Rear Brakes
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Rear Brakes
I am currently workin on my brakes for my 77 F250 resto. im slightly confused as to gettin the drums off to inspect my brakes and stuff... and feel kinda silly for not knowin how. the D60 is plenty different than the 9in on our 79. just checkin these rear brakes for precautionary purposes. have also replaced brake lines and front brakes
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You have to unbolt and pull the axles (put a can down to catch gear oil). This will expose the drum nut(s) , there are locking tabs on a washer, bend back use a socket to un-thread first nut, remove washer, un-thread 2nd nut. Some have used a center punch or a chisel to loosen nuts I prefer a socket. Wiggle the drum a little to "pop" the outer bearing, then remove the drum and hub assembly. You might have to back off the brake shoes. I like to pack the bearings in grease before putting back together. Most parts stores have axle nut sockets. I'm not sure if it's 2 1/8 or 2 1/4".
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Be careful of the axle gaskets, they're fragile, btw. My stepson gets his first F-250, decides to 'check the rear brakes'. Finally comes to me with the story of how he cannot for the life of him, and a hammer, remove the drum. I actually got mad at him for not coming to me first cause he could have gotten hurt, much less broke something. When I pulled the axle he said 'you didn't have to do that on your '75!' I stated, welcome to the F-250. (My '75 was an F-100). When in doubt, ASK!!! Not knowing gets expensive!
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The socket is 2 9/16". It's about $23 or so. When putting the drum back on, make sure to use some black tape placed over the axle threads so that when you put the drum on, you don't scuff the threads. It doesn't take much to scuff the fine threads of the axle with a heavy drum. A Haynes manual comes in nice.
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EOTZ1001A .. Axle Gasket-Aluminum-8 holes.
MSRP each: $1.19 / FTEpartsguy.com price each: $0.92
Fits: 1948/2008.
EOTZ-1001-A aluminum gaskets replaced the paper gaskets (DOTZ-1001-A & A8TZ-1001-B).
MSRP each: $1.19 / FTEpartsguy.com price each: $0.92
Fits: 1948/2008.
EOTZ-1001-A aluminum gaskets replaced the paper gaskets (DOTZ-1001-A & A8TZ-1001-B).
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When I said that EOTZ1001A (aluminum) replaced DOTZ-1001-A & A8TZ-1001-B...
That meant that...
A8TZ-1001-B (paper) was used 1948/1969, replaced in 1970 with DOTZ-1001-A.
DOTZ-1001-A (paper) was used 1970/77, replaced in 1978 with D8TZ-1001-A (aluminum-I left this part number out of my original post because it wasn't relevant).
D8TZ-1001-A (aluminum) was used 1978/79.
ALL three were replaced by EOTZ1001A (aluminum) in 1980.
EOTZ1001A fits: 1948/2008, prolly 2009 also.
Where are the hyphens in EOTZ1001A?
When typing Ford part numbers into websites, no spaces and hyphens are used.
The older numbers won't show up, with or without hyphens, cuz all are obsolete.
If you type EOTZ-1001-A this away, you'll get: No parts found, not stocked, or wrong part number.
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