Rear Brakes

[madscientist]

i replaced the rear brakes on my 04 F250 yesterday, after about 20 miles, i get a clicking/clunking coming from the rear of the truck. the sound increases with speed. i checked over everything this morning and cant find anything wrong with the brakes.

this is my first brake job on an f 250 but i have done several others in the past, and the truck is completely stock

[dieseldan2005]

Did you put new rotors on too? Did you put on new e-brake pads? Sometimes you can get rust chunks in the e-brake drum that will clunk. I tried to replace my e-brake and ended up tearing it out cause it was so hard to get the new springs in.

[madscientist]

yes, i replaced the rotors, i looked in the e-brake and around the rotor for rust chucks and blew it out with air

[madscientist]

any other ideas?

[bigcountrysg]

Did you clean the rotors with brake cleaner before hand. If not the preservative used on them to prevent them from rusting on the shelf. This coating which is like a grease if not removed prior to installing the rotors can cause a lot of things to happen, clunking, poor braking, that stuff when it gets warm from braking gets goey. Then it builds up on the pads.

[madscientist]

yes i cleaned them, when i took it all apart when i got home i found the clip and screw from the parking brake fell off

thank you for your help, /thread