Truck needs new brakes
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TravelTiger
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Hawk SD pads. Had them on previous truck and on this one. Very good towing!!
http://www.hawkperformance.com/performance-street/pads/superduty
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Sniper
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I use powerstop drilled and slotted rotors, and raybestos ceramic towing pads, and have had good luck, with both. Powerstop also has a complete pad and drilled and slotted rotor kit. I purchase a lot of repair parts from Rock Auto http://www.rockauto.com/ They have good pricing and great service.
justafordguy
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X2 0n the Hawk Performance pads. They have much better stopping power than oem.
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X3 on the Hawk pads. I will not buy anything else. Look into cryo slotted rotors. Lots of durability in those frozen rotors.
IronJ
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Hawk pads are great ...slotted rotors give better stopping power, but I would not use cross drilled for a heavy towing application...
I know a lot of racers who use cryo treated rotors, but can't say as much in a towing application.
The cryo process extends the life of the rotor and supposedly the pads.
Out of curiosity how long are stock pads lasting you guys??..I still have the oe setup on my 2012?.
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I know a lot of racers who use cryo treated rotors, but can't say as much in a towing application.
The cryo process extends the life of the rotor and supposedly the pads.
Out of curiosity how long are stock pads lasting you guys??..I still have the oe setup on my 2012?.
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porthole
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Do research before you waste your money on high tech rotors. You will never see the temperatures or abuse the fancy rotors evolved from. BTW, drilled rotors are prone to cracking. And every square inch of material that is removed for holes or slots eliminates 'swept area'. Drilled and slotted rotors should be part of a package, which includes the entire braking system designed around them.
Research the OEM pads, usually a quality pad. Although I'll never use ford OEM pads in my truck again. They were just "to much metallic".
Hawk pads are about the same as any other quality pad out there. I used them on my truck at my 45K brake change (first change).
Had to replace them the fronts at 67K, but that was partly because of the rotors.
The rears went metal to metal at 78K. The fronts I was not to concerned about because I changed them because of the rotors.
The rear hawk pads only lasted 33K. Unusual for rear brakes on anything.
Keep in mind that most people will feel a perceived difference in braking with new XYZ pads because - well they are new.
Research the OEM pads, usually a quality pad. Although I'll never use ford OEM pads in my truck again. They were just "to much metallic".
Hawk pads are about the same as any other quality pad out there. I used them on my truck at my 45K brake change (first change).
Had to replace them the fronts at 67K, but that was partly because of the rotors.
The rears went metal to metal at 78K. The fronts I was not to concerned about because I changed them because of the rotors.
The rear hawk pads only lasted 33K. Unusual for rear brakes on anything.
Keep in mind that most people will feel a perceived difference in braking with new XYZ pads because - well they are new.
IronJ
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33k from hawks?..on the REAR!?...did you do new rotors when u put them on...?
That is crazy horrible mileage from even a cheap pad on the REAR..
My ford oem have done ok...they just have a squeek on light braking that is surly annoying.....but I'm ocd like that..
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porthole
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That is extreme to me! I cannot remember ever changing out rear pads because I had to. Are they dragging? Or are you doing a lot of panic stops in that east coast traffic?
John T Bettencourt
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If you had a GMC or Chevy Duramax you would get 100K out of the front brakes. Everyone I know has got that kind of miles out of them.
justafordguy
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When I changed my original oem pads (because of noise) to new OEM pads it had no better braking power at all and still made noise. One week later I changed to Hawk Performance pads and the difference in braking power was HUGE. They also don't make any noise.
Kbvols
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I will agree. I had 98,000 miles on my Chevy and my OEM brakes were fine.
