 2005 Freestar SEL rear brakes
Yesterday while changing the rear brake pads on 05 Freestar SEL I had a hell of a time getting the caliper pistons to retract into the bores. A post on another forum gave me a hint: "push really hard." I used a heavy-duty C-clamp and tightened it with FORCE (i.e. a short piece of pipe on the c-clamp handle). They did retract, but I've never seen caliper pistons that required so much force. Also suspicious is that the inner pads on both sides were worn twice as much as the outer pads. This vehicle has 33K so I'm taking this story to the Ford dealer to see if they will condemn and replace the calipers under warranty. I'll post result. Has any one else experienced this? Thanks. | 
