Good info, Brew, but no brake problems here. (Quick, where's some wood to knock on???) Must've been someone else with the sticking problem. Mine will just need to come off again when I do the UCA's and lower ball joints.

EDIT: I have had the "pin problem" in the past, though. Didn't know the Expy calipers resolved that issue. One more reason to consider doing the swap down the line.

 

Nope, it was your vid, I'm 100% on that. You were spinning your front wheel with caliper pressure, attempting to locate noise source. I mentioned you should remove your pads to take the pressure off...so the axle would spin free vs the ladder lol. You didn't understand for some reason lol. Regardless, they are hanging, that I can assure you.

Btw, I went with 03 7700 calipers. They looked a little beefier vs the Expy. I'm not sure which pin type the Expy calipers have.

 

Yeah my Highboy will never be out from dec-feb or when the first salt gets thrown down, whichever comes first. After all this effort for rust repair I ain't doing it again! I'm considering keeping this truck when I get a newer Crewcab and using it for snowy/salty days... to try and prolong the rust free life; that or I'll just get a membership to the car wash places

Yep been following that series. Definitely interesting and seeing the excess bubbles isn't good for reducing friction or heat dissipation. Anxiously waiting for his final episodes.

 

It made me go out to the garage and look at the cover I'm planning to install when I change gears. (Well, if I *ever* change them... been thinking about it for the better part of a year now.) The G2 piece I have is a similar shape to the OEM one, with no abrupt angle changes or internal obstructions.

 

Oh, that. Gotcha. There was a *very* minimal amount of drag, no more that what I've seen as normal in most every disc-brake vehicle I've owned. Any difficulty that it appeared I was having turning the wheel was due to the angle I was at, and using only one hand.

 

Yea, it is considered normal with light vehicles. They all do it. Doesn't make it right. The big trucks won't do that and the F150 is the dividing line in that. That dividing line for good braking consists two main things, Pads and Pin set ups. The Pins, -Big trucks can't have any drag and they won't by design, it's a safety thing since they are built as a HD work truck and used by municipalities as fleet vehicles. Drag = Heat and Fade, promotes disc glazing. The dividing line for pads is for the same reasons but includes stopping power. For stopping power you must use semi metallic pads...no buts about that. Incorporating ceramic pads defeats purpose, so you can't use them. Ceramics on a heavy vehicle does all those nasty things, promotes heat, glazing, warping etc.

The F150 is right in the middle of all that. The Expy and 7700 are a notch above and are set up much better. That's how it is and where your at with the half T's. The Expy and 7700 calipers hold much more fluid than the standard F150 calipers as well. Those are the differences to keep in mind. You can get away with the standard set ups, but just barley lol.

 

It will probably end with the release of his new differential cover.

 

That would be genius marketing lol.

 

Swapped the rear gear oil back to M-1 this morning, yea that did it. The rear end is back to almost normal, just a tiny vibration now, but that might be the tires. Wasn't going to and almost purchased a damn rear end because of that Valvoline crap

The 98 was driven approx 200 miles on that crap gear oil last spring, it's been sitting since. Hopefully didn't hurt it much...but yea, night and day that's for sure.

 

Well, I hope I can return/exchange the bottles I bought last year. Will have to try and sweet-talk the parts store manager.

EDIT: You know, while Banks has that plastic cover installed, it would be cool to see how different gear oils act inside the pumpkin. Might just have to suggest that in the YouTube comments.

EDIT 2: Comment/suggestion posted, and I found Video 2.2 where they mill the back off a MagHytec cover, and replace it with plexi. Wow!

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