Topic: 2003 Sequoia

[abriel68]

hello, my 2003 sequoia has been riding rough, when i apply the brakes the car starts to shutter from the front now to the back its getting scary, replaced the pads recently and the same problem continues. i've searched sequoia forums and they've talked about the problem but no solution, i know this forum has helped me out tons in the past so if i could get some help that would be great, thank you guys very much.

[blackdiamond]

How many miles do you have on it?  My first guess is warped rotors, but I'd expect the rest of the world to have figured that out already.

My 2004 is nearing 100k and hasn't had any problems so far.  I've noticed recently that it is surging just a bit at a few specific RPMs, but I'm still trying to isolate it more before I contact my mechanic.  I have not heard of the problem you're describing and hope that I don't find out for myself.

[Joey88RUNR]

Yea your gonna need to resurface the rotors. Should always be done when pads are replaced. Especially when a vibration is felt

[abriel68 [OP]]

its just over 100k,

[BUDDERS]

When I was still working for toyota we saw a lot of early Tundras and Sequoias come in with this same problem.  The best fix was to replace the rotors, the front wheel bearings, front calipers, the short front brake hard lines and front brake pads.  Then the rear rotors would either have to be  machined or replaced, depending on how thin they are.  There was a TSB for them, but I seriously doubt that yours would be covered because of age and miles.

The hardest part of doing this job is replacing the front wheel bearings.  You have to pull the spindle off and then press out the bearing.  I always ended up having to replace the hubs too because the inner bearing race didn't want to come off of them.

I think I would try to get some complete spindles from a '05 or '6 tundra from a junk yard if it was my truck - they already had the bigger brake setup.