So you wanna change your front brakes?

couple of more items...

1. on the older models the lower slide pin is held in with a bolt...make sure to remove it before trying to pound it out...

2. you need to compress the piston back in to the caliper for the new pads to fit.

Since you are pointing out safety info you might point out that it's a good idea to chock your rear tires too... Particularly on an uneven surface like a driveway. Maybe it's just me but I don't trust my parking break or transmission park pin to stop the truck from rolling over me.

I always like to adjust the rear brakes right after I put on new front disc pads to balance/equalize the system...... just a thought!

Good Luck ~ :thumbup

Just one more thing----was it Sig or someone else that had earlier mentioned using synthetic grease on the spindles and bearings? Because it's supposedly more waterproof than the dead dinosaur stuff?.............

stan the man said:

1. I did not know that, thanks for adding that in :thumbup

2. YES you do. I used a c-clamp and a piece of wood to even out the load on the caliper bore. Be prepared to clean up some brake fluid though...

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One thing I've learned, is to loosen up the bleeder before you bear down on that caliper piston. It makes old stuff come out, so you can put new stuff in the top, so old/nasty stuff doesn't overflow your brake fluid reservoir. Minimal brake bleeding might have to be done.

I like to use the old disc brake pad with the C clamp when pushing the caliper pistion back in because it fits right in there.......

Good Luck ~ :thumbup

Hey Stan,
Were the wheel bearing races and the other part of the seal already pressed into the hub when you got them?

Thanks.

Thanks

Not to long ago i replaced all the braking components on the front of my bronc. Im 25, and while i do work on my own cars for regular maintence, i would have never tackled this project w/o your writeup stan. thanks a million.

also to the two posts before, i bought like a shitty lil tool from schucks for 4 bucks that pushes the caliper back in, not really needed but i like having tools.

To the other guy, when i bought all the gear for mine, they were not pressed in. had to do that myself. not that it is in anyway hard. just make sure you do it right, because if you mess up you have to repull the seal, and when i did that i ****ed it up and had to spend 10bucks for a new one.

95F1504x4EB said:

Hey Stan,
Were the wheel bearing races and the other part of the seal already pressed into the hub when you got them?

Thanks.

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Mine were already pressed in which was a plus. I believe there are some threads on how to press in new races if you have to. The seals just slide or pop into place depending on which one you are talking about.

Jerkal83 said:

Not to long ago i replaced all the braking components on the front of my bronc. Im 25, and while i do work on my own cars for regular maintence, i would have never tackled this project w/o your writeup stan. thanks a million.

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:thumbup Its the way I learned, glad I could give back to the forum.

One more thing to add, to push the pistons back in, a piston retract or C-clamp helps a lot on this area.

The Ric said:

One thing I've learned, is to loosen up the bleeder before you bear down on that caliper piston. It makes old stuff come out, so you can put new stuff in the top, so old/nasty stuff doesn't overflow your brake fluid reservoir. Minimal brake bleeding might have to be done.

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The Ric is exactly right! To all you ABS bronco guys....compressing the calipers without loosening the bleed screw is a BAD idea. That is the fastest way to get trash in that expensive ABS actuator. loosen that bleed screw and bleed the excess fluid off. When you are done, bleed the systems and top off with new.

Do you get the the rotors and pads from the ford dealership or someplace else?

bigkrout said:

Do you get the the rotors and pads from the ford dealership or someplace else?

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Dealership.

To just get the caliper off, there are two bolts behind it (see step 7 of stan the man's first post). I can't remember what size.

Unless you are talking about something else...

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