inadequate then I suppose it was inevitable that I'd get the problem. My TT is a bit big for this truck, too. I've owned the truck for 3 years and the TT for 2.

I had the brake vibration after we bought the truck and turned th rotors and put new brake pads on and that was fine for a while. Funny thing is, the upgraded new Toyota rotors (per the TSB) were not bigger in diameter, but they might have been thicker, I don't remember.

I towed the old trailer in my sig, about 6500 lbs loaded for about 4 years. I replaced the rotors with some slotted rotors, but I don't think there were any better than stock. The vibration returned after about 2-3 years. I sold the truck in '07 and it was still a very good truck, just probably needed new rotors. I think the towing did them in.

If I were doing it again, I would just shop around for the stock rotors and replace them. You can get them for 50-60 bucks if I recall. Then, if they last you 2 or 3 years, you're only out about a 120 bucks and you can just replace them again.

[4aSong]

ewarnerusa wrote:

4aSong wrote:
Upgraded the brake calipers with larger calipers and brake pads quite a few years back, If I recall it was around 2002 or 2003 when I received a recall from Toyota. Solved the front end shimmy problem when brakes were applied.

Thanks for the info! Was it under warranty for you? I'm not the original owner of my '04 doublecab. I was told it would be a couple thousand
An article about it

The cost was covered by Toyota. If I recall My Tundra was less than 2 years old when I received the notice.

[ewarnerusa]

Ron3rd wrote:
I recall this issue when I owned my old 2000 Tundra that I bought used off a gentleman, had a 60K miles when I bought it. Unfortunately the prior owner did not have the upgraded brakes installed, which he could have for free. It really was not a "recall" but a TSB that would authorize the dealer to upgrade the brakes if the customer complained. Some had know problems and many did. There was an old post on tundrasolutions.com about 7 years ago in which a guy pulled all the later model parts off a Tundra from a junk yard and did the upgrade himself.

Thanks Ron3rd. I think I ran across that Tundrasolutions thread you mentioned. It is beyond my skills and motivation, though. Sounds like your Tundra had the brake vibrations? Mine has been fine until a long trip this summer towing the TT where I suspect I pushed them too hard. I think I brake wisely, but if the calipers are inadequate then I suppose it was inevitable that I'd get the problem. My TT is a bit big for this truck, too. I've owned the truck for 3 years and the TT for 2.

[Ron3rd]

I recall this issue when I owned my old 2000 Tundra that I bought used off a gentleman, had a 60K miles when I bought it. Unfortunately the prior owner did not have the upgraded brakes installed, which he could have for free. It really was not a "recall" but a TSB that would authorize the dealer to upgrade the brakes if the customer complained. Some had know problems and many did. There was an old post on tundrasolutions.com about 7 years ago in which a guy pulled all the later model parts off a Tundra from a junk yard and did the upgrade himself.

[ewarnerusa]

4aSong wrote:
Upgraded the brake calipers with larger calipers and brake pads quite a few years back, If I recall it was around 2002 or 2003 when I received a recall from Toyota. Solved the front end shimmy problem when brakes were applied.

Thanks for the info! Was it under warranty for you? I'm not the original owner of my '04 doublecab. I was told it would be a couple thousand
An article about it

[4aSong]

Upgraded the brake calipers with larger calipers and brake pads quite a few years back, If I recall it was around 2002 or 2003 when I received a recall from Toyota. Solved the front end shimmy problem when brakes were applied.