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Farmallstroker

06-25-2007 20:36:59




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I have a 2000 F-250 and I was woundering if anyone has ever had to adjust the parking brake. The cables are free and and eveything seems to work they just wont hold.Its very unhandy with a 6-speed already have to buy one new bumper dont feel like having to buy anymore.




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JOHN HARMON

06-26-2007 14:20:32




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 Re: Ford F-250 in reply to Farmallstroker, 06-25-2007 20:36:59  
Something must be wrong,I thought that the emergency brake was the prime component of self adjusting brakes on a Ford. I know I have been advised to use my emergency Brake often to keep my rear brakes set up which in turn helps the emergency brake to operate as it should with from time to time adjustment of the emergeancy brake cable clevis. Am I right or wrong?



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Stephen R. Horton (TX)

06-26-2007 12:10:28




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 Re: Ford F-250 in reply to Farmallstroker, 06-25-2007 20:36:59  
Well, I've been wrong before, but on MY 96 F250, all I have to do is get it onto some infrequently traveled road, put it in reverse, get up a little speed and put on the brake kinda hard. My understanding of how the self adjusting mechanism works is that it will not ratchet up tighter unless the wheel is traveling in reverse when the brakes are applied. Since we don't do too much start/stopping in reverse, the self adjusting stuff doesn't get actuated. After I do this, the parking brake pedal is always more stiff. Of course, I'm no expert, just what someone told me once.

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Gary in TX

06-26-2007 05:55:30




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 Re: Ford F-250 in reply to Farmallstroker, 06-25-2007 20:36:59  
I've owned 2 Ford products and all I can say is they live up too the Fix Or Repair Daily deal. I doubt very seriously if I would ever buy another Ford product. I'll stick with General Motors. I had more trouble out of one Ford than I did with all my GM's combined.



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Brokenwrench

06-26-2007 05:30:56




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 Re: Ford F-250 in reply to Farmallstroker, 06-25-2007 20:36:59  
dds is right on the money. I think your 250 is like my 350. You have disc and drum brakes on the back. You pull the rotors pretty much like any other, but on the inside of the rotor there is a drum with smaller shoes, these are only used for your parking brake. If all looks good, you may be able to free everything up and get them adjusted. If things look questionable, I`d replace everything needed. I`m not real big on turning rotors. You may get some money stuck in it with rotors, shoes, pads, and hardware, but if kept adjusted they will last a long time. Besides then you know what you`ve got.

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John M

06-26-2007 03:28:16




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 Re: Ford F-250 in reply to Farmallstroker, 06-25-2007 20:36:59  
Is by chance the rears disc, or are they drums. neighbor has discs on his 00 and the problem was just worn parking brake pads.



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dds-inc

06-25-2007 20:56:33




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 Re: Ford F-250 in reply to Farmallstroker, 06-25-2007 20:36:59  
You don't adjust the parking brake. Rear drum brakes are self-adjusting. You need to pull the rear brake drums and replace the pads (if needed). More specifically, you need to take apart and clean and inspect the racheting brake adjustment system. Often the toggles and rachet need to be replaced due to corrosion.

Just did this on a similar truck, and now have a very strong parking brake.

It is a good idea to have a chilton manual to go step thru step how to take this system apart.

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Steve Crum

06-25-2007 21:33:08




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 Re: Ford F-250 in reply to dds-inc, 06-25-2007 20:56:33  
Notice the man said CHILTON manual, NOT haynes manual. The only thing better than a Chilton's manual is a factory service manual. Take the Haynes manual to the outhouse, after all they are not sending Sears and Roebuck catalogs anymore.



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