rear brake shoes brake pedal becomes hard?

1999 TOYOTA VITZ
84,000 MILES
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SAQIB87
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in best condition and drive was superb, but i face one major problem, the rear brakes are down brake pedal becomes hard.
Aug 26, 2011 at 8:23 PM
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KASEKENNY
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Here is a guide that will help give the steps needed to complete this however, you do not have shoes and drums on this vehicle.

This vehicle has pads and rotors on the rear so here is the info that will help with this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-rear-brake-pads-and-rotors

You do have parking shoes so here is a guide that will help with this as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/parking-brake-shoe-replacement

Also, this video will show how to retract the rear piston:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8YwfSKEzZo&t=29s

Below is the process from the manual that will give the detail that you will need on your specific vehicle. Let us know if you have other questions. Thanks
May 21, 2021 at 1:39 PM