Brake rotors
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Brake rotors
I'm in the process of trying to get my front rotors off my '88 F150 4x4, and have found something that doesn't match the pictures in my Haynes manual...and that means I'm stuck!
The truck has manual locking hubs, but they are not part of the rotor like the book says. The manual locker just fits over the lugnuts between the rotor and the wheel. Does this mean that sometime in the past an auto to manual conversion has been done? Also, should I expect to have to pull the bearing in order to get the rotor off?
If so, I'll live with the pulsing brake pedal a little longer until I can pay someone to fix it.
The fact that I need pictures to take off the rotor should indicate my level of competence.
Thanks in advance for repies.
The truck has manual locking hubs, but they are not part of the rotor like the book says. The manual locker just fits over the lugnuts between the rotor and the wheel. Does this mean that sometime in the past an auto to manual conversion has been done? Also, should I expect to have to pull the bearing in order to get the rotor off?
If so, I'll live with the pulsing brake pedal a little longer until I can pay someone to fix it.
The fact that I need pictures to take off the rotor should indicate my level of competence.
Thanks in advance for repies.
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Brake rotors
Naw, man, you're OK, it's Ford that did something weird in '88!
I've read in these pages that a "flange-mount" axle was used in '88, rather than the "spline-mount" used '80-'87, then '89-up. This is borne out by hub manufacturers listing the same P/N for '80-'96 inclusive, except '88.
Neither my Chilton's nor Haynes' show this thing.
Eddie
I've read in these pages that a "flange-mount" axle was used in '88, rather than the "spline-mount" used '80-'87, then '89-up. This is borne out by hub manufacturers listing the same P/N for '80-'96 inclusive, except '88.
Neither my Chilton's nor Haynes' show this thing.
Eddie
