Rear inner brake pads smoked at 28k!

[Cabose-1]

But all evidence points to the e-brake dragging or something sticking. Heading in the right direction of backing off the parking brake a tad. I always have to be sure the handle is completely down before i drive. The parking brake boot seems to want to lift the handle on my ranger.

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[D Fresh]

Pretty dry summer in OR this year and she was just doing short trips on the freeway. I’ve wondered about the traction control or something out of balance on the proportioning but as yamahaSHO pointed out the wear should still be even between the inner and outer pads when the floating pistons are working correctly

Yeah, I was overlooking the inner pad wear. I'm with others thinking asking brake perhaps.

 

[doug910]

I agree, 28k is very early. But fwiw, I just did a rear brake job (pads and rotors) at 60k because the inner pads were smoked. The outboard ones didn't have much life left but they definitely have more than the inners.

 

[AvockAdoo]

Any update on this? I think I'm having the same issue. Rear rotors are vibrating BAD on long downhills. I have new ones ordered, but my inner pads are FINISHED and my outer ones still look new..

I will update once I rip my brakes apart one night this week if my slide pins are frozen. Sort of a bummer issue!

I'm at 32k miles. Fronts are still way good.

 

[Dereku]

Must be pressing the pedal down unevenly lol.

The inner one will wear more because the piston engages that pad first. The outer pad does not start to pull in until the inner pad touches the rotor and applies pressure. Any caliper with slide pins has this imbalance, typically you never notice it. However the front brakes are very strong for these trucks, the rears might only be gently applying. Which would drag the inner pad more.

 

[fORdEGON]

Any update on this? I think I'm having the same issue. Rear rotors are vibrating BAD on long downhills. I have new ones ordered, but my inner pads are FINISHED and my outer ones still look new..

I will update once I rip my brakes apart one night this week if my slide pins are frozen. Sort of a bummer issue!

I'm at 32k miles. Fronts are still way good.

Exact same scenario I experienced. I went over everything with a fine tooth comb and couldn’t find anything out of sorts with the sliders, pistons, or e brake. I will be checking the new pads once I get some miles on to see if the inners are wearing prematurely again.

 

[Yinzcity]

Any update on this? I think I'm having the same issue. Rear rotors are vibrating BAD on long downhills. I have new ones ordered, but my inner pads are FINISHED and my outer ones still look new..

I will update once I rip my brakes apart one night this week if my slide pins are frozen. Sort of a bummer issue!

I'm at 32k miles. Fronts are still way good.

Mine were bad at around 20k. Nothing was frozen or uneven though. I think maybe the metallurgy isn't right with the original rotors. Replaced with power stop pads and raybestos rotors, creeping up on 30k now without issue.

 

[fORdEGON]

Just got into some snow for the first time this season up in revy. Back roads in 4-6in fresh over compact snow/black ice. Ran in 4hi with TM set to Snow, getting a little sideways around corners having some fun. Smell of rear brakes getting really hot when I parked. Seems that something to going on with the traction control especially in snow mode is dragging my rear brakes. I did about 12k hard miles in the snow last winter so this could explain my rear pads being smoked.

 

[MountainGoat]

Just got into some snow for the first time this season up in revy. Back roads in 4-6in fresh over compact snow/black ice. Ran in 4hi with TM set to Snow, getting a little sideways around corners having some fun. Smell of rear brakes getting really hot when I parked. Seems that something to going on with the traction control especially in snow mode is dragging my rear brakes. I did about 12k hard miles in the snow last winter so this could explain my rear pads being smoked.

I started running my truck with traction control and advance-trac off all the time and I can feel a difference off road. The back end skips and bounces around more, while with that stuff on it felt more planted, like there was weight in the bed. All this with no traction light on the dash. So this leads me to believe those "aids" are activating the rear brakes all the time, even when the traction light doesn't light up.

 

[fORdEGON]

I agree with your description of how the truck feels with the TM off vs on. With the TM on snow mode it feels like the pedal response is very dulled down and the torque is greatly reduced to prevent the tires from breaking loose. Perhaps some of this accomplished by the computer applying the rear brakes. I’m also positive when I was intentionally trying to drift the corners it was applying the brakes independently to each wheel to try and straighten the truck out.

For now I’m going to just run in sand mode or traction control off when having fun. I do however like planted feel and stability of the snow mode when trying to run on the highways in really poor conditions and hope it’s not constantly dragging the rear pads.

 

[Ranger Danger]

I'm at 30,900 to be exact with my 2019. I went into the dealer for an oil change and they told me the rear brakes are down to 1MM on the inside pads... I asked them since when do rear pads wear faster than the front? Front were in great shape I was told and that it's common now for rear brakes to burn out quicker and they don't know why..I smell BS. I can vouch my E-Brake was not on or at issue, though I did notice a drop in MPG after placing new tires on, they are Mickey Thompson Baja Legend EXP LT rated and exact same size as OEM.. I would say about 2 weeks or a month later I went from 24MPG to 20MPG all the time, that has been the case since October 2022. I'm now on the hunt before getting my pads replaced on what is going on.



**UPDATE
I wanted to provide an update here on the rear brakes and what many of us view as premature wear. I'm told that YES FORD used much thinner pads and rotors out back which answers the issue beyond I feel anything related to the parking brake or traction control being a culprit. If you stay with OEM it will be the same setup so one option is looking into beefier brake kits for the rear.

I can say still I have had a trouble free ownership from 9/2019 and 31K overall until the surprise with the rear brakes.

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