A friends complaint: brakes are not great
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A friends complaint: brakes are not great
 
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My friend has a 1987 F350 6.9 IDI. He was complaining his brakes were underwhelming and there was some oil on the rear passenger hub.
He hauls a 3 horse gooseneck with this truck. As I am on “vacation” I said i could look at it for/with him. Oh boy do I regret that! 10 hours 4 trips to the auto stores and i finally got him back on the road. This is a pic of what was supposed to be the good side..  Ended up doing bearings, seals and brake pads on the rear. I told him to order new drums ASAP and get those on.. I have urged him to do the front axle ASAP. But not on my vacation time!! Kidding, he is a great friend and I will help him. I now know how to tackle a 10.25 rear end and my friend will be much safer taking his wife and horses camping this weekend.
1985.5 F-150 XL Explorer standard cab 5.0 EFI AOD 4x4
Daily Driver. We call her Eunice the Ute. 1982 Bronco XLT Lariat 351W AOD 4x4 Code name Esperanza, or Espy to her friends. Please see my Project thread for the blow by blow. 1984 F-350 XL Centurion crew cab 460 T19 4x4 "Eylza Dual-little" |
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Wow! What a good friend!
 I think I kinda know how those brakes felt from two experiences. My father bought a late 50's Chevy pickup with a hot small block in it and a 4 speed auto tranny. That thing would surprise a lot of people at the stoplights, but it stopped horribly. When we pulled the rear drums we found the PO had packed them full of grease to keep the parking brake mechanism from rattling as it wasn't even hooked up. But that grease had migrated to the shoes and we really didn't have brakes back there. So if a front-braked pickup w/o a trailer was that bad I don't want to imagine what one with a horse trailer behind it was like. 
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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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Considering all the other things
 did, I'll bet he violated the warnings regarding taking the arm off the load sensing valve. If so, I am pretty sure he didn't have the setting gauge.
That's why when I swapped rear axles in Darth, I took the bracket off the axle and swung everything up, out of the way until the "new" axle was in place, then re-attached the bracket.
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"Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional" Darth Vader 1986 F350 460 converted to MAF/SEFI, E4OD 12X3 1/2 rear brakes, traction loc 3:55 gear, 160 amp 3G alternator Wife's 2011 Flex Limited Daily Driver 2009 Flex Limited with factory tow package Project car 1986 Chrysler LeBaron convertible 2.2L Turbo II, modified A413 |
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If the rear brakes are locking up then maybe the "brake load proportioning valve" is working properly. It is designed to vary the amount of pressure going to the rear brakes based on the load in the truck, as determined by the distance from the axle to the frame.
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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My friend dropped by just now. He reports the truck is braking perfectly, no issues. He gave me this as a thank you for helping.
 I am definitely getting use out of that on my gravel driveway!
1985.5 F-150 XL Explorer standard cab 5.0 EFI AOD 4x4
Daily Driver. We call her Eunice the Ute. 1982 Bronco XLT Lariat 351W AOD 4x4 Code name Esperanza, or Espy to her friends. Please see my Project thread for the blow by blow. 1984 F-350 XL Centurion crew cab 460 T19 4x4 "Eylza Dual-little" |
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Wow! You are a good friend, and you have a good friend!
Let us know how that jack works out. 
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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