How to Install Brake Pads on a Ford F150

Replacing the brake pads on your Ford F150 is part of the disc-brake maintenance schedule. This will ensure proper braking and operation of the brake system. Some F150 models come equipped with front and rear brake pads, while other models come with brake shoes installed on the rear wheel assemblies.

Instructions

Remove the Brake Pads

1

Remove half the brake fluid from the brake master cylinder with a hand siphon pump.

2

Loosen the lugs on the wheel assembly with a lug wrench.

3

Shift the transmission to neutral.

4

Chock the wheels you will not be working on using wooden blocks.

5

Raise the wheel that needs the new brake pads using a floor jack, and safely support the vehicle on a jack stand.

6

Remove the tire.

7

Unscrew the brake caliper mounting bolts from the brake rotor with a wrench or ratchet and socket.

8

Secure the caliper on the vehicle body with a piece of wire to avoid damage to the brake hose attached to the brake caliper.

9

Remove the brake pads and retaining clips by hand from the caliper bracket on top of the brake rotor.

Install the Brake Pads

10

Clean the wheel/hub assembly with brake parts cleaner and a shop rag.

11

Place one of the old brake pads over the brake caliper piston, and compress the piston into its bore with a C-clamp.

12

Install the new brake pads and new retaining clips on the brake caliper-mounting bracket by hand.

13

Mount the brake caliper over the caliper bracket and tighten the two caliper mounting bolts with a wrench or ratchet and socket.

14

Set the tire over the wheel/hub assembly and secure the tire with the wheel lugs.

15

Lower the vehicle.

16

Finish tightening the wheel lugs with the lug wrench.

17

Depress the brake pedal several times to adjust the new brake pads over the brake rotor.

18

Refill the brake master cylinder with new brake fluid until the level reaches somewhere between the "Low" and "Full" marks.