Powerslot Cryo Rotors

[bigdogxx]

Well i made the plunge to upgrade my front brakes with some new powerslot cryo rotors with hawk lts pads.

 

My main question is holy crap the front disk are huge, they measure 13" in diameter. Is this correct as it was a bitch trying to figure out what part number to order as it was the first year back to a rear drum design. Never really had my tire off the front to actually see how big the rotors are on this thing.

[MS3DALE]

Yep,Thats correct,thats why 16" wheels won't fit most '05-up trucks,as they increased the front rotor size.

[bigdogxx]

Yep,Thats correct,thats why 16" wheels won't fit most '05-up trucks,as they increased the front rotor size.

 

Nice, im not sure i could afford another 3 weeks for another cryo set, with what my mechanic said i had left on my brake pads a month ago lol.

 

Hey Dale how are the wheel bearings on these trucks? I remember my zr2 s10 i could pretty much break down the mileage to a tee when i had to replace ball joints and idler arms lol. Last thing i want to do is to be ripping these brake parts off in another 5-10,000 miles.

[MS3DALE]

Hey Dale how are the wheel bearings on these trucks? I remember my zr2 s10 i could pretty much break down the mileage to a tee when i had to replace ball joints and idler arms lol. Last thing i want to do is to be ripping these brake parts off in another 5-10,000 miles.

 

No "major" issues with them.

I remember the lower ball joints on my '94 ZR2 only lasted 11,000 miles before needing replaced.

[bigdogxx]

Hey Dale how are the wheel bearings on these trucks? I remember my zr2 s10 i could pretty much break down the mileage to a tee when i had to replace ball joints and idler arms lol. Last thing i want to do is to be ripping these brake parts off in another 5-10,000 miles.

 

No "major" issues with them.

I remember the lower ball joints on my '94 ZR2 only lasted 11,000 miles before needing replaced.

 

 

I see you had that same zr2 maintenance calendar as me.

 

In the 144,000 miles of owning it i

 

Replaced the ball joints 6 times

Replaced the idler 9 times

Replaced the pitmen 5 times

Replaced the cooler lines 5 times.

And even had the inside of my transmission rust out from a leaking dipstick tube that i was never told about.

 

Good times though, that truck was still worth the maintenance agony as it kicked some ass imo.

 

Thanks for the info.

[MS3DALE]

Hey Dale how are the wheel bearings on these trucks? I remember my zr2 s10 i could pretty much break down the mileage to a tee when i had to replace ball joints and idler arms lol. Last thing i want to do is to be ripping these brake parts off in another 5-10,000 miles.

 

No "major" issues with them.

I remember the lower ball joints on my '94 ZR2 only lasted 11,000 miles before needing replaced.

 

 

I see you had that same zr2 maintenance calendar as me.

 

In the 144,000 miles of owning it i

 

Replaced the ball joints 6 times

Replaced the idler 9 times

Replaced the pitmen 5 times

Replaced the cooler lines 5 times.

And even had the inside of my transmission rust out from a leaking dipstick tube that i was never told about.

 

Good times though, that truck was still worth the maintenance agony as it kicked some ass imo.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

 

Thats about "par for the course" for a ZR2.

I loved my ZR2,I special ordered it and waited forever for it to be built (5 months)

I actually only had mine for 10 months/11,400 miles before I traded it for a '94 K1500 Ext.cab Z71,I traded it not because of the ball joint issue,but because I needed a full-size ext.cab truck since I started traveling to NASCAR races,the little reg.cab S10 had no room what-so-ever!!

 

Ball joints and oil cooler lines were very common on all the 4wd S10's from that era,and the idler and pitman arms were common on the ZR2's due to the bigger tires they had,GM beefed-up the size of the axle half shafts on the ZR2's,but didn't beef-up the ball joints,idler arms,pitman arms,or wheel bearings.