Recently, after returning from Tasmania, I replaced the rear rotors and calibers on my 79 series landcruiser.
On the way back that horrible squeal you hear when you know the pads have gone too far occurred. Luckily enough I had some spare pads that I threw in to get me home.
On the right rear caliber, inside pad, there was no wear indicator - BAD. Tis meant that the only indication I got about adverse wear in the pad was when it was pad metal on the rotor. The outcome was a badly worn rotor necessitating replacement.
Of course you don't do one side and not the other. As part of this process I, again, checked the caliber slide bolts. The right rear had one bolt seizing due to dust/mud ingress so I took the opportunity to replace the callipers too, only on the rear.
Because I was about to head over seas for an extended trip I chose to use a generic style of rotor and caliber as replacements. I also had the original callipers re-built by a local brake/clutch workshop and ordered DBA front callipers (to be fitted at a later date). On my return from OS I'll replace the rotors with brand name rotors, replace the front callipers with the DBA callipers I have and re-fit the re-built original callipers to the rear (and fit some "good" pads too).
I've put up several videos on this channel about brake servicing so here there is a bit of time lapse to get this through pretty quickly.
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