Oddly enough, I got 75,000 miles plus out of my Dakota's stock brakes.
Never changed a shoe or a pad, or even bled the brakes, in all that time.
My only complaint in terms of the brakes: when they get even a little wet,
they make a loud screech. Funcionality is not affected, though.
Ryan Merullo
1993 Dakota 3.9l Magnum 4x4
Z-71 Killer
>
>With both my '93 and '95 Daks, I had to get the pads and rotors replaced
>when they reached around 20,000 km. The '93 was a year old and the '95,
>close to two years old. What I found out (not from the dealer) was the
>factory pads and rotors are pretty much crap. Very low quality. Once I
got
>Speedy to change them on the '95, who knows how much longer they would have
>gone had it not been put to rest after only 30,000 km. Which reminds me,
>I've got pictures of the wreck, but our scanner seems to be flakey. Soooo,
I
>have to get these scanned somehow so they can be posted (as well as the new
>'98 of course).
>
>Norah
>current: '98 Dakota Sport black 4x4 CC V8/5.2L/Auto
>current: '95 Dakota Sport white 4x4 Reg Cab V6/3.9L/5spd
>RIP: '95 Dakota Sport black 4x2 CC V6/3.9L/Auto
>previous: '93 Dakota blue 4x2 CC V6/3.9L/Auto
>
>
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