schultp
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I have my son's 1995 2wd XLT (3.0L, auto) for the week. Well, yesterday I slid on the wet/icy pavement and rear ended another driver at about 10-15 mph. Front bumper is bent downward. But, truck survived. Except, now a grinding that I know is the brakes (and heard prior to the accident) is now louder. I can make it more pronounced when I wiggle the steering a bit...particularly a little to the right. It is really pronounced when I take off from a red light after I have braked to a stop. This has me leaning toward the brakes sticking and getting worse after the emergency braking maneuver.
I definitely know I need to replace the brakes on this thing...probably on all 4 wheels. But, do you think the pronounced grind after locking up my brakes could also be the bearings? I am thinking that I probably ripped the small remaining amount of brake lining from the pads/shoes but I thought I'd get other opinions prior to tackling this project on Friday.
How hard is it to replace Ranger bearings anyway? I've done them on my Saturn and it wasn't too bad a job.
TIA,
Paul.
I definitely know I need to replace the brakes on this thing...probably on all 4 wheels. But, do you think the pronounced grind after locking up my brakes could also be the bearings? I am thinking that I probably ripped the small remaining amount of brake lining from the pads/shoes but I thought I'd get other opinions prior to tackling this project on Friday.
How hard is it to replace Ranger bearings anyway? I've done them on my Saturn and it wasn't too bad a job.
TIA,
Paul.