As it has been an ongoing issue with the front brakes on the Raptor with individuals, independent shops and dealerships installing the front brake pads wrong on the Raptor, plus some folks and shops accusing the brake pads we sell for being the problem. I am providing pictures of the stock front pads below with an explanation of the problem so that regardless of the replacement pads you use, you can make sure that the installation is done correctly.
As you will see in the pictures of the stock pads below, one pad has two round "humps" on the backing plate. Those two humps are on the "inner" pads. Those inner pads install on the caliper piston side of the rotor and the "humps" correspond to the caliper pistons themselves (as you can see in the picture of the backs of the pads where the round circles are from contact with the caliper pistons. Those pads MUST be on the caliper side. The common mistake that everyone is making is to install both of the inner pads on one side of the truck and both outer pads on the other side of the truck. The problem with this is that once installed, the pad on the outside of the rotor, on the side of the truck with both inner pads installed, winds up with the pad on the outside of the rotor getting bound up in the caliper bracket not allowing full movement of the caliper or pads. This can in some cases cause immediately apparent loss of proper braking while in other cases it can SEEM like you have decent braking until you hear a racket from the front brakes only to find that because that pad is twisted in the bracket, the pad is now toast and has become metal to metal against the rotor and ruined it as well.
PLEASE, make sure that when you install new brake parts on your truck, that you make sure that whether you are doing the install or having them installed by a professional, that you make sure that the person performing said install pays attention to this important detail. This is NOT exclusive to the brake parts we sell, the pads shown in the pictures below are stock OEM pads.
As you will see in the pictures of the stock pads below, one pad has two round "humps" on the backing plate. Those two humps are on the "inner" pads. Those inner pads install on the caliper piston side of the rotor and the "humps" correspond to the caliper pistons themselves (as you can see in the picture of the backs of the pads where the round circles are from contact with the caliper pistons. Those pads MUST be on the caliper side. The common mistake that everyone is making is to install both of the inner pads on one side of the truck and both outer pads on the other side of the truck. The problem with this is that once installed, the pad on the outside of the rotor, on the side of the truck with both inner pads installed, winds up with the pad on the outside of the rotor getting bound up in the caliper bracket not allowing full movement of the caliper or pads. This can in some cases cause immediately apparent loss of proper braking while in other cases it can SEEM like you have decent braking until you hear a racket from the front brakes only to find that because that pad is twisted in the bracket, the pad is now toast and has become metal to metal against the rotor and ruined it as well.
PLEASE, make sure that when you install new brake parts on your truck, that you make sure that whether you are doing the install or having them installed by a professional, that you make sure that the person performing said install pays attention to this important detail. This is NOT exclusive to the brake parts we sell, the pads shown in the pictures below are stock OEM pads.
