Come on over to the Chevy side Duane... not only do the brake pads last longer, you don't get any of the brake dust the Fords do!
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I disagree with the dust Jerry. I had a Tahoe for 100K and the GMC HD for 87K. Brake dust was about the same.
Tahoe I put brakes on almost every 15-20K, mostly due to the front rotors warping.
GMC I don't recall ever putting brakes on.
So, the Hawk brake pads came really fast from the vendor. Only problem was that they did not include the spring clips and I ended up recycling 7 of the 8 old clips (#8 I never found)
Prying the calipers off was a challenge, and I ended up cracking one of the pistons. That put me back a couple of days as well as $280 extra.
All the old pads had to be hammer and chiseled out of the caliper/brake pad mounting bracket.
Front pads, maybe 1/4 of the pad surface area is gone. The pad thickness was still good.
Rear pads, some surface area missing. On the rears the pad thickness was about the same as the backing plate, the normal change out time. Never had a vehicle where the rear pads wore out what seems to be twice as fast as the fronts. When towing the Cyclone, I keep the truck controller at 10 and let the trailer's disc brakes do as much as they can.
The reason for even checking the brakes was the perceived loss of brake effectiveness and searching for a noise in the left front hub. Best I can tell I have chunk of rust of the rotor stuck somewhere in the hub. Only makes noise at low speeds, like a pebble in the hub cap. After seeing the surface area loss of the front pads I think I found my answer
Can't get the debris out without disassembling the front hub.