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Just wondering how long brakes tend to last on the nnbs trucks? I have 50,000kms on my truck now and my local garage is telling me i need all new brakes and i have a nice rejection inpection sticker on my truck now. I bought the truck new in 2011, and i am difinitely not a late braker and tend to be quite easy on my truck....My father has a 2010 sierra with over 100,000kms on the original brake and he is hard on the brakes and tows trailers often.

gmtech4 Senior Enthusiast

gmtech4

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have a friend and you pull a front and rear tire and take a peek,,,,,,,

 

50K KM is nothing for brakes ,,,me thinks they want your cash

newdude Senior Enthusiast

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Yank a front wheel and look at the pads yourself. I'm at 40,500miles (65000km roughly) and still on original pads and rotors on my 2012. I'd say they are 8-7mm thick, which is north of 1/2 way from new. I lube the pins and clips twice a year to keep things free and moving. If they go dry, you can get drag or bind and it will wear them unevenly side to side, and alot faster.

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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Just checked mine last weekend at 45k plenty left on front pads. Rears are more worn similar to my 2000 will probably upgrade late fall or spring

 

 

Ryan

music Senior Enthusiast

music

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2008 w/ 60k miles, many of which have been towing a camper. Brakes look about half worn.

flyboyron Enthusiast

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I took my wife's car to a shop once and they told me the brakes were really bad and could go out any minute. They wanted some high amount to fix the brakes. I said no and went home.

I was so nervous I thought I could lose my brakes any minute by the way the guy sounded.

I finally got home and pulled a wheel off, and they weren't even half way worn down.

 

I was so pissed. I did eventually need brakes but keep my eye on them now.

 

You can't believe some of these shops, it is really sad they do that.

00Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

00Silverado4x4

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Well my truck is of the previous generation to yours but I'm on my third set of brakes in 130k miles. The front factory rotors warped really bad and really early so they were changed. I changed the pads only for peace of mine even though that had plenty of wear left. Since then it's just been a whole bunch of city driving, relatively inexpensive parts, and I'm not always easy on my truck, that caused the other sets to wear faster than what others have posted. If and when you decide to replace your brakes, do not go cheap, get the better brands, the cheapo parts will wear out quickly and will get really expensive quick...not to mention cheap brake pads tend to make a crap load of dust on your wheels.

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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In 89K on my old truck I had the original front pads and changed the rears 2x. The road debris really are them up

 

 

Ryan

Zebrafive Enthusiast

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I am surprised everyone is doing the rears more than the fronts. It used to be the fronts did the bulk of the braking and wore out first. Are fronts thicker linings now?

CapitalTruck Senior Enthusiast

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The trucks with the rear discs eat them up, it's the trash that gets thrown up from the front wheels that grinds them up. However, one time on my GMT-800 I used CARQUEST Blue Ceramic Pads on the rear instead of OEM. I noticed a loss of braking efficiency instantly. That told me that the rear brakes on those trucks do play a significant role in the stopping process. When I put the OEMs on the stopping returned to factory norms immediately.

sdeeter19555 Senior Enthusiast

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Yank a front wheel and look at the pads yourself. I'm at 40,500miles (65000km roughly) and still on original pads and rotors on my 2012. I'd say they are 8-7mm thick, which is north of 1/2 way from new. I lube the pins and clips twice a year to keep things free and moving. If they go dry, you can get drag or bind and it will wear them unevenly side to side, and alot faster.

Same here...I fully expect around 150 to 200k out of mine.

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