Good evening all!

like the title says, I recently picked up a 77 f250 with a 460 in it for a shop truck/ daily for my cabinet company!

Truck is far from perfect but will slowly getting better over time. the other day while driving I heard a slight grind from the front ends that worsened when applying the brakes.

Today I took the time to lift the front end, and get some eyes on. Aside from nearly every part of the front end needing some attention and rust clean up, I noticed there isn’t much clearance (if any) from the front pads to the rotors. Also, is there no (lack of better words) spreader spring to keep the pads apart and off the rotor while not engaged?

In addition, what’s the best “shop manual “ that I should pick up to know the majority of the basic information I need to know for this new beast?

here are some pics for reference!

thank you


Passenger

Driver

Driver

Stetson- the hardest working bulldog!
Matt

 

Disc brakes do not use "return springs" on pads to pull them back from a disc, just releasing brake pressure at the pedal is all the release there is ... and the piston seals will let the pistons slack off, if yours are sticking hard enough to be applying brake force, you either have bad calipers with rusty bores or pistons, ... or some bad hose or hoses with an internal flaw ... creating a blockage enough to hold pressure on the pistons. In use disc brake pads almost all ways stay in touch, just not "tightly" so. It's like you holding onto a glass of water and relaxing your grip ... never letting go, never loosing touch, but just to let the glass slip from you relaxed grip.

 

Thanks for the input.

I think the biggest issue was the area the pads ride on in the caliper bracket had some decent corrosion on them. I scuffed it down with some sand paper and put a small amount of wd-40 just at the contact point, and it seemed to help

ill plan a day to pull the brake parts, wire brush, and really clean up and paint