Remove hub to replace rear brakes?
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Remove hub to replace rear brakes?
I have a 91 F350 SRW. I have a Haynes book, and it says to replace the rear brake shoes the hub has to come off, since the F350 is considered the Heavy-duty drum brakes and the F250 and below are light duty. Anyone have any experience doing these?
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I've done both, but I can't remember which ones come off and which ones don't. I think it has to do with what axle your truck has. If I remember correctly (and it's fuzzy at this point), most sterling 10.25" axles you don't need to remove the hub, but with most Dana 80 axles you do. So if you have a fill plug on your rear diff cover, you probably need to pull the hub.
Again this is all from a few years ago when I worked on brakes a lot more. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
But all you need to do is remove both rear wheels from one side. It will be pretty apparent which style you have.
Again this is all from a few years ago when I worked on brakes a lot more. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
But all you need to do is remove both rear wheels from one side. It will be pretty apparent which style you have.
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Did you have the sterling or Dana axle though? All F-250s got a sterling, as did all SRW F-350s (I believe). I've seen both in DRWs though.
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For reference:
F250HD models share the same Sterling 10.25" full floating axle with the F350 pickup.
The light duty F250s use a semi-floating axle version of the Sterling 10.25"
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^^^correct^^^
SRW brake drum slides off the studs. DRW the brake drum is pressed onto the hub.
SRW brake drum slides off the studs. DRW the brake drum is pressed onto the hub.
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Haynes manual information is always dodgy, esp. since they try to cover a wide range of years with one book. The info in your Haynes menu is probably from previous years that don't apply to your truck. Best to go by the FSM.
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