Hi Brian,
Like you mentioned, your heavy hauling definetly causes more wear on your
brakes. Your driving style also plays a large part on how they wear. You
also want to be careful of putting on too hard of a brake pad and shoe. The
parts guy will tell you they'll last a lifetime, but at the expense of your
rotors and drums. Harder pads and shoes will cause the rotors and drums to
wear faster. I would rather replace the pads and shoes that to have the
rotors turned. Remember also that after turning the rotors, they will heat
up much quicker and warp more easily.
My '96 has 42k+ on it and still running the original pads and shoes. I will
admit, I have been procrastinating. I need to get in there and check them.
I know they are starting to get thin.
Rich - Ashburn, VA
'96 CC
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Pearson [mailto:dakota_brian@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 4:06 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: all go and no whoa!
Dear DML members!
I have been on the list for a while now and we always talk about going
faster and the performace stuff which is great, but I wanted to slow
down and talk about stopping.
My 97 dakota has 75,000 miles now, it has been great on parts except for
brakes and just a fan clutch which was under warrenty. At 20K miles it
was grinding the rotors, I had rotors turned and new pads replaces.
I then started to watch them. At 32K I replaced the pads again, then at
50K miles I had to replace both rotors, pads, shoes, and turn drums.
When I had the brakes done the 3rd time at 50K I had my step fathers
Meineke shop do them and I just check them a couple of days ago around
75K miles and they still had 50%-60% life left. I asked him why they was
lasting so long and he said it was because we put on better stuff then
the factory, and because we have to garentee them we almost have to put
better parts on.
Also you might want to know what helps the brake wear on my dakota so
fast and that is because I do alot of hauling heavy loads, contruction
tools, trash trailers, job boxs, horse trailers, and a 16' flatbed with
cars and tractors and also anything else on a trailer that does not fit
in the back of my truck while out on the ranch.
I guess with my story I'm wondering if anyone else is having brake
problems or what the normal wear for their brakes is, and just what kind
of stress that I'm putting on my brakes with all the loads that I hual
compared to someone that does not do a lot of braking with heavy loads.
Thanx, Brian
http://www.brian.simplenet.com
97/v6/reg-cab/bolt on mods
soon to be a dually dakota named Runt Ram!
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