My wife's 2002 F150 has had new pads a while back, but the rotors were never turned. Anyway, the brakes squeek, and there is a pulsing like the rotors are slightly warped. I want to do the work on it, but i have no idea what i need to do, what is entailed, what else needs to be checked or greased etc. I assume i just need to put new pads and rotors on all teh way around, or maybe just turn the rotors if possible. Is it straigt forward or what?

 

I have done some looking, and it looks like the most difficult part is pushing the piston back in.

So, what are the sliders? Is there anything i need to look at, grease, etc?

 

I used antiseize on any part that makes contact with another part, except for the abvious brake pad/rotor contact. There is a step by step i just wrote up a couple weeks ago while it was fresh in my head after my own brake job. It was for the fronts, but the rear a similar.

I think the sliders your refering to will be obvious once you start taking it apart. They are what the two caliper bolts go through with the rubber cover.

The piston is easy to push back in, don't sweat it. Just keep the old pad on it to give you something to put the c-clamp on and tighten it down.

 

Yes, and i read it. I was just checking. Im just skiddish because it always takes the brake people a while, and they do all this checking and somehow determine if calipers need to be replaced and i dont know how to do that.

 

If the calipers are not leaking fluid, chances are they do not need replaced.

If the pedal is pulsing, it is probably not "warped" rotors - that is one of the biggest misconceptions about brakes. Pulsing is usually caused by worn / poor surface contact of the pad to the rotor.

Having the rotors turned and using "Brake Quiet" on the pads to keep them locked into the caliper should cure pulsing and squealing.

BTW - You should probably change / flush all the fluid out of the system - I'm willing to bet your fluid in the master cylinder is black, huh ?

Just my $.02.... Good luck !!!