05+ Silverado brakes
Feb 3, 2005 | 08:41 PM
#21
let me guess, thats the right rear. GM sells a set of mud flaps for the front of the rear wheels that will stop that premature pad wear. its cause from road debris getting on the right rear inner pad while driving. it dosent happen on the left side because the gas tank blocks a lot of the debris. the mud flap kit is around $110 and looks like **** IMO.
Feb 3, 2005 | 08:58 PM
#22
Holy crap you are exactly right. My right rear pad was the first pad on the truck to go at 105k and the other 3 rear pads still had about 40% left on them. The front pads still have about 60% on them. I haven't had any problem with rusty rotors, but I might have to fab up a non-visible debris shield for the right rear pad. Great thread guys.
Hopefully they recall it eventually and put some parts on there that actually work.
Feb 4, 2005 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by stone150
i talked with a emissions guy here in houston, and he says he fail tons of new chevy trucks due to the E-brake.
ya, i ripped my e-brake out. one place didn't even pass me for inspection.
Feb 4, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by qwank
let me guess, thats the right rear. GM sells a set of mud flaps for the front of the rear wheels that will stop that premature pad wear. its cause from road debris getting on the right rear inner pad while driving. it dosent happen on the left side because the gas tank blocks a lot of the debris. the mud flap kit is around $110 and looks like **** IMO.
can't remember which side that rotor and pad came from. both sides were pretty bad. i guess it was from alot of off roading, mud, and salt from winters
Feb 5, 2005 | 01:05 AM
#30
brakes
Originally Posted by qwank
I work at a dealer. we just had a seminar about brakes last week. they went back to drums because of complaints of rotors rusting and having excessive thickness variation (pulsating) caused by the brake pads not being able to scarpe rust off the rotors. they can';t scrape rust off because the material they use is not as aggressive as the material used 10 years ago. this is for quieter brake performance. the 05 trucks have the new more agressive pads in the front. they are expensive though. they cost about $230 at the dealer. the drums brakes don't stop better. they do have better pedal feel but won't stop as good a discs. this is why the 2500's still have rear disc. so they can keep thier high towing capacity. with drums in the rear you can't tow as much. also the SS still has rear brakes. and yes the rear e-brake sucks on the 99-04 trucks. the drums will fix that problem. me personally, my rear discs work great.