This tip saved my butt today. I had them installed incorrectly and had them back apart 3 times and couldn't figure out the problem. This video came up in my search and it solved my issue in 5 minutes! Excellent video!
Dude, you are my hero. I noticed after doing the brakes on my truck that the drivers side pad wasn't using the full rotor and looked like the caliper was sitting funny. Now I know why!!
Did my brakes today, one side is fine the other was only wearing the edge of the rotor, I even went out and remounted the caliper. For the heck of it I did a google search for "raptor brake caliper crooked" and found your video. You just saved me a set of pads and probably more. Thank you!!
Another grateful viewer. Bought a used 2010 F150 with "new brake job." Six months in and I am replacing front rotors and pads because the tech that did the brake job didn't know about the "ears." the were installed outboard on both sides. I would like to think I would have figured out the were in backwards given that the pads with the ears were worn to the backing plate while the other pads were virtually new. Also the rotors were ground down on the outer inch on the outboard side but otherwise were in new condition. Last telltale was the two gouges on the inside of the caliper from the ears. The two cut outs on the caliper where the ears are suppose to good are a dead give away as to how the pads should be installed. Thanks again.
I had this issue also, put both ears on driver side, drove for a day and couldn't figure out why the brakes were so HOT. I also experienced a soft pedal by doing this. You honestly saved me a ton of money by checking my pads first, I was all set to diagnose my brakes with a seized caliper or collapsed brake line. Keep up the great work, you really are helping alot of people out by putting these tips videos out there!
Great tip, I always check to see if you have a video before I begin any repairs. I replaced the front pads and rotors on my 2012 F-150 today and saw Ford gave me four pads that all looked like the outer pads, with no ears. Gave them a call to make sure I had the right pads before the repair and they verified the vin to the part number, they had a note that all pads look the same now on my year model for new OEM Ford replacement pads. Thanks for all the great videos and the effort you put into making them and saving folks money. Keep it up.
Awesome tip! I bought my F-150 used from the dealer and could not figure out why the brakes were squealing and getting so hot. As soon as I took the caliper off I could see the problem, great video!
Man this video saved me. The truck wouldn’t even move. Watched this video and woke up the next morning and pulled off the passenger tire, sure enough pads were on the wrong side. Really appreciate this video and TH-cam.
Thanks for the video. This helped me fix my brakes after I installed the pads backwards. I didnt even realize they were different when installing them.
Doing my brakes today and figured I would watch your video before getting started.Great advise and thanks so very much for that very important info.Saved me alot of grief and aggravation.
2013 Expedition...same set up... I had changed my pads about a year ago and after 15k miles, one of the pads separated due to a manufacturing defect! In my haste one night after work to install new pads, I put two "Garfields" on the driver's side rotor. My truck ran fine the next day...no noise or anything BUT during my quick walk around after arriving at work, I noticed the one rim was VERY HOT! Improper set up was causing that rotor to get about 100F hotter than the other side! Spent the next two nights after work trying to determine what was wrong thinking the broken pad might have caused some damage to the caliper. Finally found this video and...presto...all is well again. NOTE: I have 20" wheels on my Expedition so I didn't have any caliper/wheel interference - that noise would have alerted me there was a problem right away! THANK YOU for posting this bro!
Been doing auto repair for 30 plus year and i did a brake job on a 2013 2 months ago and crossed up the pads it didn't hurt the wheel but the out board pad i did it on wore out in 4000 miles.So all i can say is thanks for the video we figured out with out this video but pay attention when doing these brakes guys and gals.
Fantastic Video. Not everyone has 30 years in the grease pit. Very good video and gives huge insight to use today's tech to take a picture of the work before you start for references on install. Like he said, Pay Attention.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I have been using your videos for quite some time, as owner of 2013 F 150 platinum. I just did the front brakes, and was having some issues, and checked out your video. you totally nailed it. One thing that I will point out here...the problem that you describe of wheel rubbing may not happen on vehicles like mine, with the 20" wheels. The problem that I encountered was that the caliper went on crooked (as you describe), and then the brake rotor had extremely uneven wear. I noticed it just after a couple times around the block. So, not too bad. I have swapped around the rotors so now they are in the correct positions and I have nice even wear again (after driving around the block a few times to even things out). THANKS SO MUCH!
Thank you!! I was enjoying a night in the garage, music blasting, couple of beers, working on the truck. Brake replacement no good, getting ready to buy calipers. You saved me huge money. Both garfield pads on passenger side. Ugh.
I just picked up a 2010 F150 a couple months ago. When I inspected the brakes the rotors looked in good shape. So I was surprised when I started to hear some grinding after about 5k miles of driving. When I checked I saw the outside edge of one rotor was wearing real bad and the inside was clean. So I picked up just the one rotor and some some pads to get me through the winter since I am planning to do a complete brake job next year with high quality parts. Anyway, the job was quick and easy. I checked the new pads to see if they were the same and did not notice the ears. After one day driving I could smell the pads burning and notice then same wear on the outside edge of the rotor. I was about to get a new caliper but it just did not make sense that a caliper would cause that type of wear. Especially since it compressed fine and the slides were moving freely. You Tube to the rescue....I found this video and figured it was worth a check. Sure enough. I had installed the pads with ears on both sides. Took me like 30 minutes to switch it out and I am good to go. In all my years of doing brakes I have never seen pads like that. So thanks for the video my friend. I might have spent the money on a new caliper I did not need.
Bro! I did not know this and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what was going on with my truck. I even called a family member and he wasn’t able to help. “Maintenance mode” and now this have been a huge learning point for me and hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to figure out if this helps me out or not as well. Thanks for the video. Extremely helpful!!!!
I'm so glad I watched this video after finishing my brake job. I had not yet test drove the truck, so no damage. I typically look closely at the pads for differences when putting new ones on, but they came out of the box with facing pads first and the backside pads (the ones with the bunny ears) second - so I didn't notice the difference at first. After watching to video to see if I followed the right procedure, I ran back down to pull my wheels off and found one side had both facing pads and the other had both the bunny ears on it. A quick switch with one of the pads from one wheel to the other and It works fine now. Thanks for pointing this out.
I'm about to do my brakes, good tip, I just brought my truck into ford for the vaccum pump replacement at 145k thanks to your video about ford extending the warranty on that part! They called me and told me the truck needed brakes (which I knew)...but when we picked it up it sounded horrible which it did not beforehand...unfortunately the mechanics were gone or I would have said something...now I'm thinking they might have removed the pads thinking I was going to get brakes and then reinstalled them incorrectly...I hope my rims aren't damaged....love your channel, since I have 4 ford trucks, lol
I know there's probably many comments about the pads being damaged but just wanted to share. On my 2013 Exp, same deal. Been dealing with it over a year. Noticed the ears on new pads just never put the two together. I went through multiple sets of pads, rotors, even changed both calipers cause I thought they were sticking. RIDICULOUS! Expensive lesson learned. Replaced pads and rotors on F150 over weekend and noticed it didn't stop as like it supposed to. Took everything off again, looked, everything looked like is should, or so I though, and same thing. Without realizing it installed them correctly on one side but wrong on the other. Opposite from the first time. Had uneven wear on outer pad from only hitting less than half the rotor. I knew something was not right. Came to your channel, found this vid, watched less than 2 min and there you go. So, with all that being said, took apart F150, installed correctly, checked Expe and what do ya know. All good now on both trucks. It's silly how something so small can cause such a big problem. (Kinda like those crappy spark plugs Ford used a for a while in the 5.4 back in 07 a couple body styles ago. Thanks for the channel bro! Great Ford "secret" ins and outs.
Ditto, except the dealership put my pads on wrong about 3-4 months ago. Started noticing noise on front driver wheel. Had my F150 in NTB shop for tires and asked them to check out front driver side for noise. They told me calipers and rotors bad. Now that I have replaced caliper and rotor truck only has about 70% stopping power. I was going crazy thinking I could not bleed them completely but now I'm convinced the pads are on wrong since I put new pads on with same positioning from how dealership had them. I still have old pads and can see piston wear marks on wrong pads with uneven wear.
Put new pads and rotors on my 19 Saturday, noticed the pads were a little different but didn’t think anything of it. Drove to work knew something wasn’t quite right. Quick search, found this video, short trip to harbor freight and luckily no damage done. Thanks for the vid
Thanks a lot for this video, I've done a couple dozen brake jobs over the years, and just pretty much jump in now. I wasn't paying enough attention to the backing plate ears and made this mistake. As you described, when I was putting on the caliper, one bolt went in easy, and the other was a bit of trouble. Since I had replaced the rotors, I did a quick test run around the block, and when I got back to the driveway, I noticed the one side wasn't making a good contact wear pattern on the rotor. I did a quick web search, and your video popped up. I thought, I bet that's my issue. Went out and checked, and sure enough, I had made this mistake. Did a quick pad swap, calipers bolted up trouble free, and another trip around the block. Nice even wear on the rotors now. Thanks a lot for this tip. Saved me quite a bit of head scratching and potential expense by finding it right away. I am happy to give you an Attaboy! Thanks again!!
Never would I have thought that Firestone could install pads incorrectly. I took my 2010 F-150 (75k miles) in for pads and rotors, and I took it home with a drivers side dragging brake issue only pointed out by TUFFY when I went for an alignment 2 days later. I took it back to Firestone, and their 35 year veteran (WALT) said it was likely a caliper or the flexible brake line. After they quoted me $684 for calipers and a flush, I said I'll go do that myself. After installing each side - driver's side first, I still had the dragging brake after each update (documenting everything I was doing with photos). What I didn't do was compare all of the pads - I merely transferred each pad to each caliper as I replaced them (bc I assumed they installed pads correctly). After researching dragging brakes a bit further, I found your video. I reviewed the pictures I had been taking and discovered the issue. I'm wondering if this is an elicit tactic used by mechanics to "upgrade" the work order. I can see how people can get hosed quite easily. Firestone is warrantying the pads and rotors and will replace them again. If I had agreed to have them install new calipers, etc. AND they had noticed they installed the pads incorrectly, I'm pretty sure they would not have told me it was their fault in the first place.
I think after market vendors don't supply them correctly either. I just got a sealed set of pads and rotors from Detroit Axle (used many times without issues) and all four pads have matching numbers and "ears". I need to investigate some more, not sure who to believe right now.
I think it is just bad design. The Garfield ears look like they “match” the caliper piston, is why there are those two little ears. That should be being designed OUT, so the two brake pads can be reverse image of each other. That makes pas manufacturing and inventory a heck lot easier. Just bad design.
After some work by firestone on my van, i will never allow them to touch my vehicles for repairs. Tires only for me and even then, some of the staff when you ask about traction in adverse snowy conditions have 0 product knowledge. If near Kalamazoo, Mi stay away from them if you want reliable service.
I found one like that once. Didn't rub on the wheel, but wore the one outer pad out (had the humps) when the other 3 looked like new. I scratched my head over that for a while. Thanks!
I found this video looking for other information and discovered that I made that same mistake on my previous brake job. My garfield pad was on the outside. It was worn very irregular. Thank you for the video.
Dude. You freaking saved the day. I put both of my ears on one side. I'm not sure exactly what it threw out of whack, but the pads were smoked down to the grind after a month. Perfect now.
Hey just wanted to thank you for posting this I had the pads mixed up and noticed uneven wear.You saved me big time.The way ford sends them in box the 2 Garfield ones are together.I owe you a cold one cheers
Bought a pre-owned 2013 FX4 one year ago. Have put 10,000 mile on it to the day and started getting brake noise (grinding). Watched this video before I put on new rotors and pads last night. Sure enough the dealership I bought it from had put the pads on backwards (new brakes were put on at the dealership before I bought it). It had done nothing to the wheel aside from brake dust but the caliper was kicked out enough that both outside pads were completely gone and the rotors were in rough shape. It is almost as if every one of those 10,000 miles that I have driven was with the front brakes slightly applied/dragging just by it being out of whack a tiny bit. $200 and an hour and half in my driveway, and it is good to go. Hopeful that I seen and increase in my mpg too without that drag in the front wheels. Thanks for the excellent video! Apparently some ASE techs from dealerships need to check out your youtube page.
HUGE fan of your channel!!! Myself and parents and inlaws all have fords and when they tell me about a problem they r having or want me to fix it.. i always go to your channel first and see if u have a video about it.. 95% of the time u do.. for instance my dads 09 f150 brakes are squealing awful so im going over ther tomorrow to change them and clean the brackets and anything else that needs so i just on here and bam u got a video.. very useful descriptive walk threw video. So now i know to make sure and check pads bedore installing
Installed new rotors, pads and rackets last weekend, noticed they were smelling longer than new brakes should. Checked the temp of the lugs after driving: driver side was standard temp, butt passenger side was egregiously hot. Was going to start replacing fluid, brake line, etc. then remembered the ears on the pad, and figured there was method to the madness. Sure enough, I installed them backwards. Switched em, and took them for a quick drive around the neighborhood. So far so good: no smell, lugs are not nearly as hot, and brakes even felt more sensitive. Hoping that was the fix. Thanks for the vidoe, cheers!
Appreciate you sharing that tip about using the IR Temp to find out if brakes are dragging/sticking or not. Do you recall what the operating temp ranges and should all four wheels have same temp ranges? Thank you.
This saved my bacon. Had no idea what was wrong. The last set i did did not have the ears. This set did. Got hot on the outside edge. I watched this pulled off both wheels and realized i had 2 inners on one side. thank you!!!!
Thanks for this video. You've probably just saved me a headache and a couple hundred bucks down the line. I had just found this video after putting on my front pads and I realize that I installed them backwards on one side. I'm gonna fix this tomorrow!
I have been doing brakes for freaking years and I feel like the biggest dumbshit right now. I have scratching my head on this. My truck keeps smoking the left side outter pad. Caliper new, rotor new, and pads new. Slide pins good and greased. This is my second time with this!!!!!! I really hope this fixes it. I always say a good tech never stops learning and never stops buying tools. Thanks man.
Thanks. We just did brakes on my F-150. We had a rotor starting to turn blue. Wheel was ok but hot. Left side was fine. We noticed a wear pattern at the top edge of the passinger side rotor. After viewing your video we pulled wheels and checked pad placement. Wrongly installed. Switched "garfield" ear pad and all was well. Excess Cost of a new caliper assembly thinking piston was hung up.
Thank you so much for this video! I now see what went wrong with my F-150 brakes....it was me! When I saw the outer right pad worn off and the rotor worn down on the upper edge, I thought the calipers or the pins they slide on were bad. Now it made sense.
You won’t necessarily get wheel rub, at least not with the 20” wheels, but what will happen is the pads will bind in the bracket because of the caliper engaging them at an angle. This causes the outer pad to rub all the time on the outer diameter of the rotor and the inner pad to constantly rub on the inner diameter of the rotor. You’ll notice an irregular wear pattern on the rotor, especially if you put new rotors on at the same time.
Thanks a bunch , i went as far as getting a caliper rebuild kit for my 2013, but after watching your video , sure enough the driver side ( side that was getting hot ) had both of the pads with the ears on !!!
Great tip!!! Pulled my wheel only to find the passenger side had a gauged rotor and BOTH pads had dog ears! Driver's side, neither one had dog ears! All has now been corrected! Thanks again! You earned a subscriber with this post! :-)
Great video! I was wondering why the caliper was so hard to get on. Thanks for all the great info! You saved me a lot of frustration and $$$ down the road!
Recently I got in the shower to wake myself up prior to doing my F150 brake job... Glad I did because that's where I came up with this idea: You can add a vacuum pump inline bleeder using an Aussie shampoo dispenser pump! The pump mates perfectly after pulling off the top head and bottom feed tube 😃. Fits clear vinyl tubing with 1/4" ID and 3/8 OD ...without any extra hardware! (Tubing fits over the top and inside the bottom of the Aussie purple pump) Perfect for Ford F150/F250 btw. Great for pumping out the master or power steering fluid too. Note: Use a pair of pliers to hold the top plunger from moving as you shove the tubing on in place of the Aussie pump's head. I also added some 3M 33+ electrical tape to secure the bottom connection but that's probably overkill/unnecessary.😁
Made this mistake last weekend on a 2018. Didn’t hit the wheel but it sat uneven and destroyed the pads and rotors on one side and chipped the caliper piston on the other. I didn’t take my time and I didn’t notice the ears and put both with the ears on one side and both the others on the other. I knew something was off cause my pedal was really soft but until this video I couldn’t put my finger on it. Thankfully I didn’t take before it became a significant safety issue. New pads rotors and a file on the piston and I’ll be back on the road. Huge thanks as always
Listen to this man Listen to everything he says this is an expert telling you, most videos on here they have no idea what their doing and can get you into a lot of grief, great video!
Yep thanks. Did my brakes 2 days ago and I was noticing that brake burning smell. Took my wheels off had the ones with the ears both on driver's side. Thanks alot.
Thank you for posting this. I sure enough had my pads backwards 😤 I thought I had air in my brake lines after changing them . Turns out I had them reversed.
Thank you for sharing the video so critical information. I had a repair shop installed both ears on one side and destroyed my rotor. Enjoyed your content!
Thank you for info. Was getting ready to install new pads and this is very important. Having noise problems and scoring on right front. Did I mention this is very important !!!!
Thank you so much for this video. I wish I had found it sooner. Put both ears on the drivers side. One thing to note, even though the Motorcraft pads have been updated to not include the ears, aftermarket parts (like Napa) still include the ears with no other indication that the pads are different.
Thank you very much for this! My mechanic was about to replace the calipers and their holding brakets. He noticed they were not linig up ok and thought they had bent due to overheating. Turns out, it was exactly what you dscribed. thx again
Thanks very much for this video. even a 25 year dealership vet (ofcourse im a GM GUY :>))such as me can make this mistake. fortunately the truck had oversize wheels and the rims didnt get contacted but the r/f outer pad wiped out in 15K and i could not for the life of me figure out why although i noticed the pads were different with two or four "nipples" on the back but i totally missed the Garfield ears ! thanks !
+FordTechMakuloco in my defense, the owner and I were in the middle of a full on lift kit install and the brakes were an "add-on" and since we "super-sized" the rims there was no caliper contact. we had the two outside pads one side and the garfield ones on the left. so the right one went down to nothing in 15K (since july) but the others looked fine. was scratchin my head trying to figure out the difference and all i saw was the stud nips and those dont touch the caliper ears so i was confused as to which went where even though i could see i had put them in wrong. didnt even notice the "ears". but your video was nice and clear. all hail you tube ! lol thanks again
Thank you for this I’ve been fighting With one caliper knowing it shouldn’t be springing off when I pull on of the Bolts and very strange wearing. Autozone is selling front pads for f-150s with ears on all four of them
Wow, I had my F-150 fleet vehicle brakes done at a shop and left only to have this occur. The mechanic said it was bc of my tires were oversized and distorting the rim. I said I really did not think that was true being as the tires were on the truck and rim for 50,000 miles without an issue. He proceeded to grind the heck out of my caliper. I found this video, walked out and asked him to remove the caliper so I could inspect that the pads were correctly installed. After balking at me, I found this scenario. He had 2 outsides on the left and 2 insides in the right. Damage to my rim and caliper were the result of his incompetence and lack of attention to detail. Thanks for the video, probably saved me a lot of paperwork in the end.
Huge thanks. I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out my problem and never noticed the difference in pads. Crazy bad design Ford for making it that close but slightly different.
Just realized i put both ears on the passenger side.. driver side was like new, passenger side the pad was at huge wear angle! Had a big vibration on braking. Didn't damage the wheel, luckily.. i towed a camper from CO to KY like this! Thanks for the video! It's still useful 9 years later!
I always test fit the pads into the bracket with the new clips installed. sometimes the paint on the new pads is applied so thick, the pads bind in the clips since the paint coating makes them fit too snug. a little filing of the contact points on the edges of the pads makes them fit with the right amount of float, so they can easily move in and out during brake application.
Thanks for info I just changed front pads on my 08 expo luckily the inside pads had the metal clamps that go into interior of caliper pistons. Seems like pad manufacturers should put a notice or warning on pad or at least in box to warn installers
Thanks, yep I put them on wrong the first time. The old ones were all four identical with no ears. Put the two ear ones on the dr side, and it ground, and dragged. So I fixed that, put the right pads in the right places, but put the dr side outboard one in pad side out. More grinding. So, now I really need new rotors, and another set of pads. Got all that on, and decided to change the brake hoses. Could not get the dr side hose to sit in the opening in the bracket. Took it off to grind it and realized its not just a hex but has a half round side to properly align it. Took a week, but now 14 F150 has new front brakes. Please note that no alcohol was involved in the first two fiascos, but I relented during the rotors and hose episode. Apparently a better civil engineer than a mechanic.
Thanks for this video. The dealer put new brakes on a 2010 f150 before I bought it. I noticed a lot of brake dust forming on one wheel and a light squeak when going down the road. Jacked it up and that wheel did not want to turn. Pulled the caliber and found both pads with ears on the same wheel with the outside worn out and the inside like new with less than 4k on the pads. Thanks for the tip. I may have tried to put them back the same way if not for your video.
Hi Bill - reading your post on the 2010 F150 brake pads being reversed - did you find this was an obvious mistake in hindsight? I think Firestone installed my pads backwards, but I'm checking the caliper in the morning to see if this was the issue. I think there's a definite possibility.
@FordTechMakuloco I typically do all my own maintenance work, but decided to take it to a VERY WELL KNOWN shop to have Amsoil oil change and new front brakes and rotors. On the way home after picking up the truck I noticed smoke coming from my front driver side wheel well, but thought it could be just some oil that spilled on the exhaust manifold from the oil change. When I got home and got out of the truck I could smell the brakes burning. I remembered this video and so the next day I removed my driver side front wheel and noticed that the technician had installed both inner pads on the driver side. Even though the pads say on them IN BIG LETTERS (LH INNER, RH INNER ). And on the very top of the rotor about 3/4" is a heat mark around the entire circumference of the rotor. I just don't understand how some of these so called technicians get and keep a job. What if I didn't know to check? Not to mention that on the left front wheel both pads were outer pads. Oh and i almost forgot... The "technician" also did not put my oil cap back on. 😒
WOW. And I thought I was just a stand alone idiot. I did this several years ago in a blizzard, at 10 o'clock at night in my gravel driveway. I barely made it home the next day. When I pulled the wheel off, I was floored that the rotor was paper thin. Another mile and I would have been calling a tow truck and maybe a waambalance. Thanks again Fordtech.
Thank you so much! Same as the others, ready to order a caliper, saw your video, I will fix my pads today. I was wondering why the drivers side was all hot and the edge of the outer pad only was hitting half the rotor😮
This is 7 years old, and i already knew this, but i didnt know what ot would sound or act like if installed wrong, and how quick you should stop before it ruins something. I always like to learn what could go wrong, ideally not the hard way.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I was going crazy trying to figure out why my left front was dragging. Never got the grinding or squeeking, but the rotor was getting warmer than normal due to the added friction, and the pedal felt spongy. Glad I caught it fairly early or it likely would have been much worse outcome. Unfortunately I dropped $75 on a new caliper before I saw this video. You saved my tail this time, thanks so much !!!
I paid 75.00 to Callahan on Amazon for my loaded calipers, rotors and pads. 65.00 for the rear. It was the Callahan from Tommy Boy same logo and all. Real happy with the quality.
thanks, i wasn't aware of that, been a long time sense of done any, getting ready to do pads & rotors on my 2000 f-151 4wd, thought i would watch a few vids to refresh the old memory
I have a 1998... are the ears on this model too? I have spongy brakes and trying to figure this out. I need to order pads and the pads that Amazon says "fits" don't have ears.
Good tip. I made this mistake trying to put two "Ear" pads on one side. Two "Non-ear pads" installed easily on the other side, too Hard to fit the ear pad where it doesn't go, caught my mistake and corrected.
Cadillac pads had pins on both sides that I had to gring off to keep the caliper piston from twisting and pushing against the pins causing crooked wear on the pads!2 sets of pads--rear twist in calipers.
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. YOU SAVED ME A TON OF MONEY MAN . and yes, everything you said In the video happened and I couldn't figure out WTF was wrong.. I wish I could pay you for this somehow.. THANKS SO MUCH.💙💪
The Garfield analogy was good. So good in fact I only had to watch it ten times, not fourteen. Costing yourself there friend. Such a thing as too good.
I replaced mine yesterday. Now they're grinding like crazy. I thought it was simply break in noise that was extreme. I drove it a few miles out of town and back to help break them in. I hope I didn't do too much damage. I'll be fixing this today. I guess this tip is in the instructions I didn't read?
Thanks for the tip! I have a 2015 F-150 sport 4x4 and will took at the set up very closely now, snap a quick pic of the orientation at removal. I have heard of some putting the pads on backwards. Is that even possible? Thanks for sharing.
This just solved my problem too! I even checked the part numbers on each of my 4 Bosch pads. All the same! How can they make different pads with the same part #?!? Anyways, thanks for the help!
I just did my brakes. 2012 Expedition. Front driver side started making noise and the wheel (18" ) was covered in brake dust. Both pads had ears; the outer pad was ground down to almost nothing while the inner pad looked almost new. Passenger side pads looked new (still replaced them. I bought the truck used so maybe the PO heard the grinding noise until the caliper made space for itself.
Could this happen on a 2018 f250? I was installing powerstop rotors and pads and noticed alot of brake dust. I thought the slide pins were sticking. I also thought when greasing the pins that the boots created a vaccum keeping the pin from rebounding. Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks you post great content.
Thanks Mister! Mine came in two packages and I assumed that the pads were packaged 'one per wheel' instead of 'one of each per wheel'. Never noticed the ears. Not my first rodeo and I should have noticed them but....
I use to be a brake and front end tech at a ford dealer and we had problem with ford pads , not stopping worth a dam and squeaking . put bendix are wagner pads they stop better and a lot less noise too
This tip saved my butt today. I had them installed incorrectly and had them back apart 3 times and couldn't figure out the problem. This video came up in my search and it solved my issue in 5 minutes! Excellent video!
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Dude, you are my hero. I noticed after doing the brakes on my truck that the drivers side pad wasn't using the full rotor and looked like the caliper was sitting funny. Now I know why!!
Awesome glad I could help.
This is happening to me right now. Awesome advice. Headed to go tale the wheel off now 🙄
As always 6 years later great information. You are my go to guy for all my ford repairs.
Did my brakes today, one side is fine the other was only wearing the edge of the rotor, I even went out and remounted the caliper. For the heck of it I did a google search for "raptor brake caliper crooked" and found your video. You just saved me a set of pads and probably more. Thank you!!
Another grateful viewer. Bought a used 2010 F150 with "new brake job." Six months in and I am replacing front rotors and pads because the tech that did the brake job didn't know about the "ears." the were installed outboard on both sides. I would like to think I would have figured out the were in backwards given that the pads with the ears were worn to the backing plate while the other pads were virtually new. Also the rotors were ground down on the outer inch on the outboard side but otherwise were in new condition. Last telltale was the two gouges on the inside of the caliper from the ears. The two cut outs on the caliper where the ears are suppose to good are a dead give away as to how the pads should be installed. Thanks again.
I had this issue also, put both ears on driver side, drove for a day and couldn't figure out why the brakes were so HOT. I also experienced a soft pedal by doing this. You honestly saved me a ton of money by checking my pads first, I was all set to diagnose my brakes with a seized caliper or collapsed brake line. Keep up the great work, you really are helping alot of people out by putting these tips videos out there!
Yep, thanks to dealership putting pads on wrong I have already replaced caliper, pads and rotor all unnecessarily. Wish I saw this video first.
Great tip, I always check to see if you have a video before I begin any repairs. I replaced the front pads and rotors on my 2012 F-150 today and saw Ford gave me four pads that all looked like the outer pads, with no ears. Gave them a call to make sure I had the right pads before the repair and they verified the vin to the part number, they had a note that all pads look the same now on my year model for new OEM Ford replacement pads. Thanks for all the great videos and the effort you put into making them and saving folks money. Keep it up.
Awesome tip! I bought my F-150 used from the dealer and could not figure out why the brakes were squealing and getting so hot. As soon as I took the caliper off I could see the problem, great video!
Man this video saved me. The truck wouldn’t even move. Watched this video and woke up the next morning and pulled off the passenger tire, sure enough pads were on the wrong side. Really appreciate this video and TH-cam.
Thanks for the video. This helped me fix my brakes after I installed the pads backwards. I didnt even realize they were different when installing them.
Doing my brakes today and figured I would watch your video before getting started.Great advise and thanks so very much for that very important info.Saved me alot of grief and aggravation.
I use his advice all the time.
After watching your video I found my pads were installed incorrectly. I switched same and now they're good. Great tip.
2013 Expedition...same set up...
I had changed my pads about a year ago and after 15k miles, one of the pads separated due to a manufacturing defect! In my haste one night after work to install new pads, I put two "Garfields" on the driver's side rotor. My truck ran fine the next day...no noise or anything BUT during my quick walk around after arriving at work, I noticed the one rim was VERY HOT! Improper set up was causing that rotor to get about 100F hotter than the other side!
Spent the next two nights after work trying to determine what was wrong thinking the broken pad might have caused some damage to the caliper. Finally found this video and...presto...all is well again.
NOTE: I have 20" wheels on my Expedition so I didn't have any caliper/wheel interference - that noise would have alerted me there was a problem right away!
THANK YOU for posting this bro!
Been doing auto repair for 30 plus year and i did a brake job on a 2013 2 months ago and crossed up the pads it didn't hurt the wheel but the out board pad i did it on wore out in 4000 miles.So all i can say is thanks for the video we figured out with out this video but pay attention when doing these brakes guys and gals.
Fantastic Video. Not everyone has 30 years in the grease pit. Very good video and gives huge insight to use today's tech to take a picture of the work before you start for references on install.
Like he said, Pay Attention.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I have been using your videos for quite some time, as owner of 2013 F 150 platinum. I just did the front brakes, and was having some issues, and checked out your video. you totally nailed it.
One thing that I will point out here...the problem that you describe of wheel rubbing may not happen on vehicles like mine, with the 20" wheels. The problem that I encountered was that the caliper went on crooked (as you describe), and then the brake rotor had extremely uneven wear. I noticed it just after a couple times around the block. So, not too bad. I have swapped around the rotors so now they are in the correct positions and I have nice even wear again (after driving around the block a few times to even things out). THANKS SO MUCH!
Thank you!! I was enjoying a night in the garage, music blasting, couple of beers, working on the truck. Brake replacement no good, getting ready to buy calipers. You saved me huge money. Both garfield pads on passenger side. Ugh.
Nice!
I just picked up a 2010 F150 a couple months ago. When I inspected the brakes the rotors looked in good shape. So I was surprised when I started to hear some grinding after about 5k miles of driving. When I checked I saw the outside edge of one rotor was wearing real bad and the inside was clean. So I picked up just the one rotor and some some pads to get me through the winter since I am planning to do a complete brake job next year with high quality parts. Anyway, the job was quick and easy. I checked the new pads to see if they were the same and did not notice the ears. After one day driving I could smell the pads burning and notice then same wear on the outside edge of the rotor. I was about to get a new caliper but it just did not make sense that a caliper would cause that type of wear. Especially since it compressed fine and the slides were moving freely.
You Tube to the rescue....I found this video and figured it was worth a check. Sure enough. I had installed the pads with ears on both sides. Took me like 30 minutes to switch it out and I am good to go. In all my years of doing brakes I have never seen pads like that.
So thanks for the video my friend. I might have spent the money on a new caliper I did not need.
Bro! I did not know this and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what was going on with my truck. I even called a family member and he wasn’t able to help. “Maintenance mode” and now this have been a huge learning point for me and hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to figure out if this helps me out or not as well. Thanks for the video. Extremely helpful!!!!
I'm so glad I watched this video after finishing my brake job. I had not yet test drove the truck, so no damage. I typically look closely at the pads for differences when putting new ones on, but they came out of the box with facing pads first and the backside pads (the ones with the bunny ears) second - so I didn't notice the difference at first. After watching to video to see if I followed the right procedure, I ran back down to pull my wheels off and found one side had both facing pads and the other had both the bunny ears on it. A quick switch with one of the pads from one wheel to the other and It works fine now. Thanks for pointing this out.
I'm about to do my brakes, good tip, I just brought my truck into ford for the vaccum pump replacement at 145k thanks to your video about ford extending the warranty on that part! They called me and told me the truck needed brakes (which I knew)...but when we picked it up it sounded horrible which it did not beforehand...unfortunately the mechanics were gone or I would have said something...now I'm thinking they might have removed the pads thinking I was going to get brakes and then reinstalled them incorrectly...I hope my rims aren't damaged....love your channel, since I have 4 ford trucks, lol
I know there's probably many comments about the pads being damaged but just wanted to share. On my 2013 Exp, same deal. Been dealing with it over a year. Noticed the ears on new pads just never put the two together. I went through multiple sets of pads, rotors, even changed both calipers cause I thought they were sticking. RIDICULOUS! Expensive lesson learned. Replaced pads and rotors on F150 over weekend and noticed it didn't stop as like it supposed to. Took everything off again, looked, everything looked like is should, or so I though, and same thing. Without realizing it installed them correctly on one side but wrong on the other. Opposite from the first time. Had uneven wear on outer pad from only hitting less than half the rotor. I knew something was not right. Came to your channel, found this vid, watched less than 2 min and there you go. So, with all that being said, took apart F150, installed correctly, checked Expe and what do ya know. All good now on both trucks. It's silly how something so small can cause such a big problem. (Kinda like those crappy spark plugs Ford used a for a while in the 5.4 back in 07 a couple body styles ago. Thanks for the channel bro! Great Ford "secret" ins and outs.
Ditto, except the dealership put my pads on wrong about 3-4 months ago. Started noticing noise on front driver wheel. Had my F150 in NTB shop for tires and asked them to check out front driver side for noise. They told me calipers and rotors bad. Now that I have replaced caliper and rotor truck only has about 70% stopping power. I was going crazy thinking I could not bleed them completely but now I'm convinced the pads are on wrong since I put new pads on with same positioning from how dealership had them. I still have old pads and can see piston wear marks on wrong pads with uneven wear.
Put new pads and rotors on my 19 Saturday, noticed the pads were a little different but didn’t think anything of it. Drove to work knew something wasn’t quite right. Quick search, found this video, short trip to harbor freight and luckily no damage done. Thanks for the vid
Thanks a lot for this video, I've done a couple dozen brake jobs over the years, and just pretty much jump in now. I wasn't paying enough attention to the backing plate ears and made this mistake. As you described, when I was putting on the caliper, one bolt went in easy, and the other was a bit of trouble. Since I had replaced the rotors, I did a quick test run around the block, and when I got back to the driveway, I noticed the one side wasn't making a good contact wear pattern on the rotor. I did a quick web search, and your video popped up. I thought, I bet that's my issue. Went out and checked, and sure enough, I had made this mistake. Did a quick pad swap, calipers bolted up trouble free, and another trip around the block. Nice even wear on the rotors now. Thanks a lot for this tip. Saved me quite a bit of head scratching and potential expense by finding it right away. I am happy to give you an Attaboy! Thanks again!!
Never would I have thought that Firestone could install pads incorrectly. I took my 2010 F-150 (75k miles) in for pads and rotors, and I took it home with a drivers side dragging brake issue only pointed out by TUFFY when I went for an alignment 2 days later. I took it back to Firestone, and their 35 year veteran (WALT) said it was likely a caliper or the flexible brake line. After they quoted me $684 for calipers and a flush, I said I'll go do that myself. After installing each side - driver's side first, I still had the dragging brake after each update (documenting everything I was doing with photos). What I didn't do was compare all of the pads - I merely transferred each pad to each caliper as I replaced them (bc I assumed they installed pads correctly). After researching dragging brakes a bit further, I found your video. I reviewed the pictures I had been taking and discovered the issue. I'm wondering if this is an elicit tactic used by mechanics to "upgrade" the work order. I can see how people can get hosed quite easily. Firestone is warrantying the pads and rotors and will replace them again. If I had agreed to have them install new calipers, etc. AND they had noticed they installed the pads incorrectly, I'm pretty sure they would not have told me it was their fault in the first place.
I think after market vendors don't supply them correctly either. I just got a sealed set of pads and rotors from Detroit Axle (used many times without issues) and all four pads have matching numbers and "ears". I need to investigate some more, not sure who to believe right now.
I think it is just bad design.
The Garfield ears look like they “match” the caliper piston, is why there are those two little ears.
That should be being designed OUT, so the two brake pads can be reverse image of each other. That makes pas manufacturing and inventory a heck lot easier.
Just bad design.
After some work by firestone on my van, i will never allow them to touch my vehicles for repairs. Tires only for me and even then, some of the staff when you ask about traction in adverse snowy conditions have 0 product knowledge. If near Kalamazoo, Mi stay away from them if you want reliable service.
I found one like that once. Didn't rub on the wheel, but wore the one outer pad out (had the humps) when the other 3 looked like new. I scratched my head over that for a while. Thanks!
Life saver …who was so stupid not to add labeling to replacement brake pads. We condemned calipers before finding this video. Thank you!!!!
Thank you! I bought my truck used with "new pads". No damage to the wheels, but lots and lots of brake dust on one front wheel. This was an easy fix.
I found this video looking for other information and discovered that I made that same mistake on my previous brake job. My garfield pad was on the outside. It was worn very irregular. Thank you for the video.
Dude. You freaking saved the day. I put both of my ears on one side. I'm not sure exactly what it threw out of whack, but the pads were smoked down to the grind after a month. Perfect now.
+Jimmy Kipper nice glad to help!
Hey just wanted to thank you for posting this I had the pads mixed up and noticed uneven wear.You saved me big time.The way ford sends them in box the 2 Garfield ones are together.I owe you a cold one cheers
Bought a pre-owned 2013 FX4 one year ago. Have put 10,000 mile on it to the day and started getting brake noise (grinding). Watched this video before I put on new rotors and pads last night. Sure enough the dealership I bought it from had put the pads on backwards (new brakes were put on at the dealership before I bought it). It had done nothing to the wheel aside from brake dust but the caliper was kicked out enough that both outside pads were completely gone and the rotors were in rough shape. It is almost as if every one of those 10,000 miles that I have driven was with the front brakes slightly applied/dragging just by it being out of whack a tiny bit. $200 and an hour and half in my driveway, and it is good to go. Hopeful that I seen and increase in my mpg too without that drag in the front wheels. Thanks for the excellent video! Apparently some ASE techs from dealerships need to check out your youtube page.
HUGE fan of your channel!!! Myself and parents and inlaws all have fords and when they tell me about a problem they r having or want me to fix it.. i always go to your channel first and see if u have a video about it.. 95% of the time u do.. for instance my dads 09 f150 brakes are squealing awful so im going over ther tomorrow to change them and clean the brackets and anything else that needs so i just on here and bam u got a video.. very useful descriptive walk threw video. So now i know to make sure and check pads bedore installing
Installed new rotors, pads and rackets last weekend, noticed they were smelling longer than new brakes should. Checked the temp of the lugs after driving: driver side was standard temp, butt passenger side was egregiously hot. Was going to start replacing fluid, brake line, etc. then remembered the ears on the pad, and figured there was method to the madness. Sure enough, I installed them backwards. Switched em, and took them for a quick drive around the neighborhood. So far so good: no smell, lugs are not nearly as hot, and brakes even felt more sensitive. Hoping that was the fix. Thanks for the vidoe, cheers!
Appreciate you sharing that tip about using the IR Temp to find out if brakes are dragging/sticking or not. Do you recall what the operating temp ranges and should all four wheels have same temp ranges? Thank you.
I have a 2018 lariat and I'm wondering if I have the same problem as I have the exact same symptoms... Back to the garage I guess!
This saved my bacon. Had no idea what was wrong. The last set i did did not have the ears. This set did. Got hot on the outside edge. I watched this pulled off both wheels and realized i had 2 inners on one side. thank you!!!!
Thanks for this video. You've probably just saved me a headache and a couple hundred bucks down the line. I had just found this video after putting on my front pads and I realize that I installed them backwards on one side. I'm gonna fix this tomorrow!
I have been doing brakes for freaking years and I feel like the biggest dumbshit right now. I have scratching my head on this. My truck keeps smoking the left side outter pad. Caliper new, rotor new, and pads new. Slide pins good and greased. This is my second time with this!!!!!!
I really hope this fixes it. I always say a good tech never stops learning and never stops buying tools. Thanks man.
Thanks. We just did brakes on my F-150. We had a rotor starting to turn blue. Wheel was ok but hot. Left side was fine. We noticed a wear pattern at the top edge of the passinger side rotor. After viewing your video we pulled wheels and checked pad placement. Wrongly installed. Switched "garfield" ear pad and all was well. Excess Cost of a new caliper assembly thinking piston was hung up.
Thank you so much for this video! I now see what went wrong with my F-150 brakes....it was me! When I saw the outer right pad worn off and the rotor worn down on the upper edge, I thought the calipers or the pins they slide on were bad. Now it made sense.
You won’t necessarily get wheel rub, at least not with the 20” wheels, but what will happen is the pads will bind in the bracket because of the caliper engaging them at an angle. This causes the outer pad to rub all the time on the outer diameter of the rotor and the inner pad to constantly rub on the inner diameter of the rotor. You’ll notice an irregular wear pattern on the rotor, especially if you put new rotors on at the same time.
Thanks a bunch , i went as far as getting a caliper rebuild kit for my 2013, but after watching your video , sure enough the driver side ( side that was getting hot ) had both of the pads with the ears on !!!
I did the exact same thing on my '15.
Nice tip, thanks! New F150 owner here who has done brakes for decades ...
Great tip!!! Pulled my wheel only to find the passenger side had a gauged rotor and BOTH pads had dog ears! Driver's side, neither one had dog ears! All has now been corrected! Thanks again! You earned a subscriber with this post! :-)
Great video! I was wondering why the caliper was so hard to get on. Thanks for all the great info! You saved me a lot of frustration and $$$ down the road!
Great tip glad I found your video just getting ready to replace my front pads and probably wouldn't have noticed the difference.
Recently I got in the shower to wake myself up prior to doing my F150 brake job... Glad I did because that's where I came up with this idea: You can add a vacuum pump inline bleeder using an Aussie shampoo dispenser pump! The pump mates perfectly after pulling off the top head and bottom feed tube 😃. Fits clear vinyl tubing with 1/4" ID and 3/8 OD ...without any extra hardware! (Tubing fits over the top and inside the bottom of the Aussie purple pump)
Perfect for Ford F150/F250 btw. Great for pumping out the master or power steering fluid too.
Note: Use a pair of pliers to hold the top plunger from moving as you shove the tubing on in place of the Aussie pump's head. I also added some 3M 33+ electrical tape to secure the bottom connection but that's probably overkill/unnecessary.😁
Made this mistake last weekend on a 2018. Didn’t hit the wheel but it sat uneven and destroyed the pads and rotors on one side and chipped the caliper piston on the other. I didn’t take my time and I didn’t notice the ears and put both with the ears on one side and both the others on the other. I knew something was off cause my pedal was really soft but until this video I couldn’t put my finger on it. Thankfully I didn’t take before it became a significant safety issue. New pads rotors and a file on the piston and I’ll be back on the road. Huge thanks as always
Listen to this man Listen to everything he says this is an expert telling you, most videos on here they have no idea what their doing and can get you into a lot of grief, great video!
Yep thanks. Did my brakes 2 days ago and I was noticing that brake burning smell. Took my wheels off had the ones with the ears both on driver's side. Thanks alot.
Nice tip. I knew the pads were side-specific, but didn't know how to tell. Thanks very much!
I don't do cars and I'm about to do my own brakes for the first time. Super easy. Great video. Good personality for videos. Thanks man!
jake furlong no doubt.
Thank you for posting this. I sure enough had my pads backwards 😤 I thought I had air in my brake lines after changing them . Turns out I had them reversed.
Thank you for sharing the video so critical information. I had a repair shop installed both ears on one side and destroyed my rotor. Enjoyed your content!
Thank you for info. Was getting ready to install new pads and this is very important. Having noise problems and scoring on right front. Did I mention this is very important !!!!
Thank you so much. Getting ready to do this job on my 14 Raptor and doing my research 👍🏽 you sir are a gem!
Thank you so much for this video. I wish I had found it sooner. Put both ears on the drivers side. One thing to note, even though the Motorcraft pads have been updated to not include the ears, aftermarket parts (like Napa) still include the ears with no other indication that the pads are different.
Protect this man at all cost!
Simply - Thank you!! I have never had different pads on any of my cars .. until I did the F-150 (and sure enough, mixed up on one side)
This man knows his stuff. Great video
Thank you very much for this! My mechanic was about to replace the calipers and their holding brakets. He noticed they were not linig up ok and thought they had bent due to overheating. Turns out, it was exactly what you dscribed.
thx again
Thanks a lot
This video helped me
Thanks very much for this video. even a 25 year dealership vet (ofcourse im a GM GUY :>))such as me can make this mistake. fortunately the truck had oversize wheels and the rims didnt get contacted but the r/f outer pad wiped out in 15K and i could not for the life of me figure out why although i noticed the pads were different with two or four "nipples" on the back but i totally missed the Garfield ears ! thanks !
+Ian Nicoll Yeah I figured it would help someone as most techs just slap pads on to try and get the vehicle out asap
+FordTechMakuloco in my defense, the owner and I were in the middle of a full on lift kit install and the brakes were an "add-on" and since we "super-sized" the rims there was no caliper contact. we had the two outside pads one side and the garfield ones on the left. so the right one went down to nothing in 15K (since july) but the others looked fine. was scratchin my head trying to figure out the difference and all i saw was the stud nips and those dont touch the caliper ears so i was confused as to which went where even though i could see i had put them in wrong. didnt even notice the "ears". but your video was nice and clear. all hail you tube ! lol thanks again
I totally understand
Super helpful video! Actually had a family member mess this up and caught it before too much rubbing to the wheel occurred.
Thank you for this I’ve been fighting
With one caliper knowing it shouldn’t be springing off when I pull on of the
Bolts and very strange wearing. Autozone is selling front pads for f-150s with ears on all four of them
Wow, I had my F-150 fleet vehicle brakes done at a shop and left only to have this occur. The mechanic said it was bc of my tires were oversized and distorting the rim. I said I really did not think that was true being as the tires were on the truck and rim for 50,000 miles without an issue. He proceeded to grind the heck out of my caliper. I found this video, walked out and asked him to remove the caliper so I could inspect that the pads were correctly installed. After balking at me, I found this scenario. He had 2 outsides on the left and 2 insides in the right. Damage to my rim and caliper were the result of his incompetence and lack of attention to detail. Thanks for the video, probably saved me a lot of paperwork in the end.
Huge thanks. I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out my problem and never noticed the difference in pads. Crazy bad design Ford for making it that close but slightly different.
Just realized i put both ears on the passenger side.. driver side was like new, passenger side the pad was at huge wear angle! Had a big vibration on braking. Didn't damage the wheel, luckily.. i towed a camper from CO to KY like this! Thanks for the video! It's still useful 9 years later!
Did you use any kind of grease for the job? I’m doing my brakes today
I always test fit the pads into the bracket with the new clips installed. sometimes the paint on the new pads is applied so thick, the pads bind in the clips since the paint coating makes them fit too snug. a little filing of the contact points on the edges of the pads makes them fit with the right amount of float, so they can easily move in and out during brake application.
I'm going through that hell now. Driver side inside pad goes in too tight and turns a bit. Going to file it tomorrow.
@@jimsmith7716 a dremel works really well too, just watch your fingers!
@@markk3652 was going to try 80 grit sandpaper on my Bosch sander.
Thanks for info I just changed front pads on my 08 expo luckily the inside pads had the metal clamps that go into interior of caliper pistons. Seems like pad manufacturers should put a notice or warning on pad or at least in box to warn installers
My first brake change on my lariat. Thank you so much for sharing!
Small detail but very important. Thank you Whaley
Love all your tips and tricks, keep them coming very helpful.
Thank you so very much for this. We couldn’t figure out why this was happening.
Thanks, yep I put them on wrong the first time. The old ones were all four identical with no ears. Put the two ear ones on the dr side, and it ground, and dragged. So I fixed that, put the right pads in the right places, but put the dr side outboard one in pad side out. More grinding. So, now I really need new rotors, and another set of pads. Got all that on, and decided to change the brake hoses. Could not get the dr side hose to sit in the opening in the bracket. Took it off to grind it and realized its not just a hex but has a half round side to properly align it. Took a week, but now 14 F150 has new front brakes. Please note that no alcohol was involved in the first two fiascos, but I relented during the rotors and hose episode. Apparently a better civil engineer than a mechanic.
Thanks. That was very helpful. I’m doing the brakes this weekend. Now I know.
Thanks for this video. The dealer put new brakes on a 2010 f150 before I bought it. I noticed a lot of brake dust forming on one wheel and a light squeak when going down the road. Jacked it up and that wheel did not want to turn. Pulled the caliber and found both pads with ears on the same wheel with the outside worn out and the inside like new with less than 4k on the pads.
Thanks for the tip. I may have tried to put them back the same way if not for your video.
Awesome glad to help!
Hi Bill - reading your post on the 2010 F150 brake pads being reversed - did you find this was an obvious mistake in hindsight? I think Firestone installed my pads backwards, but I'm checking the caliper in the morning to see if this was the issue. I think there's a definite possibility.
Thanks for the video man, now I gotta go home and check my brakes I did the other day
@FordTechMakuloco
I typically do all my own maintenance work, but decided to take it to a VERY WELL KNOWN shop to have Amsoil oil change and new front brakes and rotors. On the way home after picking up the truck I noticed smoke coming from my front driver side wheel well, but thought it could be just some oil that spilled on the exhaust manifold from the oil change. When I got home and got out of the truck I could smell the brakes burning. I remembered this video and so the next day I removed my driver side front wheel and noticed that the technician had installed both inner pads on the driver side. Even though the pads say on them IN BIG LETTERS (LH INNER, RH INNER ). And on the very top of the rotor about 3/4" is a heat mark around the entire circumference of the rotor. I just don't understand how some of these so called technicians get and keep a job. What if I didn't know to check? Not to mention that on the left front wheel both pads were outer pads. Oh and i almost forgot... The "technician" also did not put my oil cap back on. 😒
WOW. And I thought I was just a stand alone idiot. I did this several years ago in a blizzard, at 10 o'clock at night in my gravel driveway. I barely made it home the next day. When I pulled the wheel off, I was floored that the rotor was paper thin. Another mile and I would have been calling a tow truck and maybe a waambalance. Thanks again Fordtech.
Thank you so much! Same as the others, ready to order a caliper, saw your video, I will fix my pads today. I was wondering why the drivers side was all hot and the edge of the outer pad only was hitting half the rotor😮
You earned a Sub today! Thanks... I F'd mine up yesterday...could not figure it out!
This is 7 years old, and i already knew this, but i didnt know what ot would sound or act like if installed wrong, and how quick you should stop before it ruins something. I always like to learn what could go wrong, ideally not the hard way.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I was going crazy trying to figure out why my left front was dragging. Never got the grinding or squeeking, but the rotor was getting warmer than normal due to the added friction, and the pedal felt spongy. Glad I caught it fairly early or it likely would have been much worse outcome. Unfortunately I dropped $75 on a new caliper before I saw this video. You saved my tail this time, thanks so much !!!
I paid 75.00 to Callahan on Amazon for my loaded calipers, rotors and pads. 65.00 for the rear. It was the Callahan from Tommy Boy same logo and all. Real happy with the quality.
thanks, i wasn't aware of that, been a long time sense of done any, getting ready to do pads & rotors on my 2000 f-151 4wd, thought i would watch a few vids to refresh the old memory
I have a 1998... are the ears on this model too? I have spongy brakes and trying to figure this out. I need to order pads and the pads that Amazon says "fits" don't have ears.
Wow, just got replacement parts to replace my brakes in next couple of days. Wasn’t aware of this, many thanks 😎
Thank you very much young fellow , saved me a common head acke , getting old and forgetful sucks,lol.
Love it! I've been scatching my head for the past 2 hours! Thank you sir!
Good tip. I made this mistake trying to put two "Ear" pads on one side. Two "Non-ear pads" installed easily on the other side, too Hard to fit the ear pad where it doesn't go, caught my mistake and corrected.
Cadillac pads had pins on both sides that I had to gring off to keep the caliper piston from twisting and pushing against the pins causing crooked wear on the pads!2 sets of pads--rear twist in calipers.
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO. YOU SAVED ME A TON OF MONEY MAN . and yes, everything you said In the video happened and I couldn't figure out WTF was wrong.. I wish I could pay you for this somehow.. THANKS SO MUCH.💙💪
The Garfield analogy was good. So good in fact I only had to watch it ten times, not fourteen. Costing yourself there friend. Such a thing as too good.
This applies to some rear disc brakes as well. They are matched sets but at least you can't put them on. The top ears don't match.
Old video and thanks for ear tutorial. I’m about to swap mine and wondered why. ✅
I replaced mine yesterday. Now they're grinding like crazy. I thought it was simply break in noise that was extreme. I drove it a few miles out of town and back to help break them in. I hope I didn't do too much damage. I'll be fixing this today. I guess this tip is in the instructions I didn't read?
Excellent tips thank you for doing these videos, much appreciated.
Thanks for the tip! I have a 2015 F-150 sport 4x4 and will took at the set up very closely now, snap a quick pic of the orientation at removal. I have heard of some putting the pads on backwards. Is that even possible? Thanks for sharing.
This just solved my problem too! I even checked the part numbers on each of my 4 Bosch pads. All the same! How can they make different pads with the same part #?!? Anyways, thanks for the help!
I just did my brakes. 2012 Expedition. Front driver side started making noise and the wheel (18" ) was covered in brake dust. Both pads had ears; the outer pad was ground down to almost nothing while the inner pad looked almost new. Passenger side pads looked new (still replaced them. I bought the truck used so maybe the PO heard the grinding noise until the caliper made space for itself.
Could this happen on a 2018 f250? I was installing powerstop rotors and pads and noticed alot of brake dust. I thought the slide pins were sticking. I also thought when greasing the pins that the boots created a vaccum keeping the pin from rebounding. Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks you post great content.
Thank you so much!!! I feel dumb I should have look at this first!!!!
Thanks Mister!
Mine came in two packages and I assumed that the pads were packaged 'one per wheel' instead of 'one of each per wheel'.
Never noticed the ears.
Not my first rodeo and I should have noticed them but....
I use to be a brake and front end tech at a ford dealer and we had problem with ford pads , not stopping worth a dam and squeaking . put bendix are wagner pads they stop better and a lot less noise too
eric deville We had that problems for awhile there also but have not seen it recently.
this was back in 2005 -07