One of the most important performance aspects to any vehicle is the vehicles braking system, which is typically ignored, especially on lifted trucks. These heavy lifted trucks place increased wear on your braking system, specifically while towing. Stainless Steel Brake Corporation from Clarence, New York solves this issue with their Force 10 Extreme Brake kit. Providing a 14 inch replacement rotor and 4-piston aluminum calipers, this big brake kit is sure to slow down your truck alot faster. Check out our article on how to install your own big brake kit. We chose a 2002 Ford F-150 as our guinea pig.

1: Stainless Steel Brake Corporation's new "Force 10 Extreme Kit" 4-piston aluminum calipers and high performance pads. The kit includes a pair of new front calipers, front and rear rotors, high performance brake pads, new hub assemblies, mounting plates, and all the necessary hardware for installation. Please note that our application was a two wheel drive Ford F-150 that utilizes bearings and O-rings on the front end. It is recommended that you purchase new bearings (packing them correctly!) when changing or servicing your brakes.
2: Remove your old brakes. Raise the front of the truck until the tires and wheels clear the floor and support the vehicle on jack stands. For our installation, we were able to use a hydraulic lift system.
3: We started with the rear end first. Remove the two bolts (see yellow arrows) that secure the caliper to rotor assembly and remove the caliper.
4: Compress the brake pad against the caliper to remove the fluid from that rotor in the braking system and allow you to install your new pads. Then remove the stock rotor.
5: Install the new rotor and performance pads. ** Note that on the drivers side, the emergency brake line assembly is located behind the rotor. If your emergency brake is loose, goes to the floor and you would like to correct it, you can do so at this time with a flat head screw driver. Simply push the teeth in the gear downwards (or counter clockwise) a couple clicks and then test your emergency brake in the cab with your hand. Remember to release your emergency brake when you're done testing.
6: Once you've installed your new rotor and inserted the new pads into the caliper, bolt the caliper back on the rotor.
7: After you're done with the rear rotors, drain the brake lines. We used a brake fluid automatic pump to drain the trucks system. **Note that it is advisable to replace the brake fluid if the color is brown or muddy. This is due to water that has been absorbed by fluid which will eventually corrode the brake lines and master cylinder. This absorbed moisture can also cause a vapor lock situation under extreme braking conditions. Make sure you flush the system with clean brake fluid. Always start furthest away from the master cylinder and watch for air bubbles. When the air bubbles stop and a steady flow of fluid occurs, close the bleeder valve and install the line. Never let the master cylinder run dry, watch the fluid level.
8: Now it is time for the front rotors.
9: Remove the stock calipers from the rotor by unbolting the caliper nuts.
10: Once the caliper is removed, take off the dust cap, cotter pin, castle nut, bearings and slide off the rotor.