Ford FreestarThe Ford Freestar is a solid, highly capable minivan that performs well and offers all the latest safety features. Much of the Freestar's structure and design came from the Windstar it replaced. Windstar offered class-leading safety and solid performance for its time. Freestar is the highest quality minivan it has ever built.
Just got back from Autozoner, where the wheel speed, or ABS, sensor is $280! It is now part of the wheel bearing/hub assy, rather than a separate piece, as it is in the '02 Windscare. I bet it's a $30 item on the '02. I left in shock without buying it.
I'm sure it's cheaper to make and assemble as one unit, and more profitable when beyond warranty. I, for one, won't be buying from the dealer. Does any place have a much lower price than Autozoner?
I bought Autobone's $35 ceramic pads, which are supposed to make less dust.
GB
AT that price, I wonder if your NAPA dealer has a rebuilt unit for less.
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Yeh, Mark, I followed the sticky above, and it's on its way for $155. Thanks.
I don't understand all I know about it, but the left front brake pads are worn about 80%, while the right wheel pads are about 50%. I replaced them both with the new Autozoner ceramics.
When you install your new pads be sure the caliper pins/sliders are lubricated so that they move as they should.
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2006 Alt Fuel Jeep (electric)
'98 windstar 3.8L
'99 Crown Vic 4.6L
'90 Full Size Bronco 5.0L
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Thanks for the reminder, Joe; they do. To get rid of the dirty fluid out of the calipers, I put a two-foot stick between the driver seat and brake pedal and ran the seat forward until the brake was depressed. Then I opened the bleeder screw and drained the fluid into one of those little bleeder bottles held by a magnet as I retracted the pistons with a large C clamp. The pistons move easy enough; you need a big clamp just to clear everything.
That master cyl reservoir is in a miserable place. I'm going to remove the black panel to add fluid.
The caliper piston pushes a pad agains the rotor, and at the same time it pulls the pad on the other side into the rotor (if the portion of the caliper that holds the outside pad can slide on pins or slides.) Too many times I have seen that the pins/slides were frozen solid, and that caused uneven pad wear, and ultimately only 50% of the stopping power.
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'99 Crown Vic 4.6L
'90 Full Size Bronco 5.0L
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Again, Joe, I understand how the calipers work, and the pins on these brakes are sealed and move freely. For some strange reason, both pads on the left front wheel wore about twice as much as the pads on the right wheel.
As you know.. that shouldn't be the case. Possibly air in the line?
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2006 Alt Fuel Jeep (electric)
'98 windstar 3.8L
'99 Crown Vic 4.6L
'90 Full Size Bronco 5.0L
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Good thought, Joe. I had the thought that maybe the right caliper is not actuating as well as it should. I'll watch it with the new pads. The rotors are fairly smooth. There is sure no pulling tendency, nor vibration.
PO had AAA inspection last year, and they actually reported the thickness of the lining on the pads, and reported the difference in mm.
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