Re: 2014 Ford F-150
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:14 pm
76,800 -- new rear brakes, new parking brakes (ugh) , oil change, new wipers.
This job just kinda sucked from start to finish. All the lug nuts came right off, which should've been my sign it wasn't going to go well, because right after that I couldn't get the wheels off the truck. After lots of donkey kicking to no avail, I spayed some WD40 into the lugs holes, tried dropping it from the floorjack, tried dropping onto a piece of wood on the inside edge of the tire, DROVE up and down the driveway with the lugs loose.. A few days later, I crawled under it and kicked the tires from the inside with both feet at once. Only took a couple kicks that way.
The brake calipers came right off on both sides, without any issue. The first rotor took a lot of beating, sorta damaging the parking brake drum hardware. After finally loosening the star wheel (which moved easily, surprisingly), it came off. I got smart on the 2nd side and tried loosening it first. It worked great, the rotor basically came right off -- and the shoe material for the parking brake fell right to the ground from both shoes. So now I get to do 4 brakes, including a pair of drums, instead of just an easy pair of discs. I hate drum brakes.
Some of the youtube videos for doing this job talk about popping open the diff and pulling an axle. Doing that would make this whole thing easier, but NO way I was gonna pop that open for a parking brake. 1 of the 4 pins that hold the drum brake shoes (the last one, of course) fought me tooth and nail. The first 3 were relatively easy. The last one, I dunno, just fought me forever.
All NAPA brake parts -- pads/rotors, emerg brake shoes + hardware.
Test drive complete, everything seems to be ok. I haven't tested the parking brake yet, though.
Mobil 1 5W30, Motorcraft FL-500S filter.
This job just kinda sucked from start to finish. All the lug nuts came right off, which should've been my sign it wasn't going to go well, because right after that I couldn't get the wheels off the truck. After lots of donkey kicking to no avail, I spayed some WD40 into the lugs holes, tried dropping it from the floorjack, tried dropping onto a piece of wood on the inside edge of the tire, DROVE up and down the driveway with the lugs loose.. A few days later, I crawled under it and kicked the tires from the inside with both feet at once. Only took a couple kicks that way.
The brake calipers came right off on both sides, without any issue. The first rotor took a lot of beating, sorta damaging the parking brake drum hardware. After finally loosening the star wheel (which moved easily, surprisingly), it came off. I got smart on the 2nd side and tried loosening it first. It worked great, the rotor basically came right off -- and the shoe material for the parking brake fell right to the ground from both shoes. So now I get to do 4 brakes, including a pair of drums, instead of just an easy pair of discs. I hate drum brakes.
Some of the youtube videos for doing this job talk about popping open the diff and pulling an axle. Doing that would make this whole thing easier, but NO way I was gonna pop that open for a parking brake. 1 of the 4 pins that hold the drum brake shoes (the last one, of course) fought me tooth and nail. The first 3 were relatively easy. The last one, I dunno, just fought me forever.
All NAPA brake parts -- pads/rotors, emerg brake shoes + hardware.
Test drive complete, everything seems to be ok. I haven't tested the parking brake yet, though.
Mobil 1 5W30, Motorcraft FL-500S filter.