Sounds like your one Caliper is sticking,,causing the caliper piston to not
release back inside, thus you get worn pads. check the Calipers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Kozubal" <grndak4x4@home.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 8:53 PM
Subject: DML: Another Brake Job
> After hearing a rather nasty grinding noise on my truck last night, I
drove
> home and took the rear tires/drums off. There was a good amount of dust
> buildup in the drums and around the shoes. I fired up the air compressor
and
> blew everything out. I also lightly went over the drums and shoes with
some
> sandpaper, just cause they looked glazed a bit. The shoes had plenty left,
> probably good till the spring. I put ther drums and rear tires back on and
> jack the front up and took the front tires off. The passenger's side front
> was completely shot and dug pretty good into the rotors. Since I have had
> the rotors turned twice already, I was hoping they still were thick enough
> to have one more turn left on them. Well I took the rotors into the
machine
> shop tonight and they were too thin, so I had to buy new rotors, no big
> deal. The driver's side pads were ok and looked like they still had a few
> months left on them. However, the passenger's side pads were shot, I mean
> both inboard and outboard were shot, thus causing the grinding noise. I
dug
> out the receipts for the pads, which I bought at Autozone. I paid $24 for
> the fronts(Lifetime warranty) in December 1998. I looked on my log
> maintainance book and I only got 30,000 miles out of these pads, compared
to
> 40,000 from the previous set. I went into Autozone and wanted to try to
> upgrade to a better brake pad. I walked out with some Nascar super duper
> truck pads, which were like $42....so I just paid the difference. I talked
> with the manager and he said the pads should have lasted alot longer than
> that. He claims they are their best pad and the best pad they have ever
> sold, and should last for 50,000 miles(yeah right!). So I lubed up the
> caliper slide pins, and slapped the nice thick rotors on along with the
> rather beefy looking new pads. Only took me like a total of 45 minutes
> yesterday and like 45 minutes tonight of labor work. I vacuumed out the
> older brake fluid from the master cylinder and filled it up with some
fresh
> DOT3 fluid and took it out for a spin......and to adjust the rear brakes.
> All in all, it was a very fast and simple brake job. I just wish the
braked
> wore like my brother 97 Ranger.......he got 67,000 miles out of his front
> pads and 72,000 on the rear shoes!..........but I would still rather have
my
> Dakota and have to do brake changes every 30,000 miles. Thankfully though,
> my Dodge is alot easier to work on than his. Cant beat an hour brake job.
Oh
> well........
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
>
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