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ive sat here and read all 5 pages of this story and im finding this all to hard to believe i cant believe knowone has raised the bs flag on this. then you say right after you get your truck fixed you happen to run into a guy that had the same problem. you say the parking hardware got jammed up inside the rotor? that **** would be grinding n making all kinds of noticable noises. you said your dad paid 4hundred n change for wut exactly did they do if they left the brake unhooked? im sorry buddy but without some kinda proof ie.. a scan of the bill from ford im not buyin.
Does it really matter if he's telling the truth about his repair.......really?
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From: Long Island USA
5.4L to Freedom has been here quite some time, and certainly isn't the type to lie about anything, that I've discovered anyway.
It makes a lot of sense, especially as I've seen the exact same thing.
Exactly like the parking brake on the back of the transmission on some heavy-duty trucks. Looks like a small-car brake drum on the back of the tranmission right on the output shaft.
Like the one I drove for 5 years and maintained for the company I drove for. Darn parking brake started acting up (handle not always stopping at the same spot) and one day I was driving around, doing about 20MPH and the damn thing just decided to lock up on me.
It kinda shredded itself. Glad it didn't grenade the rear diff, I didn't have much of a load in it at the time.
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From: Trenton, MI
It was a bad deal, but I ran into a guy at a gas station on my trip to flint that had an 04 SD pulling a 1930 ford truck with a 514 in it. The 04 SD was completely rotted out, like the bed was gone for about 6 inches around the rear wheels inside bedside and out. He said that was his second box, and plowing hadn't been treating it so well.
When I brought up my parking brake issue he said he had the same thing happen while he was plowing in the winter time, he just was able to fix the problem himself.
So I guess words of wisdom, any of you guys in the rust belt, make sure to spray off that backing plate at least once a week to try and keep the salt from eating it away! thats what got mine, and the random passer by.
When I brought up my parking brake issue he said he had the same thing happen while he was plowing in the winter time, he just was able to fix the problem himself.
So I guess words of wisdom, any of you guys in the rust belt, make sure to spray off that backing plate at least once a week to try and keep the salt from eating it away! thats what got mine, and the random passer by.
That guy who plow are drive in snowstorm where tons of salt on road cause problem. He should have use Fluid Film it will stop rust.
Wow brake must be so strong to lock it. I have drive lot F250 it imposes stop until it have new brake.
Did you get pic of that brakes? We would like see how bad it is.
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