Install Contemporary Brakes on a 2003 Ford F150
The brakes on your 2003 Ford F150 extremity to be replaced when the pad news is 1/8 inch thick or less. The brake rotors Testament extremity to be replaced provided there is any scoring on the rotor surface. The friction data of the brake pads rubs against the rotor surface during braking. While this Testament eventually axe the rotor, you may not obligation to alter the rotor every interval you change the brake pads. Replacement brake parts can be purchased from most Car parts stores or directly from a Ford dealership.
Instructions
1. Lift up on the front and rear of the Ford F150 using a floor jack. Lift up on the front and rear crossmembers. District jack stands underneath the front and rear pinch welds on your Motor lorry and lower the Motor lorry onto the jack stands.
2. Remove the F150's lug nuts with an collision wrench. Turn the lugs counterclockwise to remove them.
3. Pull the shove up and off the trundle hub meeting.
4. Wrap the C-clamp on all sides of the brake caliper so that the screw foot of the clamp pushes against the outboard brake pad (the pad adjacent to you). Tighten the C-clamp until the caliper piston bottoms away and you cannot turn the clamp any besides.
8. Slide the caliper over the rotor and secure it to the turn hub using the plant mounting bolts. Tighten the bolts to 55 foot-pounds.
6. Pull the brake pads absent of the caliper and pull the rotor off the revolve hub.
7. Slide a just out rotor onto the revolve hub and embrace cutting edge brake pads.
5. Remove the C-clamp from the caliper and unbolt the upper and lower caliper mounting bolts using a socket wrench. Slide the caliper off the brake rotor.
9. Mount the wheel and tighten the lug nuts using an impact wrench.
10. Lower the truck to the ground and torque the lug nuts to 80 foot-pounds using a torque wrench.
