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Old 10-19-2011, 08:09 PM
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Don't your trailer have brakes on it? So there is less strain on the truck brakes? No offense If I was the dealer I wouldn't give you new brakes for free knowing this.

Cause I pull a 16ft trailer loaded with cattle all the time, (not with the f-150) a f-550 but it gets loaded I was hauling over 30,000 pounds the one time, and never had a problem, my mom used to pull
A 36ft horse trailer when loaded with water hay n horses came to around 28,000 pounds never had break issues, just motor issues, dang 6Ls jk I love them motors there snappy
it's a single axle trailer. 6x12. It only carrys 2 lawn mowers. No brakes on it.
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it's a single axle trailer. 6x12. It only carrys 2 lawn mowers. No brakes on it.
ITs kind of a mystery what causes "warp" In general its due to pad breakdown due to overheating but it happens not only to guys that overuse their brakes. I've alway thought that in people where its not from overuse, its due to simply crappy pads or to the brakes dragging due to a caliper issue. I had a TL that would reliably warp if the car was driven aggresively, a few fast stops for 100mph plus (on the track) was the trick! The pads were simply not meant for racing. Swapped them for racing pads and it never happened again. BTW the fact that the pads that the vehicle was equipped with crapped out doesnt mean that all OEMS are crappy, manufacturing snafus on a batch are not uncommon for mass produced brakes.
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Originally Posted by Punity
Wasn't trying to say anything bad about the Corps obviously (sig) but I chuckled a little at his description.
Hey there is a reason why when the marines are in a bind they call in the airborne rangers When the "killers" are in trouble they have to call in the EXTERMINATORS to finish the job LOL

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Originally Posted by Hondafan

Hey there is a reason why when the marines are in a bind they call in the airborne rangers When the "killers" are in trouble they have to call in the EXTERMINATORS to finish the job LOL

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Really never had to call in airborne. Hmm must be a dream they have at night.
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Really never had to call in airborne. Hmm must be a dream they have at night.
They are the guys that knew how to fold their BDU sleeves appropriately, Easy to spot among a group of marines
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Rolling sleeves in country. Guess you can do that as a fobbit
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Back in topic. When I first bought my truck it did the same thing ended up replacing rotors and pads and the problem went away.
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Dealer just called. $120.00 to resurface the back rotors. This is not why I buy a new truck every 3 years.
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If you do that you might want to take them brake pads to put on it. I did performance friction pads and I'm happy so far
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Originally Posted by Punity
Back in topic. When I first bought my truck it did the same thing ended up replacing rotors and pads and the problem went away.
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