OT: f250 brake problem

[jeremy in NE]

2001 f250 4x4 with a 7.3L. Went to town and everything was fine. Get home and I smell hot brakes. The drivers side rear is hot. It is disc brake rear. Any ideas???

 

[rrlund]

Bad hose to the caliper. It's collapsed and gets fluid through under pressure to activate it,but won't let the pressure off.

 

[farmer656]

it could be a frozen caliper, or a collapsed rubber brake line going to that wheel, the hose breaks down on the inside, and will let brake fluid go threw it but will not return, the caliper maybe extended out all the way on the plungers and hanging up, have seen both many times

 

[CRS982]

Had this happen on my 02 F250 and 07 F350. The backing plate for the brakes rusted and got week and deformed or broke and caused the park brake to drag.

 

[Ivan in Mich]

The pins on the caliphers rust up and cause this. I had the same thing and ended up replacing all 4 of them. Don't bother replacing the pins as the rest will go bad shortly

 

[jeremy in NE]

Thanks for the input. Will check in the morning. Thanks

 

[MARK ROBKE]

Any of the answers below could be the cause.Mark

 

[Ken Macfarlane]

My 2001 has troubles with seized slides. I've replaced them all twice now in the last 5 years and use the fancy silicone grease ford sells. Have also had 4 seized calipers in that time. Never had so much brake trouble with a vehicle but it sits a lot of the time which is the trouble.

 

[Robert Major]

Hi
If yours is the same set up as my 99 250 superduty with 4 wheel disc, don't forget the park brake is inside the rear disc hubs. Could be the park brakes stuck on or you knocked the pedal somehow and it's dragging a bit for some reason, most auto's round here never get the park brake used. When i got mine I re built all the brakes and the cables were seized totally solid and the calipers were totally shot to.
Regards Robert

 

[newhollandnut]

My 2003 is notorious for the slides seizing up. I have 35s on my truck so it was hard to hear anything but never noticed any heat. One day my less than trusty coworker said my truck was making a horrible noise sounded like in the rear when I went by at highway speed. Blew it off two weeks later as I was going down a hill the brake ate through a piston from where it had rubbed so long. Kinda left me up a certain body of water without a paddle

 

[John B.]

The older Ford Pickups from the 1990's the drivers' side parking brake cable was notorious for freezing or rusting up and once parking brakes are applied then it won't release.

 

[bison]

Another reason to never buy a ford

 

[phil_n]

(quoted from post at 21:27:15 06/12/15) Another reason to never buy a ford

What's the other one?

 

[WGM]

My Chevy did this once and it was a bad hose.

 

[NoNewParts]

hope the manufacturers figure this out someday...all of them.
Combine living in the rustbelt and not driving much = caliper nightmares.
I've had a lot of warranty brake repairs on newer trucks I've owned....always calipers eating everything.
Service always says "ya gotta drive em more"
Funny, when I signed on the dotted line, I didn't see anything about....'This truck is not designed for people that drive 3k miles a year total'

 

[bison]

(quoted from post at 23:22:13 06/12/15)

(quoted from post at 21:27:15 06/12/15) Another reason to never buy a ford

What's the other one?

here are to many to choose from but this one jumps out. :lol:

 

[Mikein Ky]

rrlund has the solution. I have replaced all of the hoses on my 2002 F250.

 

[merlynr]

(quoted from post at 05:22:17 06/14/15) rrlund has the solution. I have replaced all of the hoses on my 2002 F250.

97 F250HD with 105K and replaced front pads and a spring in left rear brake. Everything else is original including hoses.