Brake problems
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Brake problems
Just put new rotors and pads on the front of my 98 f-150 and first it pulled to the left. Took them off and cleaned the pistons and they worked great. Now, 1 week later, feels like the brakes are draging. I can smell them all the time. But they stop great. Any one else have this problem before I replace the calipers.
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FRont brakes dragging? All four? Only 1? right or left? You can feel for the hotter side or when you think they are dragging jack it up and give the wheels a spin by hand. Let us know. Cleaning and greasing pins is great PM.
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my 98 F-150 drags the front brakes like crazy. It all started about 2 weeks after ford changed my pads up front. of course, they'll not help me with it at all. They shake the wheel, the brakes fade, TERRIBLE in traffic. I'm about to just do a whole front brake swap up front also. driving me nuts.
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i know it sounds stupid, but try bleeding out your brakes and replacing the fluid, its cheap enough, and it just might work.
make sure to get all the oxy out...i used to have to do that on my dodge, it would grab and release when i'd get on because the brakes would engage disengage so fast (Anti lock) and the air in the line would expand sometimes and it wouldn't catch, then it would catch hard did all kinds of funky stuff...
make sure to get all the oxy out...i used to have to do that on my dodge, it would grab and release when i'd get on because the brakes would engage disengage so fast (Anti lock) and the air in the line would expand sometimes and it wouldn't catch, then it would catch hard did all kinds of funky stuff...
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I just had a similar problem with my 98 f150. The front brakes would stick after applying brakes. The rotors would get hot as hell and the truck would start to vibrate violently at speed. Today I took the pads off and sanded about 1/16 of an inch off each pad. Seems like the New ones were so thick that there was always pressure on the disk. There was no room for releasing. I will let you know if the problem is fixed....seems so for now.
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Yah, lemme know what's up Dugas. I'm headin' to my parent's (where my tools are) tomorrow. I'm going to take the caliper apart and check for burrs in the piston travel. I'm going to flush with new fluid also. Later bo'.
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