Brake caliper?
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Brake caliper?
I'm trying to replace the brake caliper on a 1980 f-150 2wd. The Haynes book tells me to remove the caliper suppors spring and shows me a little diagram, but I'm apparently not interpreting it correctly. How the heck do you remove the Brake caliper? I'm lost here.
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Originally Posted by Deansinger
I'm trying to replace the brake caliper on a 1980 f-150 2wd. The Haynes book tells me to remove the caliper suppors spring and shows me a little diagram, but I'm apparently not interpreting it correctly. How the heck do you remove the Brake caliper? I'm lost here.
It has a small dimple on each end holding it in and once you get past that, it just slides right out. I LOVE old Ford truck brake jobs. They only take a couple minutes compared to Chevys that can take all day if that stupid bolt they use gets stuck and you have to air hammer and liquid wrench it all day.
Just look for a diamond shaped area on teh caliper that has metal on the outside and rubber on the inside and those are the spring clips. Then just ram them out. I have a huge screwdriver I use for it myself but anything you can find that size should work. Maybe even a 1/2 drive ratchet extension if you don't have a screwdriver big enough. The clips are about 3-4 inches long but once you have them sticking out a couple inches, you should just be able to pull them out with your hand
Good Luck,
Lee
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Nope, 80 has an even simpler system than that. At the bottom of the caliper, you will notice a bolt in the knuckle, take it out, drive out the piece of metal that the bolt was locating, and the caliper is free.
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Get a bigger hammer, like a 3 pound job, and give it another try. Probably my most utilized tool in the garage......
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Try not to throw IT ....it'll go through the wall!
If I recall, I use a rod and hammer...just any straight rod.
It'll go ......100 million F150 brake jobs can't be wrong!
If I recall, I use a rod and hammer...just any straight rod.
It'll go ......100 million F150 brake jobs can't be wrong!
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let's start over....you see the caliper assembly?
If I recall correctly, on the lower part of the slope is a half inch byfour inch "key" with a bolt running into it (5/8"?) Remove the bolt, now drive the key out by hitting on the opening where the bolt fit. Using a rod gets a direct hit. Five lb hammer works good.
Good luck.
If I recall correctly, on the lower part of the slope is a half inch byfour inch "key" with a bolt running into it (5/8"?) Remove the bolt, now drive the key out by hitting on the opening where the bolt fit. Using a rod gets a direct hit. Five lb hammer works good.
Good luck.
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