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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 11:42 PM
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Well today on my way to work my driver side brake caliper locked up when I was going 55mph and almost threw me in to the concrete divider then limped it to work changed the caliper after work and headed home got the wife and headed out to feed the horses going 75mph my passenger side front tire blows it knocked off the f-350 logo and bused the front part of the expanded metal on the steps and I would like to find the idiot that made the decision at ford to put those tiny jacks under the hood if I am lucky and the truck is on the right pavement it might get the tire 1/8" off the ground and I have oem sized tires on top on cranking it 40 million times I will post some pics of the damage tomorrw when I have light
 
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by ihf-350
Well today on my way to work my driver side brake caliper locked up when I was going 55mph and almost threw me in to the concrete divider then limped it to work changed the caliper after work and headed home got the wife and headed out to feed the horses going 75mph my passenger side front tire blows it knocked off the f-350 logo and bused the front part of the expanded metal on the steps and I would like to find the idiot that made the decision at ford to put those tiny jacks under the hood if I am lucky and the truck is on the right pavement it might get the tire 1/8" off the ground and I have oem sized tires on top on cranking it 40 million times I will post some pics of the damage tomorrw when I have light
thats why i keep a 6 ton bottle jack, a breaker bar and a peice of pipe in my toolbox
 
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