Already fixed the problem, but wondering if anyone else has ran into the same thing? Two questions.

So Monday, I'm driving home from work, and notice a slight rubbing sound (barely noticeable) coming from the front-driver's side wheel when braking. I assume it's the brakes, so I make a mental note to check it out the first night I have off.

Tuesday morning, same thing, but a litte more frequent.

Wednesday, same thing, getting worse, and louder. Not good.

Thursday, same thing, getting REALLY loud. I HAVE to do something about this tonight. Luckily, I was off, and happened to be going to my parents' house for the night (heated garage), so I get pads on the way, and go to town. I get the pads off on the driver's side first, and the inside of the rotor is horible, needs replacing (or turned). The inside pad was vurtually non-existent.

So my question is this, I thought that pads had small pins in them that made a horrible squeaking noise when they wore to a certain point, which let you know that they needed attention soon. Is this not correct? Not a big deal, but by the time I actually HAD the chance to look at them, it was too late, and I'm out the cash for a new rotor.

Second question. I get my pads off and start to put the new ones on, and they have given me the wrong pads. So I head to the closest store (which is 20 minutes away), they look it up, and tell me that I have the right pads for my truck. WRONG. Apparently, if you have drum brakes in the rear, the FRONT pads are different than the pads for models with disc brakes all around. First off, WHY would the REAR brakes being different have ANYTHING to do with what FRONT pads go on the truck? Second, my truck HAS disc brakes all around, but the pads that I ended up going home with were (according to the parts store) for models with drum brakes in the rear. Has anyone else had this problem? Do they just have the wrong information at the parts store, or would Ford have changed that for some reason?

I'm just curious, because I'm sure I'm not the only one that has went home with the wrong pads, and had to drive out again to pick up the right ones in the middle of everything.

Any thoughts?

 

1) If you drive with your windows up and radio on, it's possible it did make the sound, you just didn't hear it. When my trucks brakes were going it made the sound but it wasn't particularly bad. If I had my windows up and radio on, I wouldn't have heard it.

2) I would think that's the parts store's problem there...that's odd in any case.