Strange front brake issue on 2004 Ranger.

[WarcrimeActual]

My brakes were grinding bad, and I decided to change the pads out. I noticed that on both of the front sets of brakes, which is all I’ve changed so far because I will pay somebody to do the drums, the back pad was worn all the way down to metal and the front seemed like it had about a third of its life left in it. I assumed maybe a binding caliper, but it’s weird that it happened on both. I’m going to pull them in a couple of weeks and see if they are wearing evenly on both sides or if the back on each one is still getting much worse.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Caliper not sliding properly so the pad on the piston sees the brunt of the stopping duty.

 

[WarcrimeActual]

I never really did stop to think how the caliper moved versus the pad on the piston. Hopefully breaking it loose and doing new pads will fix it. It was just odd to me that it was both sides.

 

[Bill]

I always remove the pins and clean out the bores the pins go in and put fresh silicone brake grease in them.

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[scotts90ranger]

yeah, either slide pins or phenolic pistons in the calipers...

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Slide pins not sliding is a common problem. Brake hoses are actually a main problem of calipers sticking too. I never thought about that until I had done brakes on a friend’s car and shortly after that a caliper locked up hard and fried things. I had replaced the caliper and I called the parts store for a replacement and asked what gives (I have a commercial account and the guy I deal with is pretty good). He asked if I did the rubber line and I said no, it still looks fine. Yeah, it was the rubber line, looked fine on the outside but had degraded inside and was choking the flow like a one-way valve…

 

[19Walt93]

I remove my calipers and pads every spring, grind the rust off the slides and relube everything. The pins get silicone and the slides get copper neverseize.