digitaltrucker

Pay attention to the front pads and their placement, the ones with the ears go on the inside of the caliper.

Tothemax

Ford tech makuloco has a youtube video on this.

bassJAM

I've broken a lot of Craftsman ratchets doing that! They're easy enough to replace, but it sucks to have to do so. Now I just use actual breaker bars.

TimelessR1

See...that was the problem to begin with... CRAFTSMAN

Just messing...i've broken my share of them using the pipe also...but i'd rather have broken the ratchet using a pipe then my knuckles without the pipe

tanked_darren

For anyone doing brakes and has had the master cylinder recall done its very important to watch your reservoir as you compress your piston in.

They fill the reservoir right to the top after the repair so you might end up with too much!

coborn35

Well... what a disaster. Just an awful waste of a day. Got all the parts I needed and went to start the job. Lug nuts would not budge. Not at all. Shoot. Took the drive everyone hates, the drive you make to get a tool or part you don't have in the middle of your project. Got a big ol breaker bar and went to town. Still was tough to turn but after about 15 minutes I had the passenger side done. Went to the other side, and it was like someone had welded them on. After about 30 minutes, I was down to 2 lugs left. I couldn't get them to budge. Tried knocker loose, tapping with a hammer and of course my 3 foot breaker bar. You'll never guess what I found... the lug wrench was physically turning/warping. As in it used to have the size listed on top, and now it was on the side. Wtf?! So finally I get fed up and say screw it, I'll at least get one side done and do the other tomorrow. Well I had to buy a new jack since I bought my truck used and it didn't come with one. I figured a 2 ton jack would work, maybe that's my bad, I'm not sure. Well I got it up to its highest point and never even touched the jacking point. Seriously? So I shimmed it with wood and got it to work, until of course the jack waved the white flag just before the tire left the ground and would not raise the truck any further. F me. So now here I am having wasted an entire day and really am debating bringing the truck to a shop. Even if I could figure out how to get the jack to work, there's no way I am getting the lugs off. I really wanted to do this myself and gain the experience but it's hard when I can't even get the f***** wheel off! Who tightens a lugnut that tight?! It's not like I haven't taken wheels off before but I've never seen a large breaker bar fail to get it off. Am I doing something wrong here? Pretty frustrated lol

Tothemax

Sounds like you need to buy an air compressor and air gun.

SoonerLS

The "brake caliper anchor plate" bolts are torqued closer to 200lb-ft--according to AllData, their spec is 184lb-ft.

SoonerLS

Oh, pretty much every shop gorilla with an air wrench. I like working men in general, but I can't tell you how many times I've cussed the tire shop guys while trying to bust a lug nut loose.

Also, IIRC, a '13 RCSB F-150 tips the scales at just over 4,000lbs, so a 2-ton jack is on the light side for these trucks.

77Ranger460

A 2 ton jack should lift a wheel of a 2 ton truck off the ground.