Brake Question
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Brake Question
I am a newbie diesel owner. I went to Les Schwab and they said my brakes had at least 50% left on the pads and they looked good; however, my brakes continue to squeak?? is this normal? My F150 didn't do this, but now I'm in an F350 SD. Also, is it normal for a truck to come to a complete stop and feel like it inches forward; then after letting off the brake it inches again before accelerating? I might just be paranoid.
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Tuned
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From: Castalian Springs tn
I am a newbie diesel owner. I went to Les Schwab and they said my brakes had at least 50% left on the pads and they looked good; however, my brakes continue to squeak?? is this normal? My F150 didn't do this, but now I'm in an F350 SD. Also, is it normal for a truck to come to a complete stop and feel like it inches forward; then after letting off the brake it inches again before accelerating? I might just be paranoid.
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Postmaster
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Abilene, Texas
Could just be glazed over. One trick you could do is take a flat tip screw driver and put scratches across the rotor. Do it in about 4 spots on both sides. Then do some hard braking. The scratches will start to knock off the glaze as you brake. I use to do this when I was a tech. Sometimes it works good others it doesn't. If that don't do it you need to pull the pads out to deglaze them.
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Remove the entire caliper assembly
- completely free up on the slider arms, lub with anti seize
- abrade the pads to remove any glaze
(or use the score the disk trick)
- verify the bearings are tight / no excess play
- verify the pins are straight and true, clean and apply anti seize
- apply anti seize to back of pads --- assuming there is no evidence of uneven wear
- push pistons in, ensure they are not rusted, seized, or jamming, or crud collected inside seal
(If you want work... rebuild the caliper while you are at it)
Completely purge old brake fluid.
Then reassemble.
Salt / corrosion damage is the big killer of brakes --- often uneven wear set in and kill the pads before anything else.
Have to get to the root cause of the uneven wear --- or it will happen again.
- completely free up on the slider arms, lub with anti seize
- abrade the pads to remove any glaze
(or use the score the disk trick)
- verify the bearings are tight / no excess play
- verify the pins are straight and true, clean and apply anti seize
- apply anti seize to back of pads --- assuming there is no evidence of uneven wear
- push pistons in, ensure they are not rusted, seized, or jamming, or crud collected inside seal
(If you want work... rebuild the caliper while you are at it)
Completely purge old brake fluid.
Then reassemble.
Salt / corrosion damage is the big killer of brakes --- often uneven wear set in and kill the pads before anything else.
Have to get to the root cause of the uneven wear --- or it will happen again.
