WELL---------------
i gotta eat a little crow for calling wolf a tad too early.
i am gonna chalk it up to fatigue. because after i watched a 'powerstroke' brake job video that actually took him about 3 minutes to change the pads, i was like duh...and tonight after i squished in the calipers MORE and followed the proper procedure it was like butter....w/ a small issue on both the front lower slide pins (which were frozen and did not move)
we lowered the truck on the hoist and i hopped in and ran thru re-setting the brakes, running 4H and 4L - it all worked no problem....slapped on the wheels and went for a test drive - ran up and down a farmers somewhat unplowed field road again running thru the gears w/ no problems....
on the drive home - drove great - no clunking, no dull grinding, no dashboard shutter under braking, steered nice, no wandering...i could not be happier..
i gotta (after speaking to jldickmon via bama) prolly replace my slide pins but after seeing how easy that procedure is - that will be cake (i hope)
in daylight tomorrow i will take some pics of the toasted rotors and pads and post them up
thanks to all who voiced a opinion/concern/helpful hint...
