anyone ever tried the EBC pads either the green or the yellow pads? the green pads are supposed to eliminate 90% of brake dust on the rims. Their rotors are warrantied against warping for life.
I bought the Wagner ceramic premium oem replacements from Advance , and have been happy with them .
Looking for a set of drilled and slotted rotors next . Have Powerstop rotors on my '93 Z71 . Almost 140k miles and installing 3rd sets of pads . They have never been resurfaced , and are wearing good and have not warped .
I have a 2002 2500HD Diesel, I've had 2 sets of OE's and they are not lasting towing in the summer. I was looking at the Powerstop Perfomance cross drilled rotors with ceramic pads. yeah or nay?
Quick question. I have a '05 I bought in '07 with 44,000 miles. I currently have 88,000 miles and was wondering how long the brake pads last. I don't tow anything except on very rare occassions. I do drive in the city everyday. I have no squeals and the last time the truck was on a rack the pads looked like they still had lots of life left. I don't know if the previous owner or dealership changed the brakes so I am trying to gauge how long a stock set will last.
my originals last 67,000 with towing a 16' landscape trialer 1/2 the week so Id say u got some time left. My originals lasted a long time the ones since have not.
I can burn thru a new set in 45k miles (runnin’ a tad bit heavy ). With very little towing, you could very well see 100k or more. Don’t judge the remaining life by viewing the fronts, as the rears wear quicker on our HDs.
I was researching brakes and rotors for my '06 2500HD and came across this post. Why do you say the rears go faster than the fronts? That goes against everything I've heard. I'm not trying to be a smart a$$ or argumentative, I'm just wondering why.
I tow a 10k/lb trailer, have 52k on the truck, and rely on the Allison to take care of much of the braking.
I have not looked this year, but I have 65,000 Kilometers and I tow and live in the mountains, I downshift, the rear pads have finally worn enough to get full contact, I will be swapping the tires soon Time to start measuring and writing it down. I followed a guy today, highway 33 every corner he braked, then sped off, I never used the brakes once until the first stop light, 150 kilometers, later. I was 500 yards behind him all the way, people have lost the ability to coast, and roll into and out of the throttle. It is either hard on the throttle or hard on the brakes.
Brake parts, I get from Rock Auto, there is always a choice of different brands, lately I have been getting Raybestos.
I have 176000 on 2003 2500hd all highway driving 1/2 pulling 18 foot tt and just had them checked, still pretty good so expect another 10000 miles. Would go to gm dealer to see if I could get same pads. Ive had the truck from day 1 no other owners. Bijueee
I have 137K on the pads that came on the truck. No squeal yet, but I did turn all the rotors at 100K because of a slight pulsing under light braking. I will go with the OE again when new pads are needed.
I install Wagner Thermoquiet pads every day of my work week and we love them, and have never had a single complaint of brake noise or dust!! They have been great for us.
On the trucks when you're towing you get the most wear over the rear axle, so it's common for that axle to take all the stress of weight and braking. The LMMs have slightly bigger rear discs than the fronts for this purpose.
Old, I haven't mic the rears yet for remaining thickness. They were heavily heat discolored, but no warpage or visible surface eggshell cracks. The available between new and max wear thickness on the rear rotors is surprisingly low. I'm sure they're history....maybe destined for Trot Line anchors?
New, the Cryo slots are slick. Haven't trailered yet though.
I am NOT happy with the Hawk supplier though; shipping the wrong rear pads (had to throw in new cheapos temporarily). After verbally assuring that they had the right pad # for shipment, they still sent the wrong ones…..SRW instead of DRW.
I’ve since found out Hawk Super-Duty Reds don’t offer DRW pads, only SRW.
I’m Pissed! If you're a Forum Vendor on a Duramax site, pull your head out :toilet and gain some knowledge on the right parts for our Trucks! :stickpoke
Yes . . . wanna' hear about the "Cryo's. My rears are a little thin.
Thinking about the Hawk LTS pads and maybe the Cryo's. With Russel SS lines & Speedbleeders.
And have a tech II cycle the ABS module with some DOT 4 fluid.
Should make it brand new.
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