OT: f250 brake problem

jeremy in NE · Jun 12, 2015

2001 f250 4x4 with a 7.3L. Went to town and everything was fine. Get home and I smell hot brakes. The drivers side rear is hot. It is disc brake rear. Any ideas???

rrlund · Jun 12, 2015

Bad hose to the caliper. It's collapsed and gets fluid through under pressure to activate it,but won't let the pressure off.

farmer656 · Jun 12, 2015

it could be a frozen caliper, or a collapsed rubber brake line going to that wheel, the hose breaks down on the inside, and will let brake fluid go threw it but will not return, the caliper maybe extended out all the way on the plungers and hanging up, have seen both many times

CRS982 · Jun 12, 2015

Had this happen on my 02 F250 and 07 F350. The backing plate for the brakes rusted and got week and deformed or broke and caused the park brake to drag.

Ivan in Mich · Jun 12, 2015

The pins on the caliphers rust up and cause this. I had the same thing and ended up replacing all 4 of them. Don't bother replacing the pins as the rest will go bad shortly

jeremy in NE · Jun 12, 2015

Thanks for the input. Will check in the morning. Thanks

MARK ROBKE · Jun 12, 2015

Any of the answers below could be the cause.Mark

Ken Macfarlane · Jun 12, 2015

My 2001 has troubles with seized slides. I've replaced them all twice now in the last 5 years and use the fancy silicone grease ford sells. Have also had 4 seized calipers in that time. Never had so much brake trouble with a vehicle but it sits a lot of the time which is the trouble.

Robert Major · Jun 12, 2015

Hi
If yours is the same set up as my 99 250 superduty with 4 wheel disc, don't forget the park brake is inside the rear disc hubs. Could be the park brakes stuck on or you knocked the pedal somehow and it's dragging a bit for some reason, most auto's round here never get the park brake used. When i got mine I re built all the brakes and the cables were seized totally solid and the calipers were totally shot to.
Regards Robert

newhollandnut · Jun 12, 2015

My 2003 is notorious for the slides seizing up. I have 35s on my truck so it was hard to hear anything but never noticed any heat. One day my less than trusty coworker said my truck was making a horrible noise sounded like in the rear when I went by at highway speed. Blew it off two weeks later as I was going down a hill the brake ate through a piston from where it had rubbed so long. Kinda left me up a certain body of water without a paddle

John B. · Jun 12, 2015

The older Ford Pickups from the 1990's the drivers' side parking brake cable was notorious for freezing or rusting up and once parking brakes are applied then it won't release.

bison · Jun 12, 2015

Another reason to never buy a ford

phil_n · Jun 13, 2015

(quoted from post at 21:27:15 06/12/15) Another reason to never buy a ford

What's the other one?

WGM · Jun 13, 2015

My Chevy did this once and it was a bad hose.

NoNewParts · Jun 13, 2015

hope the manufacturers figure this out someday...all of them.
Combine living in the rustbelt and not driving much = caliper nightmares.
I've had a lot of warranty brake repairs on newer trucks I've owned....always calipers eating everything.
Service always says "ya gotta drive em more"
Funny, when I signed on the dotted line, I didn't see anything about....'This truck is not designed for people that drive 3k miles a year total'

bison · Jun 13, 2015

(quoted from post at 23:22:13 06/12/15)

(quoted from post at 21:27:15 06/12/15) Another reason to never buy a ford

Click to expand...

What's the other one?

here are to many to choose from but this one jumps out. :lol:

Mikein Ky · Jun 14, 2015

rrlund has the solution. I have replaced all of the hoses on my 2002 F250.

merlynr · Jun 14, 2015

(quoted from post at 05:22:17 06/14/15) rrlund has the solution. I have replaced all of the hoses on my 2002 F250.

97 F250HD with 105K and replaced front pads and a spring in left rear brake. Everything else is original including hoses.

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