The 2005 Ford F150 4x4 pickup is equipped with self-adjusting rear disc brakes. The brake pads clamp down on the rotor, which stops the truck when you put your foot on the brake pedal. While this system works marvelously, the downside is the designed wear of the brake pads and rotors. Every time you put your foot on the brakes, the pads wear down until you eventually must replace them. While the rotors wear down as well, they last two to three times longer than the pads. If you're mechanically inclined and have a few hours to spare, you can replace the rear brake pads on the 2005 Ford F150 4x4 yourself.
Instructions
- 1
Block off the front wheels with the wheel chocks to prevent the truck from rolling. Loosen the lug nuts on both rear wheels using the lug wrench. Make sure the lug nuts are loose enough to remove by hand later on, but don't take them off yet.
2Place the floor jack under the rear differential and lift the F150 with the jack. Positions the jack stands under the rear axle, out by the leaf springs and then lower the truck onto the jack stands.
3Remove the rear lug nuts from both wheels and then pull the wheels off by hand.
4Set the drip pan under the left-rear brake rotor and spray the brake rotor and caliper off with brake cleaner to remove any visible signs of brake dust.
5Unbolt the caliper with the socket set. Pick the caliper up and off the rotor and pull the brake pads out of the caliper by hand. Never let the caliper hang on the rubber brake hose.
6Clean the inside of the caliper with the brake cleaner in a similar manner to how you cleaned the rotor and outside of the caliper earlier. Make sure to get all the old grease, brake dust and road dirt off the caliper slide pins.
7Lubricate the caliper slide pins with the white lithium grease so the caliper can contract and expand smoothly in response to the brake pedal.
8Retract the caliper pistons with the caliper tool, pull the tool out and then put the new brake pads in by hand. Make sure the pad material faces inward and the pads sit in the same manner as the old ones you removed earlier.
9Slide the caliper over the rotor, thread the caliper bolts back into the caliper and bracket by hand and then tighten the bolts with the socket set.
10Repeat steps four through nine on the right-rear.
11Reinstall the rear wheels and lug nuts by hand. Lower the F150 off the jack stands. Tighten the lug nuts to 140ft-lbs. with the torque wrench and then remove the wheel chocks.
