I have a 2004 Ford F150 4x4 5.4l replaced brake pads and rotors 8 months ago. 2 weeks ago the drivers side front brakes hung up and were smoking and I shut the truck off let it sit for a while and it was fine, I took it all apart and could not see anything wrong. Drove it for about 600 miles then the passenger side did the same thing, I let it sit and now its fine. Does anyone have any ideas ? I would have thought replacing calipers but found it odd it was one side and then the other. Thanks for any help

 

may have something kind of "trash" in the lines.

 

did you clean and grease the sliders when you changed your pads?

sounds like it might be an issue with the calipers and/or the sliders in the calipers.

 

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when i changed the pads i did grease the slides. When the first incident occured with them hanging up I took apart everything and the slides and calipers moved freely.

 

Make sure you didn't overfill the fluid reservoir. If the reservoir is topped off, the fluid has no where to go when it expands as it heats or as it obsorbs moisture. There is a "max" line on the reservoir, don't fill above that.

 

Did you also grease the shims (is that spelled right? haha)?