Toyota Forklift Brake Shoes

Pull a Toyota drum and you'll find shoes that look alike but are not interchangeable, and the number in each listing is what tells them apart. This page holds 95 Toyota forklift listings: 85 brake shoes, 7 adjusters and 3 springs. Only 10 of them give a position, left or right, front or rear, so for the rest the first thing to do is look at your old shoe and compare its number.

Toyota did not make these. The shoes here are aftermarket replacements from other makers, made to fit Toyota brakes, and about 75 of the listings begin "FOR TOYOTA" to say so.

Toyota Forklift Brake Shoes by Position

Where a listing gives a position, that is the quickest way to sort it, though only 10 of the 95 do. "47403-12810-71 FRONT UPPER BRAKE SHOE FOR TOYOTA" and "47405-12810-71 REAR LOWER LH BRAKE SHOE TOYOTA" share the 12810 part of the number and differ in the position words and the first five digits, which is a good reason to read each listing in full. Other listings are marked LH or RH, or "(Right Hand)," and a few say left or primary.

Some listings are a full set. "47520-U1130-71 BRAKE SHOE SET LH FOR TOYOTA FORKLIFT" is sold as a set, and "Toyota 47510-U2130-71, BRAKE SHOE KIT (Right Hand) 52-6FGCU30" is a kit with a model in the title. Plain ones such as "TOYOTA BRAKE SHOE 47404-32060-71" name no position at all, so check them against your old shoe.

Adjusters, Springs and Other Small Parts

Seven listings are brake shoe adjusters, for example "Toyota 47460-U1130-71, Adjuster, For Brake Shoe," and "47460-20540-71 Adjuster - Brake Shoe LH for Toyota Forklift." All seven numbers start 4745 or 4746, a run that only 4 of the shoe listings share. Three listings are springs, including return springs. The wider pins, springs, clips and rings page holds about 820 listings if you need hardware that isn't named for Toyota.

Reading Toyota Brake Shoe Numbers

Most numbers begin with 47 (84 of the 95), with 9 in the 00590 and 00591 series, such as 00590-04527-71 and 00591-53247-81. In all, 85 end in 71 and 7 end in 81. A couple have no ending, like 47505-33060, which sits right next to the listing for 47505-33060-71. Compare the two, since the ending is the only difference.

Model codes are rare. The 52-6FGCU30 appears in 2 titles, the 2FGH20 in 2 and the 2FG25 in 1, and the rest give only a number in the listing. For a worn part with no number, give the shop the truck's model and engine, and look through the position words above before you order.

Other Toyota Brake Pages

Brake work seldom ends at the shoes. The Toyota wheel cylinders page has about 30 listings and the Toyota master cylinders page about 30 more. For shoes from other makes, the general forklift brake shoes page lists about 355.

Brake shoes are a small part of a catalog of more than 45,000 parts that takes in aerial lifts, floor scrubbers and pallet jacks as well as forklifts and personnel carriers. The Toyota forklift parts page lists the Toyota part types, and nearby are Toyota steering parts and radiators.

What Usually Wears on Toyota Brakes

Brake shoes are friction parts, so they wear down with use, and uneven wear between the left and right sides can point to a stuck adjuster or a leaking wheel cylinder. Without looking at the truck that is only a guess, so inspect the parts around the shoe before you assume the shoe is the problem.

Toyota Forklift Brake Shoes FAQ

Should I buy left and right shoes together?

Only 6 listings are marked LH or RH, and 3 more say Left Hand or Right Hand, so read the title and order each side you need. Some set listings cover more than one shoe.

Is the front upper shoe the same as the rear lower?

They are listed under different numbers, 47403-12810-71 and 47405-12810-71, so they are listed as separate parts.