Well knowing that it’s only gonna get more shity out, with more snow/slush. I made the bronco-beast “winter-proof”
right tire pressure in all four tires, instead of 28psi-47psi :bloated:
winter wiper blades
air cleaner
front brake pads
greased front end
double checked all fluids
bolted my plates on instead of a coat hanger
fri i think im gonna do my rears, then ill finally be ready for winter - ramping snow piles.
=] Bring The Snow
Q - when i first took off my front tires, i looked behind the caliper to see if it was a allen or ~9/16 bolt… the noticed it was neither, the caliper is actually held in place with these “pins”… to get the caliper off i had to close the gap on the end of the pin, the pin is two pieces of metal held together with lead or something, so after gettin the end dia. of the pin smaller i was able to tap it out of the caliper… once i got the caliper off, put the new pads in place, put the caliper back in place, and had to tap the pins back into place, once in place, tap the ends/edges back spread out… this is the stupidest thing i have seen put on a 4x4 full size truck.
any u seen this before? and why wouldnt the new pads come with new pins, these ones were all rusty and shity. i just hope the backs are the reg drum brake setup.
theyre not cotter pins. and its not lead inside them, its just rubber. pretty much all full sized fords used those from during the 70s-80s. youre not suposed to fold the edge over either. they have a little raised tab on the ends that keeps them from sliding. that and the rubber center keeps outward pressure on it.
yea sometimes you do, i thought you meant you bent them 90 degrees like a cotter pin. when you put them back in make sure the split in the two halves of the pin is opposite of the split between the caliper and caliper bracket. kinda understand what i mean? otherwise you really only have that rubber center to bear the force of it moving. kinda hard to explain until you look at it, then you’ll get it.
correct, i know what ur talking about cause i did it today, i just never seen anything like that. doesnt seem very safe if u ask me. and i didnt bend them 90*, only enough to where the raised tip would prevent the pin from falling out.
is there anything i should know about the backs before i jump into that
Yeah, my old 86 Ranger used that system. Was a fucking pain in the ass with all the rust. Took me an hour to do, and I had to reuse the shitty ass pins. And at the time the dealership didn’t even have them. But it worked for 2 years after doing it without a problem. So it’s reasonably reliable at least.
At least it’s better than the “hacksaw” method that was required for the 83 ranger. Whoever designed that should have been shot many times. :tdown:
yup some of the older fords have that…i worked on a Bronco with this at Midas…its more of a diamond shape not round right…its retarded but was cheap and i guess safe enough