Back brakes smokin.!
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Then maybe you were riding them too hard since your slide pins check out good. I would just drive the truck and keep a close eye on those back brakes for a while. If you see more smoking and over heating its possible there could be a damaged brake line, bad brake fluid, or maybe some sort of burr thats causing the caliper piston to hang up.
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My 02 f350 with 80k miles was on a road trip today pulling about 8k lbs, I had to do some hard braking and the rear pass side back brake was smoking it was so hot, i pulled over took the tire off to check. Nothing obvious. Why would that happen to rear brake? Is something wrong here?
One time my brakes were smokin' was when my friend moved the truck at Hollister Hills recreation area. He set the parking brake. I was towing the dune buggy out of a dirt/mud area and down a the rough paved decent so I didn't notice the wimpy parking brake was on. After a while I noticed smoke in the rear-view. I pulled it over in a muddy area and proceeded to spray as much water as I could out of a simple water bottle and when that was useless, and the brakes were STILL ON FIRE, I layed there and slapped water out of a puddle at the brake drum for a few minutes. Living the dream there folks. Most people would actually do some investigative surgery but hey the brakes still work, the bearing didn't fry, and its a tough as nails truck. The parking brake still sucks just like it always has since day 1. Someday I'm just gonna swap the whole shabang out for a low mileage rear end so I don't worry much about it.
Keep an eye on it for a while is my advice.
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