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Denny,
This is a guess of course since I cannot look at it unless you live in South New Jersey.
I was kind of surprised when I did my first for f150 (2000 4wd) set of brakes. The whole system kind of floats inside a bracket. Trying to recall this out of memory the best I can but you'll get the idea. There are pins (2 per axle I believe) that the whole mechanism floats on. To make a long story short; these pins have rubber boots that are supposed to keep water and dirt from getting to the pins which your pad are moving in and out on. What happens is that the boots fail, water gets inside and the pins rust. The rust inhibits the movement of the pads. You press the petal creating force to stop the vehicle but when you let off the pedal, the pads cannot move back in place because the holding pins are rusted. This is a very common problem and not expensive to fix. The pins and boots are inexpensive. Just call ahead to make sure ford has them in stock. There are some u-tube videos on replacing brakes that will show you how much you'll have to tear down to fix the issue. Of course if you need new pads and whatnot the job gets bigger. I would recommend replacing the rotors if you go this far. Don't have the old ones turned down. good luck.
This is a guess of course since I cannot look at it unless you live in South New Jersey.
I was kind of surprised when I did my first for f150 (2000 4wd) set of brakes. The whole system kind of floats inside a bracket. Trying to recall this out of memory the best I can but you'll get the idea. There are pins (2 per axle I believe) that the whole mechanism floats on. To make a long story short; these pins have rubber boots that are supposed to keep water and dirt from getting to the pins which your pad are moving in and out on. What happens is that the boots fail, water gets inside and the pins rust. The rust inhibits the movement of the pads. You press the petal creating force to stop the vehicle but when you let off the pedal, the pads cannot move back in place because the holding pins are rusted. This is a very common problem and not expensive to fix. The pins and boots are inexpensive. Just call ahead to make sure ford has them in stock. There are some u-tube videos on replacing brakes that will show you how much you'll have to tear down to fix the issue. Of course if you need new pads and whatnot the job gets bigger. I would recommend replacing the rotors if you go this far. Don't have the old ones turned down. good luck.
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Here you go
Right around 2:25 the video shows you the pins I was writing about. In fact, I just watched a little more of it and he talks about the boot failure (go figure). This, I'll bet, is your problem. If you don't need pads, its a cheap repair! Just check your torque specs, the brackets are torqued to 145 lbs. I believe. 1/2 inch breaker bar to get them off and a 1/2 torque wrench to put them on. And use a good 6 sided socket. I used one of my impact sockets.
Right around 2:25 the video shows you the pins I was writing about. In fact, I just watched a little more of it and he talks about the boot failure (go figure). This, I'll bet, is your problem. If you don't need pads, its a cheap repair! Just check your torque specs, the brackets are torqued to 145 lbs. I believe. 1/2 inch breaker bar to get them off and a 1/2 torque wrench to put them on. And use a good 6 sided socket. I used one of my impact sockets.