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Old 09-08-2012, 09:23 AM
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Normal driving and not of no where the front drivers side brakes just locked up. Changed the rotar, pads and caliblar but when free spinning the tire the wheel still feels tight. Anyone else had this issuse before? Can someone try to help me? Oh sorry the truck is 2003 4x4.
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I did on a ford dually I had and it was those bolts on the back of to caliper took them and greased them up and never had another problem
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Does your truck have a sealed bearing? Perhaps its on its way out?
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The line the heat from the caliper makes the lines collapse and separate if u did a caliper always do the line goin to it
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Originally Posted by biglee88
The line the heat from the caliper makes the lines collapse and separate if u did a caliper always do the line goin to it
Yes we changed the lines also think we got it all good. Didn't have time last night to make a test run but we bout to right now hope it's all OK.
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I will usually drive the vehicle until the wheel has considerable turning resistance then what will do is crack the bleeder loose at that wheel, if it now spins freely then the brake hose is faulty. If it still has resistance then there is a problem in the caliper(stuck piston, stuck slide or seized pad.) Sounds like you put all new parts in, I would check to make sure they are good.



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