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Oct 8, 2003 | 05:29 PM

MUDN69

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86 Brakes

I have two questions about brakes on my 86 f-240

1- When I brake hard with my truck it locks up the right front brake, then it pulls hard to the right. The brakes seem to be very weak and untrustable in a sticky situation. What could be the problem.

2- My e-brake is extremely loose. If I can even set it, there is little to no pressure on the brakes. How can I fix that

Thanks

Oct 8, 2003 | 11:29 PM

85F_150driver

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From: Rose City, MI

your front brake problem is mostlikely a pluged caliper. they are fairly cheap, quick and easy to replace and while u have the calipers off slap a new set of pads on. and your e-brake problem can be fixed 2 ways first is to adjust the cable under the bed, but check inside the hub that the shoes are adjusted up and still have good amount of lining, which might also be part of the problem.

Oct 9, 2003 | 07:06 PM

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Thanks, I was wondering how can I check if it is a plugged caliber. Also the e-brake adjustment is totally out. and I believe that the shoes are adjusted out two, but it seems that lines are too loose. I was wondering if I could fix it without buying new lines

Oct 9, 2003 | 08:23 PM

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new e-brake bake cables and you also might need new shoes.

Oct 9, 2003 | 10:45 PM

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Thanks, I was wondering how can I check if it is a plugged caliber.

The best way to see is drive it a few miles and see if the rims get warm, if not then replace them, if they get really hot replace them, if they stay cold then drive it around some more and see if they get warm. The one that gets the hottest is most likely your problem wheel.
Well when they are pluged up bad they will not back the pressure off the pad when the pedal is released. one way to check and possibly clean it out some would be to try and bleed them for air and see if u get some chunks with the fluid, if not autozoo sells them for about 13.00 a piece + 10 dollar core charge. i would suggest new calipers, pads, shoes and if u cant adjust the cables then replace them also. i have replace all the lines and stuff on my 85 and them brakes sure work better now

all i have left and soon to be done is new self adjusting hardware and ebrake cables.

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Oct 10, 2003 | 03:42 PM

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the bad thing about it is the cables run about $25 for each and there are 3 . and also should i be able to run the truck stop and go for a long time without the rims becoming warm?

Oct 10, 2003 | 06:22 PM

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before you replace all of your cables, make sure your rear brakes are adjusted up. mine were out pretty bad, and my ebrake wouldn't work.

a lot of the time, the cable going into the cab gets stretched. just double it back on itself and clamp it with a small cable clamp.