I am putting new pads and rotors on the front. On the caliper bracket, there are what i call slides that the caliper itself bolts into. They are froze up.......wont slide as the pads wear. I found that the part stores can get the whole bracket with new "slides" for $30, but all the part stores say they are backordered. Can just the "slides" be pulled out and replaced? Do they just thread in?? If so, looks like i need alot of heat to get them out?? Any advise??
Thanks in advance!!

 

Read this. It should help you with taking care of your slide pins.

Welcome to guzzle's Front Caliper Slide Pin Upgrade Web

 

Thats a great write up. The problem is, my slider pins are froze up and cant get them out. Anyone have any tricks to get them out, or just heat the heck out of them???

 

Soak good with WD-40 and keep trying to work them, I don't think heat is a good thing but that's me

 

LOL......just came in from spraying it again with WD40. Im gonna see if I can work them loose in the morning. Hopefully WD40 will work magic overnight!!

 

Dang! frozen solid? Those do more than just move when the pad wears. The levering action makes the pad contact the rotor. If those don't work your brakes are really only half effective.

They're flat on two sides. You can't get something on there to twist them free?

You're definitely gonna have to get new ones. That link has the part number at least.

Good luck! Oh...and I prefer PB Blaster to free stuck stuff. Smells like hell but it works great! MUCH better than WD-40.

 

Yea Ken you have a point there about the PB Blaster.

 

had the EXACT same thing happen about 2 weeks ago when changing the pads...i sprayed and sprayed PB Blaster and Deep Creep (seaform brand) for hours. i finally used my torch and heated it SLOWLY just enough i could turn the pin with a vise grip and hit it with a hammer. when i got it out, i found out i melted the rubber bushing at the end of the bottom pin. had to go to Autozone to get a new set. before installing i used the scotchbright/screwdriver method described in the link. a quick job took way longer, but it is fixed correctly now. hope this helps

 

So if the passanger side slider pins are froze up, it could make the truck pull to the left then?? Hmmm....bet that is why when i hit the brakes hard, it pulls to the left.

 

BINGO! <filler>

 

GREAT!!! I just killed 2 birds with one stone then!!!

I took the caliper bracket to work and put it in the big vise and used a pipe wrench and lots of WD. One of them came out!! The other one I had to use heat on, and some work and a few choise words, and got it out! Went and bought new hardware and new slider pins and getting ready to finish a simple brake job that took alot longer!!
Thanks guys!

 

Clean up dem holes first!

 

Ohh I did!! they are nice and perdy now! Got one side back together and they work like a champ!!

 

Don't forget the caliper slide pin lube. I like the permatex green lube, the parts counter should have a packet of two 3-4 gram packets. One packet will do a truck.

 

All back together! One of the slider pins on the other side was froze up and I sprayed and worked it and ended up snaping it right off,,,,GRRRRR I had to buy a new caliper bracket, but the only way you can get the bracket is a junk yard or the dealer. Junkyard wanted $50!!!! Ford wanted $100!!! The part stores you can get it, but it is sold with a new caliper.....so I have an extra caliper now and it cost me $60 plus a $30 core just to get the bracket, but at least its done!