Brake job at 31K miles.

[Kmdcolo]

I was washing my wife’s expedition tonight and noticed her rear driver-side wheel was covered in more brake dust than the other wheels. On closer inspection, I notice the pad was nearly gone. I ran to the auto parts store and purchased front and rear pads (going on a road trip on Saturday). Both rear brake sets were almost metal on metal. The fronts looked nearly new.

31K seems early but it is what it is. Easiest and cleanest brake job I’ve ever done.

Tips:

• You have to put the electronic parking brake into service mode. This will retract the parking brake allowing you to compress the piston. YouTube video for F150 brake service.
  
• Rear calipers only need to have the the top bolt removed to allow the unit to pivot down.
  
• You need a wrench to hold the guide pin and rubber boot to avoid spinning while removing the bolt.
• My new pads were side and position specific.
• Front requires removing both top and bottom caliper bolts.

 

[Vipersinu2]

I would think there is a problem.
Back brakes should last 60,000 plus miles.

Most of all the breaking comes from the front.

 

[Jeremygsu]

I would think there is a problem.
Back brakes should last 60,000 plus miles.

Most of all the breaking comes from the front.

Typically yes, but I've owned vehicles before that wore out the rear brake pads faster.

 

[Deadman]

Heavy vehicles on light duty chassis will eat brakes if they are used hard and often. I'm not surprised.

 

[edizzle]

Ive replaced all 4 corners at 21,000 miles but that is common and on par for where we live.

 

[Dice Roll]

The expy seems to use rear brakes more than older stuff.

 

[Kmdcolo]

I would think there is a problem.
Back brakes should last 60,000 plus miles.

Most of all the breaking comes from the front.

It’s almost always fully loaded. The rear pads are tiny compared to the front and the rear pads have a small contact patch till they are neatly warn out. The contact patch isn’t the normal beveled edge.

 

[osteodoc08]

I had to replace the backs on mine around 50k

 

[Vipersinu2]

Ive replaced all 4 corners at 21,000 miles but that is common and on par for where we live.

Who determined you needed brakes, at such low miles?

Do you work on your own truck? Or did a shop recommend new brakes?

 

[Sunflowergirl]

Who determined you needed brakes, at such low miles?

Do you work on your own truck? Or did a shop recommend new brakes?

Pretty sure anyone who can take apart their brakes And notice metal on metal is smart enough to self diagnose. Excessive brake dust especially from the front is a clear sign of worn out brakes. Sounds like he knows what he’s doing

 

[Vipersinu2]

Pretty sure anyone who can take apart their brakes And notice metal on metal is smart enough to self diagnose. Excessive brake dust especially from the front is a clear sign of worn out brakes. Sounds like he knows what he’s doing

Sounds like you did not read the correct post.

I was asking Edizzel about his brake job at 21k miles.

I said nothing about Kmdcolo brakes.

So why dont you quite down.

 

[Plati]

Sounds like you did not read the correct post.

I was asking Edizzel about his brake job at 21k miles.

I said nothing about Kmdcolo brakes.

So why dont you quite down.

Jski wants to be BANNED again?

 

[Deadman]

Pretty sure anyone who can take apart their brakes And notice metal on metal is smart enough to self diagnose. Excessive brake dust especially from the front is a clear sign of worn out brakes. Sounds like he knows what he’s doing

Why does excessive brake dust mean the pads are worn out?

 

[Sunflowergirl]

Why does excessive brake dust mean the pads are worn out?

They are wearing out too quickly and just grinding down what’s there. Also have noticed on my wife’s car that there is a very small circumferential ring of rust around the outside edge of rotors that is throwing dust and metal shavings all over her nice new black wheels.

 

[Yupster Dog]

Why does excessive brake dust mean the pads are worn out?

It doesn't.
The only thing it means is that you have the softer (cheaper) brake pads (like the ones that come on the vehicle from the factory) which will wear out faster. They could be brand new pads and throw excessive brake dust.

If you want to lower the brake dust on your wheels try semi-metallic or ceramic pads.

 

[Yupster Dog]

They are wearing out too quickly and just grinding down what’s there. Also have noticed on my wife’s car that there is a very small circumferential ring of rust around the outside edge of rotors that is throwing dust and metal shavings all over her nice new black wheels.

If you run around town doing hole shots and racing from stoplight to stoplight you need to stay with the softer pads to keep the heat down. You just have to change your pads twice as much as everybody else and deal with the dust.
You invest in the go fast, you should think about investing in the stop quick.
Like maybe some Wilwood 6 pistons. That would solve your problems.

 

[Deadman]

They are wearing out too quickly and just grinding down what’s there. Also have noticed on my wife’s car that there is a very small circumferential ring of rust around the outside edge of rotors that is throwing dust and metal shavings all over her nice new black wheels.

They are wearing out too quickly and just grinding down what’s there. Also have noticed on my wife’s car that there is a very small circumferential ring of rust around the outside edge of rotors that is throwing dust and metal shavings all over her nice new black wheels.

Time to learn more about these vehicles before filling the boards full of misinformation.

 

[Sunflowergirl]

If you run around town doing hole shots and racing from stoplight to stoplight you need to stay with the softer pads to keep the heat down. You just have to change your pads twice as much as everybody else and deal with the dust.
You invest in the go fast, you should think about investing in the stop quick.
Like maybe some Wilwood 6 pistons. That would solve your problems.

My wife doesn’t do any of that so not sure what your talking about. Her brakes are shit and so are the rotors. Gonna be upgrading soon

 

[Sunflowergirl]

Time to learn more about these vehicles before filling the boards full of misinformation.

I know plenty, I own two of them, one with a ton of upgrades and the other bone stock. I do all of my own work. I know how these trucks work, what works best for them and what doesn’t. Thanks for the input though,

 

[Greg Parker]

Ultimately, this is about your braking style, and perhaps even your preferred following setting on the ACC (if you have it). My 7000# diesel pickup could get 75K miles without a resurfacing / pad change. Heck...the rust would get to that stuff before the friction surfaces wore out. It seems like the anecdotal evidence presented here would suggest that Ford puts the cheapest friggin' pads they possibly can on new Expys from the factory. Spending a little extra on a high-quality, "lifetime warranty" ceramic pad should go a long way to getting 50K-80K on a set of pads.

Please don't tell me the "super smart" engineers at Ford designed the brakes to fail at 20-35K. Good gawd.