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How Many Miles You Been Getting Out Of Front Brake Pads?

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d3athsong Enthusiast

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So far my brakes are great on my 08, but on my 94 jimmy i had to change at 254000 km's and my dad still has original brakes on his 94 1500 at 345000 km's.

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fbachman Senior Enthusiast

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thanks for the replies. Had to leave town on business unexpectedly.

 

I thing the dealer was just churning. I'll have to check it out for myself when I get some time.

 

got 42k on the clock and all seems well.

J-man67 Senior Enthusiast

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You should be OK at 42k. I would still just check them yourself when you get a chance. Mine squeaked recently, so I just stopped and bought new pads. Got home to do them and they had plenty left. I only have 25k on the truck, but I tow every other weekend and the big tires so figured the truck would eat through the pads, but they have not.

Doug_Scott Senior Enthusiast

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thanks for the replies. Had to leave town on business unexpectedly.

 

I thing the dealer was just churning. I'll have to check it out for myself when I get some time.

 

got 42k on the clock and all seems well.

 

 

Actually you should have realized that there is no definitive answer to your question. One thing you do need to understand though is that the dealer will take into account how often you service your vehicle because that will effect what he recommends. If you appear to service your vehicle every 10,000 km and you have about 5,000 km left on the brakes he will recommend you change them now. Does not make him over zealous in his sales effort. Also consider that the majority of his customers are technically challenged so they need to be lead to the water to drink most of the time.

gnet158 Senior Enthusiast

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GM pads and rotors on the 900 series STINK! Both front and rear were shot at 19k, figured cheap pads and replaced both. I had my stock rotors blued coming down from the local mountains and had them replaced. All seems well now but they STINK!

jdubub Senior Enthusiast

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thanks for the replies. Had to leave town on business unexpectedly.

 

I thing the dealer was just churning. I'll have to check it out for myself when I get some time.

 

got 42k on the clock and all seems well.

 

 

Actually you should have realized that there is no definitive answer to your question. One thing you do need to understand though is that the dealer will take into account how often you service your vehicle because that will effect what he recommends. If you appear to service your vehicle every 10,000 km and you have about 5,000 km left on the brakes he will recommend you change them now. Does not make him over zealous in his sales effort. Also consider that the majority of his customers are technically challenged so they need to be lead to the water to drink most of the time.

 

 

 

This makes sense, somewhat. That is a service guy just wanting a sale. If what you said was the case why wouldnt he just tell the customer hey in this many miles you will need new ones. I have yet to find a money tree :) you are right about some people being technically challenged but that is what MOST mechanics depend on to make their money. I had my dealer tell me my brakes needed to be changed, so i went and bought the best pads I could find and when i went to take mine off............................ they were good as new (compared them to the new ones i bought) so the next day i returned the new pads, went back to the dealer and told him exactly what i thought (which was that he must have not been beaten enough as a child, so now that he is grown and still lying, i will gladly do it for his parents!) :)

Jfriday Enthusiast

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I replaced them on my GMT 900 at 26,000 miles. My GMT 800 never needed new pads and I traded it in with 112,000 on the clock.

Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

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I replaced them on my GMT 900 at 26,000 miles. My GMT 800 never needed new pads and I traded it in with 112,000 on the clock.

 

 

Jezzz what do you do deliver mail?

jro909 Senior Enthusiast

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Have truck in for new tires. Naturally, the dealer tries to churn and say I need new pads :fume: ... FRONT AND REAR !.

 

I feel no decrement in braking what-so-ever. No noise... nothing.

 

Naturally, I didn't bite. But, got to thinking... how many miles you folks been getting out of your brake pads (front)???

 

And, since I know this is going to come up: The reason I am getting tires at the dealer, ended up with a nail in the side-wall of one of my stock Eagle LS2s --- found the tire on the rim this AM --- , AND, tires are close to the end anyway, winter is around the corner, so it made sense to get new tires and the dealer is closer than any tire shop around here.

 

Dealer is a tire dealer and has very competitive tire prices (within $3 per tire for what I ended up chossing after calling around) Bridegestone Dueler Alenza H/L 275/55/20 .

 

at about 70k both sets were shot, but the guy that had it before me i assume road the brakes and towed alot...my rears are getting low again 40k later, but they were cheapo after markets...

jimlem Enthusiast

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thanks for the replies. Had to leave town on business unexpectedly.

 

I thing the dealer was just churning. I'll have to check it out for myself when I get some time.

 

got 42k on the clock and all seems well.

 

My '02 has just under 44K miles. Last week I installed a set of 3" lift spindles so I had the entire front end and brake systems apart. I measured at just about 7/16" of pad material on all 4 front pads. I'm pretty sure that new they measured about 9/16" but that was just a quick visual estimate. Last week I was able to use calipers to measure them. The reason I went to the trouble and the most important measurement I was looking for was the metal wear indicators on the pads. These are the things that rub on the rotor & squeal when the pads wear too thin. I wanted to know when I might be hearing them. Not for a while I guess. They are set to rub when the pad wears down to just over 1/16". At the rate mine have been wearing, it should be a while.

 

I do have a question for you though based on your visit to the dealer. Two questions actually: First did you look at the pads while at the dealer? The calipers have a nice inspection window in them so you can see and even measure both pads w/o even getting dirty. 2nd- ethics aside as they often don't mean much at many dealers, isn't it illegal to tell someone their brakes are worn out and they need new ones if this is patently untrue? I mean a trip to the dealer (or any shop) should not be a game of Texas Hold 'Em where bluffing is a legit way of winning. I know from your earlier posts you would not knowingly patronize a business that operated that way so I'm wondering if you called them on their diagnosis or, if there might be a legit chance you used up your pads many times quicker than most owners. I think it would all come down to this dealer's reputation.

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I just did my front pads for the first time since buying my 2007 Silverado off the floor...I got 170,000 out of my stock brake pads and there was no metal to metal rotors where just fine that's incredible !!!!

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