Brakes F350

It only cost me about $50 for the front and $50 more for the rear pads. I can change them in a hour. Less time if you are switching from winter to summer tires at the same time.

I would replace the pads, well before they get thin. Once thin, they can not dissipate the heat nearly as well as new pads.

I do not like replacing the rotors. I had to do that on a Chrysler minivan. By waiting until the pads where worn out, then I needed to spend $75 for each rotor. I would have saved a lot of money by changing the $35 set of pads much earlier. At least those rotors where very low cost at Napa. Your pickup rotors would be much more expensive.

I would also highly recommend going to the Ford dealer, pick up a quart of the class A motorhome rated brake fluid. It has the highest possible "Wet boiling point" of all brake fluids, and replace the brake fluid. After about 5 or 6 years, the brake fluid has the opportunity to absorb a lot of moisture, and should be changed. The old brake fluid can reach 700F and some moisture in the fluid can change to steam bubbles, that can compress, giving a "Spongy" feel to the brakes. Changing the fluid every 5-7 years will prevent this.

Good luck!

Fred.

If calipers are working okay, Hawk Pads as mentioned already and vented/slotted rotors. If you plan on keeping truck and drive it during the winter, salt and crud takes it's toll, so tho you've gotten 80km on orig(?) equip, piece of mind, replace all 4 corners.

You should be doing an annual brake inspection, then you would know the extent of wear. In PA, it is required. There is no need to replace brakes based on miles, every truck is driven differently on different roads.

Road salt can really cause problems, especially on late model Ford trucks, so check for wear, rust and caliper sticking.

My last TV had 96k miles on it when I traded it and it still had the original pads with decent thickness left. Probably 50% of mileage was towing. That was a diesel w/o exhaust brake or manual mode. With trailer brakes set up properly, truck brakes should never be over-worked.

I got 105k miles with the original break pads. I pull a boat and utility trailer with a tractor/shredder that don't have trailer brakes.

All most all brake pads have a grove cut from the top to the bottom. You should be able to see this grove from the hole in the top of the caliper.

If you can't see the groove (the rest of the pad is worn down), you will be needing pads soon.

This past summer did a complete brake job front and back as well as e-brake, one rear caliper(cracked piston) on my '06. Truck was on the original rotors but I had changed the pads out on front and back several times. Truck had close to 300k kms.

Treat the brakes right and use the T/H on these trucks and the brakes last a LONG time!

Replaced with Motorcraft rotors since the originals did so well.

My 12 only has 50k on it but I changed the front and rear on my 05 at 80k. The old ones were not gone but the squeak drove me crazy. I replaced them with Hawk Performance pads and it made a huge difference in stopping power. Now it stops better than the dually.

I ended up doing it on the road, I bought new calipers and pads in your city: Calgary. And did the work in the Banff CG. I feel sorry for how much you'll pay, about 2 to 3 times as much as in the States. I had about 70,000 miles at the time and a couple of the calipers were stuck. So be prepared for that. The actual brake work was rather easy compared to some cars I've worked on.

On my 2011 I did front brake pads at 113,000 miles and rears at 114,733. I could have easily gone longer on both but they had an annoying squeak (not the wear indicator) that I was chasing so I replaced them.
I would just pop a wheel off and see what the pads look like. You might be surprised with how long they will last.