frt. brakes
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frt. brakes
ok fng here, just got a 1985 f150 4x4 351w 4v H.O. 3spd auto. ok trk has sat for some time 3 or 4 yrs. but put gas in it and a new battery and started right up. has a edelb.4bl. man. choke. po told me it had a blown wheel cyl. so put new on both sides. w/ new shoes. got tags today ran it about 10 mi. runs awesome. but frt caliper started sticking so getting ready to remedy that. my ?? is it pretty straightforward. auto zone has them for 16.00 . and possibly could it be trash in the line. ill of course flush the entire syst. get this was going thru old receipts and found a receipt from the local dealer for work to swap in a new engine. or possibly rebuilt i guess was for 2500.00 any way today was the maiden voyage for her im really pleased just need to finish chging all the fluids and filters. im getting ready and try to post pics. thanks guys
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before you go and buy new calipers, do yourself a favor and pull it off and clean it up. you can have sticking slides from it sitting or rust restricting movement of the piston. check the condition of the piston, if it's garbage, you can see about a rebuild kit or just buy the new calipers. otherwise, clean (steel wool) and regrease all slides. be careful with the boot around the piston and the piston itself. you can spray penatrent and let it soak around the piston, then using a blow gun, slowly apply air through the hole for the line fitting and the piston should come up and out. clean, reinstall, bleed out the system, and test drive.
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$16 for a caliper or spend an hour cleaning the old one up........ I would spend the $. To answer your question about the hose, they dont clog with dirt but it is common for the inner liner to come apart and clog it up, flushing wont help. It's most likely the caliper and not the hose.
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sure he can go spend $16 for a caliper or pull his existing brakes apart and see what the problem is. it takes less then 30 minutes to get both sides apart, check them out, and clean and regrease. he doesn't have to pull the lines off or pop the piston out if he doesn't want to. however, if it's a sticking slide, it doesn't cost a thing to clean and regrease it.
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You put new wheel cylinders on ... You didn't flush the system first ???
I do agree with Chump, Unless you just want to put new calipers on, clean up the slides first, it is a common problem and the calipers may be just fine.
All soft hoses should be replaced, if they haven't been replaced they should be, they are 25 years old and due!
-Enjoy
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I do agree with Chump, Unless you just want to put new calipers on, clean up the slides first, it is a common problem and the calipers may be just fine.
All soft hoses should be replaced, if they haven't been replaced they should be, they are 25 years old and due!
-Enjoy
fh : )_~
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ok brakes are done, front and back , got clean fluid coming out, ya i know i may pay for it later, rad. hoses, belts next. any way thanks of all your help. that rubber boot was blown or rotted. good breaks now
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So, fill us all in, did you replace the calipers, or clean and rebuild the calipers? Did you replace the brake lines?
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