Front brake pads, should I use lube?

Got about 50k miles on my 2014 Tacoma, front brakes are starting to make a bit of sound letting me know they need new pads.

My question is, I have some brake lube left over from a previous job. Would it hurt to use it on my Tacoma? I ordered the OEM Toyota pads for it, I don't think they come with lube.

 

I never use lube, but if you live in a rust state ide highly recommend lubing up the caliper pins with anti seize. Future you will be thankful for that.

 

I always use lubricants.

 

You should lubricate the caliper pins for sure.

 

Are the caliper pins the long bolts that go across and lock the brake pads into place?

You guys aren't talking about the pistons, right?

 

Here ya go

 

Cool. Hopefully can knock this out this weekend.

I was thinking of sanding the roters with some emary cloth as well... Just to rough them up a bit. I have no vibration at all when braking now.

 

I'd highly recommend m77 molykote, it's a grease that eventually dries out leaving a dry lubrication surface. Honda sells a smaller cheaper tube that can be had at most dealers if you don't want to buy it online. I used it to quiet up my squeaking brakes recently and it's long lasting

 

I used some steel wool on my disc brake rotors.

 

50k on your brakes and they need replacing? Dayum. Bought this 06 new and when i replaced the pads at 100k miles they still had life.

 

50K is early for pad wear in my experience, be it a Toyota car or Toyota truck. Then again, you may do a lot of stop-n-go driving. I would pull the wheels and pads and see how much pad is left and make note of their condition.
Some people says you can observe this looking thru the back side of the wheel, turning it in and out to see both inner/outer pad. . I won't argue that; I just prefer taking it all apart and seeing what I have, all laid out in front of me.

 

As others suggest, you may not need pads. And if you do, you should be considering 'why'. If nothing else, just to understand what's going on.

You may only need cleanup and lubrication.

Having pads on hand is fine, but you might want to source them from a place easy to process a return if you don't need them.

 

That isn't the correct image for a 4X4 or Prerunner which uses a fixed caliper.

That is for a 5 lug base Tacoma with a floating caliper..

 

If you still have life on the pads, and they are clacking around as would expected to be at 50K miles on an otherwise OEM setup, I would remove the pins, line them and then install a secondary pressure retaining spring at the top of the pads. That should keep them from ever being a noisy issue ever again.

One of these kits will cover both sides for you.

$10 Raybestos R-Line Automotive Replacement Front Disc Brake Hardware Kit for Select Lexus, Toyota (H15506A)

https://www.amazon.com/Raybestos-H15506A-Professional-Caliper-Hardware/dp/B000R4A3BA

 

I lube the sliding pins, the pistons, the back of the pads and both sides of the anti squeal shims.

 

Didn’t say that it was for a particular vehicle ... just googled where to grease a caliper and used the first picture that shows general areas to put grease

 

Oh and I put a second spring in each caliper recently when I did my brakes, no more clanking.

 

This is what an ideal setup would look like for all fixed piston caliper setups from Toyota from the factory. They don't do this because cheap that's why. Notice the addition of the secondary spring up top.

 

Just pointing out that most of those areas do not exist on a fixed caliper brake system.

 

Very Nice...