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Old Aug 27, 2016 | 08:54 AM
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Brake Wear

Just replaced the front pads on my 07. The fronts were 90% worn and the rear at 40%. I got 47,000 miles out of the last brake job.

What kind of brake mileage are people with these heavy trucks getting?

Oh, the new pads on the front are fleet grade ceramic.
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Old Aug 27, 2016 | 02:04 PM
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Well on my 2003 dually, averaging between 16,000 and 20,000 miles a year, pulling a 40 foot fifth wheel , approx. 6,000 of those miles here is what I get.
Original set, changed at 99,000 to NAPA pads. The reason I changed them was because we were leaving for our summer travels and most RV parks frown on that kind of activity and didn't want the need to change them somewhere on the road.
NAPA pads were changed out at 187,000 due to a very small pebble that worked it's way between the pad and caliper. So I then replaced this NAPA with a set from O'Reilys. When I had the calipers off to find the noisy one, I figured I'd just change them out.
Note: Pads are strictly regular pads, no hi-po stuff. OEM style pads used.
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Old Oct 17, 2016 | 12:10 PM
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Have 109000 on the original factory brakes. Some towing and some city driving. I use the exhaust brake a lot. Fronts are at about 40% and rears 60%
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Old Oct 17, 2016 | 05:38 PM
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85K on mine. Fronts replaced with OEM at 50K. Rears still original. Installed exhaust brake at 83K and leave it on all the time. Brakes should last forever (or close to it).
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Old Oct 17, 2016 | 05:44 PM
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Replaced the front pads last Christmas break @ 93k. I was planning to do the rears the same time but they had plenty of meat on them. Just looked at them last week w 101k and the rears still looks good. That's daily driving though w random weekend recreation trips, not regular heavy towing or hauling.
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Old Oct 17, 2016 | 06:58 PM
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Exhaust brake and free traffic make a huge difference, I have neither and average 50K on the front and 100K on the rear. My commute is 25 miles now and it takes me 1.5 - 2hrs. So happy it stopped raining and I can ride the CBR again. 35min commute.
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Old Oct 19, 2016 | 02:07 PM
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Well hope you luck with that config
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