whtbronco
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I went to adjust the parking brake on my 04, the parking brake on these is as many have found the most frustrating and challenging brake assembly I have ever deal with. Drum brakes are no problem for me, these are special. I found that my rear rotors were not running true, like they had warped both side-side and up-down causing the parking to rub every rotation. You could see the rotors move in/out a little and up/down much more about 1/32" with the rear on jack stands, removed tires/wheels, engine running and in gear. Okay so I checked the hubs, these were running slightly out of round as well. At least this makes sense since it's unlikely both rotors were messed up and just how the hell does a rotor get out of round in circumference anyway. I also talked to my wife since she had recently jumped a local railroad track about how high she went, 2' give or take she said, ugh. I replaced the hubs, the hubs ran true, but the rotors had no improvement. Fine I'll replace the rotors, and the pads and parking brake as well. Same results. I'm completely lost as to how this is possible and what to do. The only other thing that rotates are the cv axles which are fairly new Motorcraft brand. Any thoughts on what to do?
Hubs replaced with Motorcraft. I tried SKF and returned them as they were not what I wanted, they did not match the photos and had the same part # printed on them as Moog's.
Rotors Raybestos truck specialty high carbon, figured I'd try them since I like their pads so much. Pads because I love these pads the Raybestos Element3 Hybrid, GG rating and man they bite great and provide wonderful feedback.
Hubs replaced with Motorcraft. I tried SKF and returned them as they were not what I wanted, they did not match the photos and had the same part # printed on them as Moog's.
Rotors Raybestos truck specialty high carbon, figured I'd try them since I like their pads so much. Pads because I love these pads the Raybestos Element3 Hybrid, GG rating and man they bite great and provide wonderful feedback.