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On my way home tonight I hit a bump and heard a thunk and pinging sound from the driver’s front wheel. I pulled to the side of the road and walked back looking for any parts.
This is what I found, and I think that it comes from the brakes. Is it from our Ford?
Ours have little clips that go on the ends of the pad and one that slips on to
help with rattle I think. But that clip does not belong on out trucks from everything I have seen.
At about 3:35 into the video you can see the clips on the old pads and right
after that he shows placing the new clips on the pads.
You have the first one with the extra long springs and
then the next one that is the same one I used the last
time I did the brakes. That little extra spring can be a How
does this go on? The first time you open a kit and have never
seen that type before.
Thank you guys. I didn’t hear or feel anything different in braking afterwards, so your input is a bit of relief. My search-fu wasn’t working too good tonight
I must have kicked it up from the street and heard it hitting the underside of the truck.
I put rear brake pads on my 2004 Expedition this weekend and that clip looks like the one that is on the caliper. Funny you found a Ford part on the road.
I put rear brake pads on my 2004 Expedition this weekend and that clip looks like the one that is on the caliper. Funny you found a Ford part on the road.
Either way, Jack's post is the most important one. Again a big thanks to everyone who replied,
Krifenbu, I just figured that it was a Mopar part that I kicked up on the road.
On my way home tonight I hit a bump and heard a thunk and pinging sound from the driver’s front wheel. I pulled to the side of the road and walked back looking for any parts.
This is what I found, and I think that it comes from the brakes. Is it from our Ford?
I'm pretty sure my brake pad holder in'er thingys look just like that on my 06 250.
I would pull wheels and check just to make sure. How much trouble would it be to make sure?
Edit: Nevermind the above. I just looked and those are on the Expy. I knew I just recently seen them.
There are slightly different versions of it depending on the caliper size/application. The clips can be a pita if it’s not fully installed as it usually pops out on the road since it’s only retained by little nubs. Most of Eric’s patents are about noise insulators, the little shims attached to the back of the brake pads. At the OE level they take a lot of design and research and are very specific to vibration and in some cases at specific temperatures. He’s got a lot of patents.
