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The_Epsicle
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- State of Boredom (Nebraska)
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- 1994
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 4.0 Pushrod V6
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- Automatic
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- All hail the mighty ziptie!
This is for my parents 1999 Ford E-350 extended length Triton 6.8 V10 XLT Super Duty with less than 100,000 miles on it, my problem is on the front passenger side brake rotor.
The van just go back from a 300 mile road trip before which it was sitting for about 6 months due to a mold infestation which we just took care of, there was a lot of rust on the brake rotors before the trip so I didn't bother inspecting them but when my parents came back from their trip I noticed a groove on the front passenger side rotor, I removed the tire so I could see and found a nut for an ABS cable mount on the line with the groove, it isn't making contact anymore but it is obvious it is the culprit. My issue is I don't think it came from the factory like this because the drivers side lacks this nut on the other side and the bolt has a smaller head size, I think one of the shops my parents took the van to might be responsible for this.
So I need to know two things:
1. Did this nut come from the factory, or is a shop or dealership responsible for this?
2. How can I replace this nut and still mount this cable correctly? I think if it didn't come from the factory that the threads are probably stripped and they were too lazy to tap new threads. zip-tie maybe?
I know I'm as bad as the shop that did this.
Here are some pictures:
The groove on the rotor.
The mounting bolt and the nut responsible for the groove.
Another shot of the bolt responsible for the groove.
The drivers side ABS cable mounting bolt, you can see the absence of a nut on the other side, and the smaller head.
The van just go back from a 300 mile road trip before which it was sitting for about 6 months due to a mold infestation which we just took care of, there was a lot of rust on the brake rotors before the trip so I didn't bother inspecting them but when my parents came back from their trip I noticed a groove on the front passenger side rotor, I removed the tire so I could see and found a nut for an ABS cable mount on the line with the groove, it isn't making contact anymore but it is obvious it is the culprit. My issue is I don't think it came from the factory like this because the drivers side lacks this nut on the other side and the bolt has a smaller head size, I think one of the shops my parents took the van to might be responsible for this.
So I need to know two things:
1. Did this nut come from the factory, or is a shop or dealership responsible for this?
2. How can I replace this nut and still mount this cable correctly? I think if it didn't come from the factory that the threads are probably stripped and they were too lazy to tap new threads. zip-tie maybe?
I know I'm as bad as the shop that did this.Here are some pictures:
The groove on the rotor.
The mounting bolt and the nut responsible for the groove.
Another shot of the bolt responsible for the groove.
The drivers side ABS cable mounting bolt, you can see the absence of a nut on the other side, and the smaller head.
