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It's been too cold to get back at this until today. My mind is hung up on the right rear. When I was flushing the fluid on the right rear I kept getting a hard pedal with the bleeder open. After a few minutes the pedal would soften, press the pedal and more fluid would come out but the pedal would get hard.
Today I pulled the right rear wheel, tried bleeding that line again. Same thing, pedal gets hard. Pull the slide pins, good and clean. Had a hell of time pushing the piston in, after a few minutes it would slide back in. Bolt the caliper back in place and the piston won't push back out. Wait a few minutes, it pushes out a little bit, not enough to clamp down on the rotor. Wait a for more minutes, it gets closer but not fully out. Crack the bleeder and fluid drips out as expected. At this point I'm going to replace the caliper.
I would replace in pairs, with the lines. I had a bad line and one of the other calipers barely moved with a C-Clamp.
New right rear caliper installed. Went out for a ride. Immediately felt better going down the hill we live on. Drove around the long block for 5 minutes and while coming down the hill towards the house...$&%! it's shaking again, but not nearly as bad. Went out for a longer drive to get some heat in everything. I'd say the shake is 75% gone, a huge improvement. Got home, left side front/back slightly over 200 degrees, right rear 221, right front 296! Sumbitch! Going for a right side brake lines tomorrow when I return the caliper core. One piece at time.
FYI - Don't buy the front brake lines at O'reilly's. The hole for the banjo bolt is wrong and the banjo end of the line was 180 degrees wrong. Wanted to get it done fast and that's what happens. Ordered the OEM's from RockAuto.
FYI - Don't buy the front brake lines at O'reilly's. The hole for the banjo bolt is wrong and the banjo end of the line was 180 degrees wrong. Wanted to get it done fast and that's what happens. Ordered the OEM's from RockAuto.
Mine were Acdelco from Amazon. Perfect fit. Probably made in the same place they make them for the Chevys
Fixed. Right front brake hose installed and brakes are back a good solid pedal and no shakes. I'll be replacing the left front soon as the bracket on that side also squeezed that line.
I'd recommend anyone with original lines to check their brackets (in pic below) for rust n crud before it clamps down on the hose.
Fixed. Right front brake hose installed and brakes are back a good solid pedal and no shakes. I'll be replacing the left front soon as the bracket on that side also squeezed that line.
I'd recommend anyone with original lines to check their brackets (in pic below) for rust n crud before it clamps down on the hose.
Seems about right...I replaced both front calipers and brake hoses last August and both rear calipers this February. 10+ years...meh works for me but is a bit pricey.
I'm having significant shutter issues (feels like it is in the rear as well). Problem is, I am having a hard time locating rear hoses. Based on my research, it looks like the flex hose is built into the hard line? Does that seem right? I'm going to just go all out and replace calipers, pads, rotors and hoses in one shot and call it a day - truck has 250K miles and recently had rotors and pads but feels like calipers are struggling.
2013 F150 V8 XLT 4WD
The rear hose numbers I am finding are below but I am seeing photos with the hardlines attached:
BRTR129 and BRTR84
No experience replacing them (yet), but yes, the rears are combo lines (hard + soft) that attach to a common spot on the driver side above the axle. I'd say look at the photos and then just crawl under a bit and you should be able to compare pretty easily. I was looking at these recently myself since I'm seriously considering swapping them this year. Rock Auto's pics were helpful to me. It occurs to me my spare tire was probably not there when I looked under there.
