Hi all.
I recently acquired a '74 F-100 2WD that's been sitting in a barn for 15yrs, got it runnin' n drivin' but it needs brakes.
My issue is the calipers in the front-
from what I can tell a single retaining bolt is removed, then a key thingy is hammered out enabling the caliper to be removed, am I right so far?
When I tried to remove the retaining bolt they snapped off both calipers.
It seems only the head of the bolt is holding the key thingy, and I should at least be able to hammer it out but the keys and/or calipers are hopelessly rusted to the brackets.
Anyone know what I'm talking about? do I hafta drill out those bolts to get everything loose?
Or do I have it all wrong and theres other bolts/brackets or whatever I gotta deal with that I don't know about?
This is my 1st Ford truck and I've never seen calipers set up like this.
Thanks in advance to anyone that may be able to shed some light for me
I recently acquired a '74 F-100 2WD that's been sitting in a barn for 15yrs, got it runnin' n drivin' but it needs brakes.
My issue is the calipers in the front-
from what I can tell a single retaining bolt is removed, then a key thingy is hammered out enabling the caliper to be removed, am I right so far?
When I tried to remove the retaining bolt they snapped off both calipers.
It seems only the head of the bolt is holding the key thingy, and I should at least be able to hammer it out but the keys and/or calipers are hopelessly rusted to the brackets.
Anyone know what I'm talking about? do I hafta drill out those bolts to get everything loose?
Or do I have it all wrong and theres other bolts/brackets or whatever I gotta deal with that I don't know about?
This is my 1st Ford truck and I've never seen calipers set up like this.
Thanks in advance to anyone that may be able to shed some light for me