Tight isn't the problem. Uneven torque is. It allows the disks to warp. As long as they are torqued to specs properly, there should not be a problem due to that.

 

Turns out not only the rotors were bad but the front calipers (2nd set) were both crumbled on the pistons. Replaced everything flex lines out and all is well.

 

Whatever you do, replace your pads / rotors / and if necessary calipers in pairs. I see a LOT of folks talking about hanging calipers with these trucks. I somewhat wonder if they are improperly lubed slides. I have been driving Ford trucks for decades, longer than MANY of the guys fussing about the calipers have been alive, and have never had a caliper legitimately hung. That is what disk brake lube is for guys...

The OE rotors on these trucks don't have a lot of metal to turn off, if your rotors have been turned previously, that may be why they warped. Got hot, hit a little bit of water, and whamo warped rotors... That is what happened to mine...

 

Crumbled pistons?

Did you actually see this?

 

I did the work lol

 

All I can say is, Wow... Never would have thought of that. Yeah that could be a real problem...