My 02 4x4 has almost 20,000 and no probs with brakes yet..
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Pitz <dakota@billpitz.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Front brakes
>
> On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 05:38:40 -0500, cwkitts@comcast.net wrote:
>
> >
> >Hey guys, just got my truxk back from the dealer. She needed new pads and
> >rotors at 12000 miles. Dealer said it wasnt covered due to being a wear
> >item. Well after a long conversation (needless to say there was a few
choice
> >words involved), and a call to Chrysler (again, choice words) the parts
WERE
> >covered.
> >
> >My question is, to those guys that have had there dak for a while, is
12000
> >miles on vrakes normal??
>
> Did it actually need new rotors or were they just warped? I guess
> they were probably toast since you needed new pads as well. For me,
> that hasn't been "normal." I've got 43,000 miles on my '00 CC 4x4 now
> and am still running the original brakes. At around 16,000 miles, the
> rotors started warping -- very minor pulsation. It slowly got worse,
> and at somewhere between 20 and 24k (don't feel like digging out the
> paperwork now) I had the rotors and drums machined. The problem went
> away, but started coming back at around 40k miles. It's almost as bad
> now as it was when I finally had them machined last time. This time,
> I'm going to replace the rotors with powerslots (also going to go with
> Hawk pads). At the same time, I'll probably have the drums machined
> and replace the shoes as well.
>
> Anyway, as far as actual wear goes, at the time I had them machined, I
> still had a bit over 90% thickness left both front and rear. You've
> probably got disc brakes on the rear though, too, being an '02?
>
> -Bill
>
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