F-350 brake help

[Blacksheep]

I was wondering how hard it was to change the brakes on a F-350 single wheel 2wd. Its a 99 ish.....?...... My mom's friend needs new brakes and she asked if i could do it, and i know i can, i just wanna make sure i have everything down before i tear it apart. So any help would be sweet. TIA


Also, what brand/type do yall think would be good? Nothing special, something from autozone. Of course she does alot of towing (not cars, horses) and a big A$$ trailer. soooo.......

[Blacksheep]

Just found this on-line...... Sound about rite?????? They make it seem its just like a fox-body cept the bolts are on the back not the front....?


remove two bolts on the backside of calipers and remove the caiper. Use a C clamp and old brake shoe to push piston back into the caliper. Put the new shoes in to caliper and place it back onto the rotor. Tighten up the two caliper bolts. Do the same to the other side. Be sure to chock the rear wheels when you jack the front to remove the tires. When you are done be sure you pump the pedal several times before putting the truck back into gear so you can stop the vehicle and aviod wrecking the truck. Bleeding the brake system probably will not be necessarry but you might check your fluid level.

[GearGambler]

do you have a torque wrench? you need to torque those lugs to the specified torque or they'll loose a wheel.

i know the torque for my expedition is 150 foot pounds. some torque wrenches dont go higher than that, some do. i'd bet that since the expedition is based off the f150 that the f150 is the same. i'd bet that the f350 is more than 150.

i'll check at lunch time today - i'm taking some torque wrenches over to my buddy's tire shop to see if they are in spec. he'll have the torque specs there for the f350.

[GearGambler]

two more things - make sure that the calipers slide on the pins easily, and the caliper pins arent rusted inside the sleeves - if they are, it'll take a little work to fix it.

also, are you just doing fronts, or front and back?

[nastynotchback1]

You need to take a wire brush and clean up all the pins and slides and then lube them with a high temp grease.the torque for those wheels should be 100ft.150 sounds excessive for anything but you may be right.

[GearGambler]

for the F150, F250 and F350 the torque spec for the lug nuts is 150 foot pounds.

for the F350 for some years 150 is the bottom of the range.

[Blacksheep]

Thanks guys, yea i figured them out, i just took some sand paper to the pins, and put a lil grease on there, and good to go. same thing i did on my car, but i dont think the back side of my calp is moving, but o-well. Im gettin new ones any way so no worries

[nitrostangracin]

You need to take a wire brush and clean up all the pins and slides and then lube them with a high temp grease.the torque for those wheels should be 100ft.150 sounds excessive for anything but you may be right.

Holy ****! Someone that does brakes the right way!

[nastynotchback1]

Holy ****! Someone that does brakes the right way!

man i have been to so many brake,a/c and front end schools.that stuff kinda sticks with you.measuring rotors and the reason why pads wear uneven blah blah.