The 2007 Ford Freestyle crossover vehicle uses four wheel disc brakes to stop. While the front brakes do the lion’s share of the work, the rears will still wear out sooner or later. When that happens, consider performing the job yourself, if you have basic automotive repair skills, a few hours of free time and a good place to work on the Freestyle. When purchasing replacement parts, try to avoid economy line parts and stick with professional grade. While the job is fairly straightforward, quality parts will ensure you don’t perform the job more often than necessary.
Loosen the rear lug nuts with the lug wrench until they’re finger tight. Don’t take them off yet.
Place the wheel chocks around the right-front tire to keep the Freestyle from rolling. Lift the back end of the vehicle off the ground with the floor jack and support it on the jack stands.
Remove the rear lug nuts and wheels by hand.
Place the drip pan under the right-rear brake assembly and rinse the brake dust off the brakes with the brake cleaner spray.
Unbolt the brake caliper with the socket set and lift the caliper off the brake rotor by hand. Slip the brake rotor off the hub and slide the new rotor in place by hand. Pull the old brake pads out of the brake caliper by hand as well.
Wash out the inside of the brake caliper with the brake cleaner spray. Lubricate the caliper slides with a generous layer of white lithium grease.
Push the caliper pistons into the caliper with the caliper piston tool and then install the new pads by hand.
Slide the caliper over the rotor and bolt it in place with the socket set.
Repeat steps four through eight on the left-rear wheel. Reinstall the rear tires and lug nuts by hand. Lower the Freestyle off the jack stands with the floor jack and then tighten the lug nuts to 100 ft.-lbs. using the torque wrench.
