DieselDawg

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kchill93

Thanks for the info. I did notice it's definitely the front driver side that is dragging some. It's very hot after driving and there is a thick black strip on top half of the new rotor

Sweatmachine

That sucks. You may have to replace that rotor.

kchill93

Definitely sucks! Ha. Stuff happens unfortunately

Here's a pic of the driver side rotor for you visual folk

kchill93

Well problem solved. He accidentally put the two inside pads on the drivers side

pfbz

As mentioned earlier in this thread, this is definitely something to watch out for. Inside the box are four pads, but the two insides are bundled/strapped together and the two outsides are bundled/strapped together.

If you didn't know or notice that they were different, easy mistake to just grab a bundle, cut the strap, and install those two pads on the same side.

TJPlatinumEB

Glad it got fixed and hopefully no damage done to any of your new brake components.

As soon as you said Chevy tech I had a feeling that they wouldn't know about the inside and outside pads. GM doesn't do that so unless he works on F-150's on a regular basis, he wouldn't have a clue about the inside/outside pads.

jt16xlt

I was worried about the pads as the Hawk pads I got did not have 2 different sizes for inside and outside. I doubled checked with Hawk's website and the part number was correct. When removing the old pads they did not have 2 sizes either. Everything was the same. Maybe they changed after 2009? Got done with install and bed-in procedure on the front rotors and pads. My god those rotors were glued to the hub. Took about 30 min of hammering and penetrating oil on driver side just to get the rotor off. Got that side done and went to the passenger side. It was worse. Spent hour hammering and spraying penetrating oil. I was about to give up until I saw this video:


I thought what the hell, my arm was about a wet noodle from swinging the hammer. All I can say is it was a lifesaver. No kidding minute and half it was off. I would highly recommend using this method over hammering the ever loving #$%@ out of it. Noticeable difference on braking now. I was getting the pulsing feeling before when braking and these do not pulse at all and feel strong. Glad I got this done!

kchill93

He couldn't believe he did it. He said he knew that they were inside and outside before he even rechecked.
Brakes/rotors still seem solid. They checked out and everything has been good since. Appreciate your guys input on it!

pfbz

Didn't notice this picture and description in post #48 above? Maybe the 2009's don't have rotors tapped for extraction bolts?



Warning: If you have a 2011 or newer with EPAS, DO NOT start wailing on the rotor with a hammer unless you disconnect the battery or feel like buying a new and quite expensive EPAS steering rack...

Also, these are the pad differences... Visually, they are not very different, but the pads are most certainly different for inside and out. And if you don't get it correct, well see the post with rubbing brakes above. Definitely for 2010-2014, not sure about 2009.