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Old May 13th 18, 06:14 AM posted to rec.autos.tech
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Default Ford F150 Rotor installation problem

Michael wrote:
> I took the rear driver rotor off my truck and was ready to replace it
> when a piece of the emergency brake shoe broke off (a wood-like substance
> that's like a shim about 1/8 or less).


That's known as the brake "lining", and is usually bonded securely to
the metal frame, and together make up the "shoe". With age and use, they
can start to crack and come apart, sometimes just losing chunks,
sometimes coming completely unglued from the metal part.

> I'm need to travel miles tomorrow and I'm wondering if this is going to
> screw up my brakes if I just install the rotor without replacing the shoes.
> Thanks.
> Mike


If you have disc brakes on the rear (calipers and pads on the outside),
and just the parking (not emergency) brake shoes on the inside, then you
only need to worry if you rely on your parkng brake to keep the truck
from moving unexpectedly (parking on really steep hills, or with a
manual transmission, pretty much any hill). If you only lost a small
chunk, don't worry about it. But if you lost the whole lining off a shoe....

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