Ford rear brakes

Premature wear of Ford rear brakes. There has been a technical service bulletin released on 1992 through 1997 model year F250 and F350 Ford pickup trucks.

The technical service bulletin discusses the inspection of the rear emergency brake cables. We have plenty of Ford trucks in our fleet both heavy duty and light.

And I have seen this cable problem on some of the newer models and the F150 as well just to let you know.

Over time this could cause the emergency brake cable to either Bind or seize up completely.

If the cable does start to bind you will not get a complete or full release of the rear brake shoes.

This will cause not only premature wear of the rear brakes, but can also lower your fuel economy and cause a drifting or pulling condition while driving and braking.

Ford rear brakes premature wear

Keep in mind that driving habits and conditions play a big role on brake replacement intervals. This is just a rule of thumb.

The best advice is when performing a rear brake job on any model, but especially Ford pickup trucks take a few extra minutes to make sure that the emergency brake cable is not binding or sticking.

You can also insulate the cable, where it passes close to any frame rails using either rubber hose secured with wire ties or even plastic conduit will work.

Driving around with your rear brakes applied for long periods of time can cause other problems with the vehicle. The excessive heat buildup can warp your rear drums and also cause a shutter when braking.

Ford rear brake parts

But our fleet service division has been getting these replacement e-brake cables directly from the Ford dealership parts department.

The replacement cables from Ford, come with the insulated sections already installed so that no rubbing problem will cause a repeat failure.

Although I have seen this problem, often it is not exclusive to ford vehicles.

Whenever you replace rear brakes take a few extra minutes and inspect the emergency brake operation to a sure your efforts of replacing rear brakes will last as long as they are supposed to.


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