New Brakes 2002 E-150
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New Brakes 2002 E-150
After some road tripping and boon docking up north my cheap used car lot 6,000 mile steel rotors and full metallic pads had to go! So I went to RockAuto and ordered real cast iron MotorCraft Rotors, Seals, SuperDuty (police/taxi) pads, all new Caliper hardware and Wheel Bearings from NAPA. Well I got it all put together today and it made a big difference, smooth, quite, front end feels better while driving, totally worth the money for cast iron and SuperDuty pads!
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When it was time for brakes on my '03 E250 EB I swapped in the '08 version---bigger rotors, calipers----about $600 total for parts and very, very much worth the upgrade.
Best part was it's a direct swap, no mods to the spindles etc.
Nothing like new brakes, whatever version!
Best part was it's a direct swap, no mods to the spindles etc.
Nothing like new brakes, whatever version!
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Agreed that these big boxes eat brakes; I don't think there is a logical upgrade for the E150, however. I think better brakes is one of the reasons Ford went to the 8-lug E150 which is really an E250 these days.
I paid up the wazoo for a dealer to do my front brakes with new Motorcraft pads and rotors a couple years ago. After my back surgery in 2011, I'm less likely to do much work on my cars although I'll still do an oil change here and there. I think the Motorcraft rotors are still made in China, although they're gonna be cast to better specs than the cheapo rotors.
May you have many safe miles in your E150--mine is also an E150. I haven't used them on a big van, but I have put Wagner ThermoQuiet pads on my wife's car and they have been great.
George
I paid up the wazoo for a dealer to do my front brakes with new Motorcraft pads and rotors a couple years ago. After my back surgery in 2011, I'm less likely to do much work on my cars although I'll still do an oil change here and there. I think the Motorcraft rotors are still made in China, although they're gonna be cast to better specs than the cheapo rotors.
May you have many safe miles in your E150--mine is also an E150. I haven't used them on a big van, but I have put Wagner ThermoQuiet pads on my wife's car and they have been great.
George
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I just checked Rock Auto and there look to be plenty of parts available for even the 1973 E200 van (I once owned one but there are almost none left in Michigan). My 2002 E150 (and yours) are almost 30 years newer...
I can still get almost any 1991 BMW part for my 318is from the dealer although some have to be ordered. BMW built well over 2 million E30 series cars as I recall, and there are probably more longnose Ford vans that were produced.
I have owned rare vehicles like a SAAB Sonett III (only 8000 produced for the world over a 4 year model run), a 1960 Austin Healey 3000 (43,000 produced for the whole world), a 1965 Sunbeam Alpine (~70,000 produced for the whole world), and cars like that were miserable to find parts for. But any car or truck where there were a million or more built makes for a profitable aftermarket that will continue making parts even if the manufacturer stops making them.
Have a great weekend,
George
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