Recent content by Brandon1023

That's one issue it seems. When I spin both rear wheels, I can hear either the parking brake shoes and maybe the pads too. I checked the hub for run out with a dial indicator on the driver side and there's 0.010" of run out

Haha it's my brother's truck and there was quite a bit of rust on the rotors and drive shaft. I suspect maybe the truck came from a northern state

I left out a very important detail I forgot. Each rotor took a few poundings with a sledge hammer to get it off the hub. What are the chances I damaged the wheel bearings? Because that's what it feels like around 80-90 mph

That's what I'm thinking. For all we know, they tightened it in a circular sequence as well because I've seen that done at the Lexus/Toyota dealership I used to work at. This is actually my brother's truck and he's about to bring it back to my house. As they say.. No good deed goes unpunished :-)

I did have to push the pistons back in quite a bit. I'm just gonna take everything back apart in a bit and see what's going on. Thank you everyone again and again for the replies. Edit: Upon doing this job yesterday, I realized the front wheel hub bearings don't spin too smoothly with the wheel...

Ok I'll have to get back in there when I have some time. I live in Miami, so the ebrake should be fine haha.

I should add that when doing one of the rear, I put it all back together and the wheel was locked up when I tried putting it in gear ( lifted the truck from the rear axle with jack stands.) and it was bound up. I suspected it was the parking brake binding, so I took that apart again and it was...

OK cool I'll have to get back in and check it out. Would I have to remove the caliper mount again to adjust the rotor?

Yesterday, I changed the brakes on my ram 1500 and replaced all 4 rotors. Put it all together and went for a ride to break them in and everything was fine. When I got on the highway, around 80 I could feel a vibration in the gas pedal that I don't believe was there before. The tire shop that...

Originally Posted by Bottom_Feeder What tires did you buy? They're called Vercelli. Lots of good info here and I thank everyone who replied. I have swapped the wheels from the sides and they're now facing the right way. I wasn't expecting that to fix the thumping problem but upon removing...

Well about a month ago I went to Tire Kingdom and they did my alignment and returned my car with a crooked steering wheel, so I had to bring the car back already once. They also mounted 4 directional tires and it took me since then to figure this out, only because the tires feel like they...