Brakes how many miles and what kind?
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Brakes how many miles and what kind?
I have 61000 and the front brakes are sqeaking now. I had the rear one's just done last week because the axle seal were leaking. so those were done. Just any better brakes than stock brand?
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That is sort of wild because the fronts are the ones that usually go first.
Am not really qualified to answer your question but with my tahoe that had rear drums that were malfunctioning, I went through front pads about every 6k miles
Am not really qualified to answer your question but with my tahoe that had rear drums that were malfunctioning, I went through front pads about every 6k miles
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Choose any brand, but stay with ceramic pads.
They are easier on the rotors than those "lifetime" pads, stop well, squeak less, less dust and last well.
Ours come stock with creamic.
I run the NAPA Ceramix pads on most of the fleet. They hold up better in extreme conditions (Dust, Hot and Abused). These kits usually come with all new hardware and lubricants.
They are easier on the rotors than those "lifetime" pads, stop well, squeak less, less dust and last well.
Ours come stock with creamic.
I run the NAPA Ceramix pads on most of the fleet. They hold up better in extreme conditions (Dust, Hot and Abused). These kits usually come with all new hardware and lubricants.
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93K on my fronts and still look OK. Rears were done in January by dealer when I had an axle seal leak.
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Not sure about the 2wd versions but we have 4 wheel discs. I doubt the 2wds have them.wamason wrote:Do the CC's have better brakes than our 2wd cousins? I don't consider myself a hard driver at all, but I went through a set of pads every 26-30K miles on my 00 Sonoma X-Cab. It takes alot less pedal travel to brake with my CC, and it seems to stop quicker too.
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finally changed my Brakes front and rear at 93000 miles on stock brakes and I would say they had atleast 30-40000 miles left on them I couldnt believe it ,took about 2 hours to do all 4 wheels in my driveway.
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stops on a dime now just like when new only problem when doing them is the top bolt is tight to get a short socket on ,the rears take about 15mins each side thats even with takin the wheel off
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Anyone know how difficult it is to replace the pads/shoes in the emergency brake? Mine doesn't work at all. It worked ok when I got the truck, especially to keep it from rolling forward, but has never worked well to keep it from rolling in reverse. And now it wont work at all.
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I am having the same problem with my emergency brake. The top of my driveway is on a slight slope and when I put it in park and hit the emergency brake and take my foot off the regular brake it always rolls back a little bit. If I am parked somewhere and have the emergency brake on and go to pull forward it won't budge. It didn't do this when it was new. I just noticed it doing this in the last several months.
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How many clicks do you get when you engage the e-brake. if it is more than 4-6 your break cable may need adjusting as they do stretch a little over time. I just had mine adjusted at 14k I was using them every day to hold me nose down a fairly steep slope and the pedal was going past 6 clicks and not holding well, the truck would roll about a foot until the trans stopped the truck ( very bad for the parking pawl).
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mine didnt have wear indicators on them unless thats what the little metal clips were that had to be reused on the new pads.I did replace them with creamic pads at 98 bucks for front and rear.
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yup that's what those clips are. when the pads wear down far enough so they contact the rotor they start to chirp. If you ignore the chip it becomes a heavy metallic squeal and normally means that now not only do you need pads but also rotor turning/replacement.
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Since we are guys and instruction manuals are for wimps I only figured this out when I had my old blazer in for repair and they told me they had installed a replacement set because they were missing on the new pads I installed.
They are there strictly to make sure you do not burn the pads down to the rivets and ruin the rotor, why they don't just build them in is beyond me.
They are there strictly to make sure you do not burn the pads down to the rivets and ruin the rotor, why they don't just build them in is beyond me.
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04crewvt wrote:How many clicks do you get when you engage the e-brake. if it is more than 4-6 your break cable may need adjusting as they do stretch a little over time. I just had mine adjusted at 14k I was using them every day to hold me nose down a fairly steep slope and the pedal was going past 6 clicks and not holding well, the truck would roll about a foot until the trans stopped the truck ( very bad for the parking pawl).
Umm mine doesnt make any clicks at all when i push my e brake..is this bad??
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I don't remember mine "clicking" eitherriceburnr2005 wrote:Umm mine doesnt make any clicks at all when i push my e brake..is this bad??
Does it hold the truck? Mine did.
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Re: Brakes how many miles and what kind?
nope, doesn't hold..thats why i was reading these parking brake threads...going to look at mine tomorrow.
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Re: Brakes how many miles and what kind?
The s-series manuals don't do the best job of explaining it. The shoe needs to be adjusted first.
Check out this thread: Emergency brake adjustment
Check out this thread: Emergency brake adjustment
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Re: Brakes how many miles and what kind?
Mine doesn't click either. Nor does it hold very well.
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