Hello everyone, Just trying to see how many monthes your getting out of your disc brake pads. I put new calipers and pads on in March of 09 and now I have to do it again! I guess when your trying to stop a 7400lb truck it goes thru them! It doesn't help that I live in an area that has a ton of hills, valleys, and curves!

159K miles and still running factory brake pads... No joke! :eek: Exhaust brakes do there job and save the brake pads quite a bit... Even worse I'll do my first brake job at roughly 200K miles and 10 years old! I drag trailers and haul heavy... Every year I haul about 12-15 cords of firewood down from the mountains at a elevation of 7K to 8K feet...

my 99 has drums on the back, but i was going thru pads on the front very often(2-3months0. after i put 2 new rotors on(140 each at local orielly's) i haven't changed them since. that was at least 18months ago

I have always averaged around 80-100k on front pads and way more on rears, heck I don't think I have ever changed the rears on most of my vehicles. Man you need to slow down a bit.:p

Man you need to slow down a bit.:p

Actually, just filled up and my ScanGauge says my avg mph for the last tank was 34! Its all of my hills and curves! Before I moved here I had gone over 30,000 on the pads.

Don't try that game with me... I'm a guru of the SG II...I pull simular numbers with cruise set at about 55-65 MPH because all the city streets in Idaho are 25 MPH or less! :rolleyes2:

i just realized that about 24 months ago i pulled heavy trailers on a daily...now its mostly empty

Don't try that game with me... I'm a guru of the SG II...I pull simular numbers with cruise set at about 55-65 MPH because all the city streets in Idaho are 25 MPH or less! :rolleyes2:

Doesn't hurt to try!:biggrin:

You have an auto so I would expect a little more brake wear. I assume it acts like it's in neutral when you let off to slow down for a stoplight, instead of staying locked and dragging you down like a manual does. Not sure if yours is like that or not, never drove an auto cummins. I always leave it in 4th gear and let off and that will get me down to 25mph, then I hit the brakes. Never changed a brake pad on mine, had it for 70k now.

Edited December 16, 200915 yr by ISX

Wow...that's a lot of brake wear. It sounds like something is really wrong. I do nothing but winding mountain roads and city driving with 2000 pounds of tools and equipment in the back of my truck. I changed the pads 2 years ago and they still look like new. Maybe your rotors are tearing up the pads?

I put new calipers on it last March. The pads looked even in their wear. Changed out the brake fluid when I put new calipers on. Where I live it is a 8% grade to the bottom of the hill, about 2 1/2 miles. Don't even give it any fuel until I get to the stop sign! Without braking in that distance I can get up to 60 mph! Most of my trips are only 15 miles round trip, so lots of stop and go. I don't think there is anything wrong with the truck, its just my particular circumstances. :confused:

Wow! It sounds like we live in nearly the same place. My town is at the top of a mountain in the Berkshires (think Norman Rockwell). It's about 12 miles of almost all down hill to get out of the mountains. The last stretch (about 1 1/2 miles) is the only really straight part and is steep enough to have a run-away truck ramp. Strange. I'm not sure why my brakes hold up better than yours. I have a contractors cap and always have at least 2000 pounds in it. Sounds like you have replaced everything. I'm stumped.

I am starting to wonder if I was given the wrong type of brake pads as far as in the make up of the pad?

Is there any thread on the type brand of pads? Perhaps some perform better than others?

well one time in a crunch i bought the 8.99 from autozone. they typically have 3 tiers, and this is the lowest. they seemed to wear quicker, but i was towing heavy with no trailer brakes or jake. the kicker was there is no "squeaker" on the inner pad...before i knew it the rotor was unturnable!