Thread: Disc Disc Brake System Components?

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If you have access to milling machine, the caliper mounting brackets could be opened up a little to take the Expedition pads. That was the route I was going to take so that off the shelf pads could be used. As I recall, the Expedition pad backing plates are a tiny bit longer than the Explorer pads.

A couple of minutes with a grinder would modify the pads if you don't have a mill.

The calipers should fit with no mods and the Explorer pads could be used if you wanted.

Strange that Ford would make the rotor with a lot of wasted width. True enough, it's toward the inside of the friction area, but it's there.

It's possible that the Expedition caliper brackets and rotors could be used, but I never got around to checking that.

The Expedition rotors are around 11"-12", so wheels would have to be 16" to 17". They are also 6 lug, so they would have to be redrilled. There may not be enough room to do that.

Check everything out pretty good because I only bought the parts and did a few rough measurements. I'm confident the caliper and pad swap will work, though.