 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / November 2007Ford E150 Front Brakes Wear
My 2002 Ford E150 van wears out its front brake pads at about 20,000 miles. The front wheels constantly exhibit brake dust on them. It appears to me that the front brakes are constantly engaged, to some degree, on the rotor and are constantly wearing some. Back in the 80's when I worked as a curb mechanic I was told to leave the front bearings a bit loose so the play would allow the rotor to wobble a little and kick the caliper pistons and brake shoes back off of the rotor when the pedal was not applied. Is this still a good approach with today's finely machined bearings or is there a better way to minimize brake ware? Thanks, Charlie > Back in the 80's when I worked as a curb mechanic I was told to leave > the front bearings a bit loose so the play would allow the rotor to > wobble a little and kick the caliper pistons and brake shoes back off of > the rotor when the pedal was not applied. I would suggest that you check your master cylinder pushrod length. If it is too long the master cylinder won't close all the way and it may very well keep some pressure on the front brakes. I would adjust the wheel bearings per factory specifications. Running a bearing loose is only going to cost you money for new bearings and possibly a new spindle....or worse. Chris no it is not are the rear brakes working correctly?? if they are not the fronts will wear faster as well if the rotors were replaced or not makes a difference ar4e the calipers siezed at the pins which is common time to take it to a good shop that will do a complete inspection just to make sure > My 2002 Ford E150 van wears out its front brake pads at about 20,000 > miles. The front wheels constantly exhibit brake dust on them. It [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Thanks, > Charlie > My 2002 Ford E150 van wears out its front brake pads at about 20,000 > miles. The front wheels constantly exhibit brake dust on them. It [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Thanks, > Charlie rear disc or drum? if drum, then adjust your rear brakes until there is a slight drag this will ensure proper braking 70 30 percent also raise the front wheels and apply the brake then check for drag , you may need caliper hoses and a good slide cleaning also new pads have been painted where they sit on the caliper brackets remove this paint it will cause pads to stick not allowing retraction never loosen your wheel bearings as their job is to transfer weight from chassis to wheel. Change the hardware and remove any rust build up on caliper brackets to minimize drag. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.