Tow vehicle brakes.

[whitlock87]

I was wonder what you guys (and galls) thought about using ceramic brake pads?

On my ford expedition, the back brakes needed new pads, so I went with the ceramic due to low dust. Now when I am backing the trailer down the ramp my front tires lock-up. I am not sure if I should put ceramic on the front ( so all four are the same) or but the back, back to OEM.

Any thoughts?
David

[hoopykat]

David,

Not to digress but...did you have to replace the rear pads on your Expedition *before* the fronts needed replacing? I was surprised that I had to replace the rears on my Expedition and the fronts still had over 50% of the pad left....

As for mixing types of pad material...not a good idea.

-Mike

[whitlock87]

my back where gone at around 25k and my front still look good. 50+ left.
That is why i only did the back.

[CP3]

I need to check my brakes, when I brake really hard with the boat It pulls left....

[chpthril]

David,

Not to digress but...did you have to replace the rear pads on your Expedition *before* the fronts needed replacing? I was surprised that I had to replace the rears on my Expedition and the fronts still had over 50% of the pad left....

As for mixing types of pad material...not a good idea.

-Mike

Quit normal on cars and trucks with rear disc.

[chpthril]

I need to check my brakes, when I brake really hard with the boat It pulls left....

Did this appear before or after the tire and suspension upgrade?

[Waterski-Rebel]

I've noticed our (2007) expedition appears to struggle a little bit while pulling the Tige. I expected it to tow it as if it wasn't back there. Is the Tige that heavy, or is something wrong with our car?

[chpthril]

I've noticed our (2007) expedition appears to struggle a little bit while pulling the Tige. I expected it to tow it as if it wasn't back there. Is the Tige that heavy, or is something wrong with our car?

about 4800 for boat/traier -gear. What gear does your Exp. have?

[Waterski-Rebel]

The expedition has the 5.7l, and is supposed to tow 9200 lbs. It tows it, it just seems as if it struggles a little bit.

Last yea we towed our 19 foot I/O (probably 2500 lbs) with an explorer, and it seemed to do better.

[Timmy!]

You have this problem called "altitude"...you lose roughly 20% of your horsepower by living in Denver! I had the same problem with my Avalanche, others think they tow great but up here it's

[johnsvt]

The mod motors are a little weak when it comes to towing/working. I was always disappointed with my expedition.

[CP3]

Did this appear before or after the tire and suspension upgrade?

after but I think its the trailer brakes doing it

[dogbert]

The expedition has the 5.7l, and is supposed to tow 9200 lbs. It tows it, it just seems as if it struggles a little bit.

Last yea we towed our 19 foot I/O (probably 2500 lbs) with an explorer, and it seemed to do better.

Your Tige is a heavy beast. Probably weighs more than double your old boat including trailer. How do you think they get the wake lookin so good without ballast?

[dtown]

Don't tow in Colorado with anything but a DLV (Diesel Luxury Vehicle)...
I call it a DLV for 2 reasons. 1. Once you tow with a DLV you'll never go back. 2. With diesel at over $4/ gal it is definitely a luxury.

I love passing SUVs at 80mph up the eastbound Eisenhower approach with my (8K lbd.) 4 place snowmobile trailer in tow (or boat).

Brakes - I used to have a Chevy S10. I towed our old 19' I/O with it. Two months after we got our DLV, I had an ahole flip a u turn on the midian on I-70 near Grand Junction. If we still had the S10, that guy would have had a chevy emblem on his *** and I would have been wearing our boat as a hat. Big trucks have big brakes.

[dogbert]

David,

Not to digress but...did you have to replace the rear pads on your Expedition *before* the fronts needed replacing? I was surprised that I had to replace the rears on my Expedition and the fronts still had over 50% of the pad left....

Ford had a problem with the brake mechanism on the rear disc brakes. I had the same issue on my F-150. Had to replace the whole assembly.