How to Install Rotors on a Toyota Land Cruiser

Though it may seem like a big job, changing the brake rotors on your Toyota Land Cruiser can be done fairly easily. If you have all of the necessary tools and replacement parts, you can complete this entire job in about an hour and save a decent amount of money by not taking it to the shop. Just make sure you start with replacement rotors that are designed specifically for your model year of the Land Cruiser.

Instructions

1

Park the Land Cruiser on a flat surface and put it in "Park." Make sure the steering column is not locked.

2

Put one wheel chock behind each of the front tires.

3

Slide your floor jack under a solid section of the rear frame and jack the vehicle up high enough to allow you to slide two jack stands underneath it. Put one jack stand under each side of the rear frame, then slowly lower the vehicle off the jack and onto the stands. Pull the jack away from the car.

4

Remove all of the lug nuts on each of the two rear wheels with a tire iron, then pull both wheels off to expose the rotors and calipers.

5

Locate the two large bolts on the back of each brake caliper, then remove all four of these bolts with a socket wrench. Do not pull the calipers off of the caliper mounts right away.

6

Take some twine, nylon ties, twist ties or some other type of tie and strap each of the loose calipers to the underside of the car frame. This is just temporary, and is only to make sure that the calipers do not dangle by the brake lines, which can damage them.

7

Pull both brake pads out of each of the two rear caliper mounts.

8

Locate the two mounting bolts on the back of each caliper mount, then remove these with a socket wrench. Pull the mounts off of the rotors when the bolts have been removed.

9

Pull both rear rotors off the wheel spindles.

10

Slide two of the new rotors onto the two rear wheel spindles.

11

Reinstall the caliper mounts. These should go on in roughly the same place as they were installed on the old rotors. Tighten down the original bolts with a socket wrench.

12

Replace the four brake pads in the caliper mounts. If you're also switching to new brake pads at this time, use those instead.

13

Untie each caliper from the frame one at a time and reinstall them on top of the caliper mounts using the original bolts and your socket wrench. Make sure the bolts are installed tightly.

14

Replace both of the rear wheels and tighten down all of their lug nuts using your tire iron.

15

Put the floor jack back under the rear end and jack the vehicle up until it lifts off of the jack stands. Pull the jack stands out and slowly release the pressure on the jack until all four wheels are back on the ground.

16

Move the wheel chocks from the front wheels to the rear wheels and repeat this entire process on the front end rotors.