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Originally Posted by Nomore9-5
I recently checked brake pad thickness on my 378 in advance of trip to SW US and Florida. It's currently between 1/4 (.250) and 3/16 ( .1875) which is above the .133 minimum thickness in a Ford Service manual I bought.
That said I will be watching things and if it reaches minimum during trip I'll get them replaced. There will be periods were I will have extended stays in San Antonio and Galveston,TX, Orlando, Ft Meyers and Okeechobee Fl. to do this.
Can anyone out there reccomend shops in those areas?
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If it were mine I'd give strong consideration to having a Ford Dealership do the work. If traveling and you have any issues your "repair warranty" will be more useful as there are Ford Dealerships all over. You get the repair and the dealerships talk to each other about to arrange payment. Ford then steps in if there are disputes.
Another reason I like to use dealerships is that over the years there have been so many "Campaigns" issued, where faulty or inadequate parts are identified but don't rise to the level of "Recall", if the repairing shop sees any of these "Open" in the Ford database, you'll probably get those fixed at the same time. I've even had this kind of work done when I go in for an Oil Change and pre-trip checkup.
FWIW, "Brake Jobs" at dealerships are considered "Menu Items" and are often competitive with the outside market, excluding the "Low-Ballers" that advertise low prices but end up selling you everything else, sometimes including a new rubber cover for the brake pedal
Also in my experience the OEM brake pads/linings used by Dealers often produce the longest lasting and trouble free performance.
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