Front rotors on E450 Chassis
Anyone know of a good SPECIFIC video on youtube or somewhere else for replacing front rotors and pads on 04 Ford E450 motorhome? I have done several searches but so far have not found anything but la...
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One of our OP's documented an E450 brake job and I want to say he was out around 80,000 miles.
At 19,000 I doubt it needs anything on brakes. Let along ball joints etc.
By pulling the wheels, you should be able to see enough of the Pads to determine the thickness and that they're worn evenly to the thicknesses you can see. And you can see if the rotor surfaces are blued from overheating, or scored from trapped pebbles, etc.
I wouldn't even pull the rotors if they look OK. Cope with Caliper Brackets some other day.
If anything goes wrong with the brakes at this coach's age and mileage, it'll be stuck calipers or collapsed hoses.
Calipers DO NOT always stick on the slides, as often mentioned. The pistons can also get sticky and not allow the brakes to release. That happened to me on our E450 several years ago at about 30,000 miles. It hadn't had much use for a couple years before we bought it.
At 19,000 I doubt it needs anything on brakes. Let along ball joints etc.
By pulling the wheels, you should be able to see enough of the Pads to determine the thickness and that they're worn evenly to the thicknesses you can see. And you can see if the rotor surfaces are blued from overheating, or scored from trapped pebbles, etc.
I wouldn't even pull the rotors if they look OK. Cope with Caliper Brackets some other day.
If anything goes wrong with the brakes at this coach's age and mileage, it'll be stuck calipers or collapsed hoses.
Calipers DO NOT always stick on the slides, as often mentioned. The pistons can also get sticky and not allow the brakes to release. That happened to me on our E450 several years ago at about 30,000 miles. It hadn't had much use for a couple years before we bought it.
