i would like to take a poll here....
dose it seem like your truck may not stop at sudden braking?

 

Yeah, sort of. I have had a few panic stops and thought Oh, God, I buying someone a new car but, I have never hit anyone. It always seems to stop right before I crap my pants and hit someone. I guess it'f Ford's way of giving you a thrill.

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97 Ford F150 XLT 4x4 4.6L auto, Std cab/Long bed, 3.55LS rear axle, PW,PL, and PM, captian chairs w/arm rests
Sylvania Cool Blue Bulbs, Ford logo hitch and license plate, tinted windows, blackouts front and rear(w/ford logos on front blackouts),ventvisors all around, painted logos on door sills and under hood, 55w backup lights, K&N Filter, custom 4x4 emblems, cup holder/LED mod, 99 F150 Triton V8 emblems, and much more to come


thomaswright5714@hotmail.com

 

Yes, I agree with KYFordFreak just before you wet yourself.

 

Stops me close enough to wake me back up!

KYfordfreak, Don't know if you saw my reply to your other post but I am about 10-15 minutes north of downtown Cincinnati.

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2001 F150 XLT Supercab
Deep Wedgewood
V6 4.2L
3.55LS
K&N filter
Remote entry
Bedliner
Captains Chairs
Valley Hitch
Bug Deflector II
(color matched)
No mods yet

 

I think the brakes on my truck are the best of all three vehicles I currently own. The Explorer... I won't go into that, but I could drag my foot and stop quicker. The Probe is good, but it never seems proportioned right... too much front bias. The truck, on the other hand, stops very solid with decent pedal feel. As for panic stops, the ABS kicks in quite early, especially in the wet, but it's only doing its job to stop the rear end from locking up on me.

Just my .02... you asked!

-Joe-

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98 Explorer (Lemon Law Case in Progress)

'00 F-150, X-cab, 4x4, Lariat, Off-road, Trailer Tow, Holandia Sunroof($1000), built 11/99 picked up 10/00!Clear Corners($36), Manik Stainless Steel 1-piece brush guard($700), Custom CB wiring, Uniden PC76-XLW CB radio($100) with K-40 Magna-Mount antenna (for now [$40]), 1 set of 165 watt KC Daylighters (for now... more on the way... $140) Fog Light Switch mod(free!!!), Custom switch mounting plate and overhead console, Bully Stainless Steel Trailer hitch drawbar w/ 2" stainless steel ball($80), Gray Tek Style Soft Tonneau Cover($250), Gray Line-X Bedliner ($450).
List of planned mods: Clear tails, torsion bar tweak, bug deflector, Chrome ORP rims.
93 Probe GT teal, OE rims painted to match, bone stock drivetrain, leaky exhaust.

 

deepbluexlt
No, I guess I didn't see it. I read so many, I forget which ones I have read. Well, I have noticed there are a couple trucks fron Cincinnati and one or two in KY. We should have our own meeting sometime.

 

Same brake thing here(sometimes). Other times it stops great? If anyone has weak brakes,pull the rear drums and check the equalizer cables. My truck has snapped two of them since I got it two years ago. Once it's replaced and rear brakes are adjusted,it's takes almost a week to get used to them again . ,,,,98

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98 F-150 4.6 Litre XLT2wd Ext. cab
Yokahama AVS/ST's,,too noisy
prarie tan/tan int.
K/N gen.II fipk
custom dual exh/gibson rectangle tips/rear exiting.
color matched snuglid
Superchip!!!
Clear front corners
Speedglo gauges w/carbon fiber overlay
Carbon fiber Grant styling ring wheelcover
Stillen Quad light air dam,with Pilot PL-240 driving lights
Billet third brake light cover/oval pattern
Euro taillights,with APC red bulbs
Cobra 75WXST cb w/weather alert
Kenwood cd w/Radio Shack speakers,and Soundstream P203e amplifier//Single 10" sub
Viper alarm
On the waywheels,tires,Proglass shaker hood,Steel Horse C5 leather seat
Come see my new pictures@ www.my-f150.com
WOW,what a cool site!

FENDER GUITARS ROCK!!!

Now,if it only looked like this in real life

 

I got the four wheel disk with anti locks. It kinda was an important factor when I bought the truck. It really stops nicely. and I even had a couple of occasions to "test" out the ANti-lock, all four wheels for me.

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2000 f-150 red, XLT, 4x4, 5.4L, 3.55, sliding rear, 60/40, towing package??, ORP keyless entry.
Airaid FIPK, SI/DO Flowmaster 40's.

 

generally the prob is the drum brakes are not set up that great from the factory, the prob is that the new style trucks are harder to adjust as too tight and they grab and too lose and the dont do much, and the auto adjust back up wont take up enough as they have to be properly adjusted to begin with and then the auto will work fine, ford also has a groove on the new shoes to prevent grabbin in humid conditions - that is why it is best to buy ford ones and dont get the ford quality prefered as they dont have the updated rear shoes (ford tring to compete with aftermarket cheap shoes, get what u pay for)buy ford brown box shoes with grove on secondary shoe and then they can be adjusted up tigher without grabbing

 

well, folks, i found out about the panic stop problem about one second before i rear ended a sheriff's deputy.