2007 Screw. Late last week I noticed that after 10kms or so the truck got a bad vibration. When i got home i had the "smell" and of course my wheel, rotor, drum etc was very very hot. I thought perhaps the emergency brake issue but that checks out ok. Also, you can visibly see on the rotor that the pads must not be releasing enough or something because the rotor is shining brightly (all others of course have some shine but this was noticable).

So, i take of wheel, then drum (burn fingers ) and i notice although i have plenty of pad left on both there is small peices missing and some other cracks on pads. Would this simply be the issue or do you suppose i have caliber issues? I can see the piston move fine when i press the brake and the c-clamp moves the pistons back in with some effort but from my experience it always take a fair amount of pressure to push piston back in. Also, the pins looked fine

I am hoping someone says new pads should fix my problem but i wanted to get it out there.

Thanks
Brad

 

More than likely seizing caliper. Mine would do it intermediately. Seized for an hour then good for a week.. Finally I just changed the caliper, pads, and rotor. Literally just happened 2 weeks ago.. Then my fronts started giving me problems so they got the works too. Save yourself some time and pads and change it all.

 

I recommend you change the flexible brake line. They tend to get soft and swell up on the inside and this keeps the caliper from releasing. Common problem with Ford trucks I think. It's either the brake line or sticking caliper. I had the problem with my rear brakes and changed both.