it will rub.like stated above thats normal.the thing is,the truck isnt pulling hard and your not smelling it burning.
its just not adding up to a sticking caliper.
no way would i shell out 50 bucks right now without more investigation.

when you put the tire on,you cant even turn the tire by hand one full revolution?
pull the caliper,and put the tire back on (though you shouldn't need a tire to turn the hub of course lol it should turn free and smooth).i bet you still wont be able to.

 

No when I jacked up the tire today and tried to turn it, it wouldnt even go a quarter of a turn

 

okay I'll go try and take it off then try turning it to see if theres a difference

 

wow.
well,the only way to stop guessing is to pull the caliper off the rotor.only takes a few mins.takes longer to jack up and pull the tire than it does to knock those pins out.
then you'll know.

edit,
yeah.there ya go.lol

you're hubs have been unlocked on both sides all the time right?

 

yes unlocked unless in use, also theyre brand new ones made by superwrench or something like that I didnt look , BUT I just pulled calp off and HOLY ********* it spins round and round and round lol, it MUST be the caliper I also just did my 3rd checking of the bearings and balljoints with the wheel off, passed NO play at all, span the wheel with the hub locked and unlocked what should I do now, lots of brake dust and my pads are superrr glazed

 

please comment back guys I don't know how to remove the brake hose from the caliper now, I went and got new caliper and el cheapo pads since all I could afford

 

well that answers that then.stuck caliper.a little surprised since you didnt smell anything.thats good though.easy fix.
swap her out and you'll be in action.

 

f250 can you tyell me how I move hose from old caliper to the new one, I don't know where the start, there is a bolt on the caliper where the brake line goes looks like 15mm I'm not positive though? do I take it off?

 

bump can someone tell me how I take off hose to put on new caliper?

 

yeah.you'll see the bolt that holds it on.unbolt that.

how does the rotor look?

 

rotor is ok doesnt look too warped, lots of dust everywhere and has a very blackish tint to it

 

lol i bet it does.
well thats good.hey you never know right.would have sucked to payed 50 bucks for something you didnt need.always pays to check first.
here's the nut,im sure you found but i snapped a pic for ya just the same anyway:

 

now when you put the new caliper and pads on,you need to bleed the brakes.
have you done that before? its pretty simple.
you just need to top up the MS with brake fluid,and open the bleeder,tell someone in the cab to step down.when all the fluid is out,tighten the bleeder and tell them to let up.
keep doing this until you dont see any more air bubbles.approx 6-7 times for that brake.as its close to the MS.
just make sure the MS doesnt go dry,or you'd have to bleed them all lol.-actually a good thing to do every 30k miles or so anyway.brake fluid will build up with moisture and turn black and rot your lines out eventually,so its important to flush that once in a while.
dont worry about that right now though.you could run into bad bleeder screws etc.just bleed that one,though if the pass side front bleeder starts using a 6 point,go a head and bleed that side now too.

 

I have seen a rash of bad brake hoses that cause calipers to retain pressure. What happens is the inside lining breaks loose, lets fluid by and when you release the pedal, the fluid makes the lining move, trapping the fluid under pressure. Kind of like a check valve. I have had the calipers stick, change the hose, no more stick. Recently happened on my 92 F350, changed one hose, should have done both, because the other did the same thing within a week. Glowing rotor and everything. A few months later, the driver side caliper did fail and stick, probably from the heavy heating it had suffered. Any more, when I do a caliper, I do the hose to be sure.

 

wow,thats crappy.iv never had that happen.that would be hard to test for as you couldn't see it from the outside.
i got a new one on my drivers side (in pic) im glad i picked up the pass side the other day.
when replacing rotors i was going to replace it and forgot.
wish i remembered today,i would have put it on.
i'll do this tomorrow.
thats good info to know.the drivers was leaking,and i was just going to do the other as every piece of brake line is new now besides that pass hose.
man i hope powerstroker doesn't run into that this time.