Brake Job

[RangerMan]

It came time for me to replace the brake pads/rotors/calipers on my 02 F250. I did the wheel bearings, races and seals as long as I was at it.

Bought the brake stuff at Autozone. Got a 'Powerstop' kit that included everything needed. It was great opening the box and everything was right there. No wondering what I had forgot to order. I'm going to try to include a pic of the parts of the kit. Even had a few spare pad retainer clips and sliding rod boots plus a couple of squeeze packets of caliper grease.

Couldn't be more pleased with going with a kit instead of al la cart (that's all the french I got). I wanted to share it.

I bougth the wheel bearings/races/seals direct from Ford. Nothing worse that parts everywhere and the aftermarket races/seals just don't fit or are really poor quality.

It's also time to do the same with my trailer. I was wondering where the best place was to look for the correct parts and HARK! I did a search and found the part numbers for the bearings, seals etc right here. Seems I wasn't the first to do this.

[Ron in BC]

Good way to get back to a "as new" situation. What'd that set up back?

Ron

[RangerMan]

Came to about $1,400.00 with my 'old soldier' discount at Autozone. The Ford folks didn't care if I was a soldier or boy scout!

I don't know what the labour would have been but I bet more than the parts. I don't know if I could still do it if we didn't have a hoist in our shop. At 90 this year, my knees don't like crawling around on the floor. Much easier lifting it to chest highth to do.

[oldwave]

Axle inc in Elkhart is a good source for Dexter parts (and Timken bearings if you want an upgrade). Good customer service they got me in on the road with compromised Dexter axles.