57289
REVISED
2.1.06
11
REAR: 86-89 4-Runner
86-95 Pickup
1) Place floor jack under rear axle and
raise vehicle. Place jack stands under frame
to support vehicle. Set emergency brake and
block front wheels, in front and behind tires.
Remove wheels and shocks.
2) Pull out brake line clip at rear brake
hose bracket. Bolt rear brake line drop down
bracket to existing bracket using 3/8” x 1”
hex bolt, 3/8” flat washer and 3/8” nyloc nut;
tighten. Install brake line into lower bracket
hole and reinstall OEM brake line clip. Refer
to ILLUSTRATION 12.
3) Unbolt brake equalizer arm bracket
from axle. Install rear brake cable extension
to axle with OEM bolts and tighten. Mount
equalized cable bracket to top of extension
using 5/16” x 1” hex bolts and 5/16” nyloc
nuts and tighten. See ILLUSTRATION 13.
4) Loosen emergency cables by removing
cotter pin, pulling pin out from back side of
brake backing plate at adjuster.
5) Remove u-bolts, lower axle and install
3 1/2” tapered blocks with tapered end to-
wards transmission, as shown in ILLUSTRA-
TION 14. Install new u-bolts, washers and
nuts and tighten. Reinstall emergency brake
cable, keeping cable under spring.
6) Install new longer shock absorbers.
7) Install the rear wheels and lower the
vehicle.
NOTE:
⇒ After installation is complete, dou-
ble check that all nuts and bolts are
tight. (Do not retighten nuts and bolts
where loctite was used).
⇒ Recheck periodically.
REAR INSTALLATION:
ILLUSTRATION 12
BRAKE LINE
REAR BRAKE LINE
DROP DOWN
BRACKET 90-1280
HEX
BOLT,
3/8” X 1”
LG.
FLAT
WASHER
, 3/8”
NYLOC
NUT, 3/8”
ILLUSTRATION 13
EXISTING
HEX BOLTS
REAR
BRAKE
CABLE
EXTEN-
SION
90-1276
NYLOC
NUT, 5/16”
HEX BOLT,
5/16” X 1” LG.