Brake pad smell after long downhills
Checked pads maybe 5,000 miles ago and pads were about 1/2 left. I leave driveway at 10,380 pds in 2003 Ford f 350 frame. Within spec's but sort of close to max on axles. I warmed up brakes pretty ...
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carringb wrote:Some years ago I compared the two generations of brakes (2007 to 2008) and thought there was hardly a difference. I also wondered if the separate disk and hub was as good as the older design where the two were all the same huge hunk of steel, thinking it is better for heat dissipation. I will have to go back and review the differences again.
If you really want good brakes, its well worth dropping in a new take-off axle. Besides the much bigger brakes, it'll also net you a better sway bar design, better radius arm design, and all new bigger ball joints. It was the best upgrade I've done, and barely cost more than a full brake job, and much less than a full ball-joint job.
BTW: Where would you get such cheap take-off suspension parts? Places like Quigley?
Are all the frame mounting points identical between 2007 & 2008 that the axles, control arms, brake & E-brake lines, and all the rest are interchangeable? What about the drive shaft?
Or do you change only the steering knuckle and rear brake mounts to make the brake switch?
