How many miles are you getting on your front brake pads? I had mine done at 35,000 and now they are squealing at 70,000. I'm sure if I go to a shop and ask they'll tell me the pads are almost worn out... Seem like this truck eats up the front brakes? Rears are still OK. Sure does dust up the rims. Are there better pads I could look into this time?

 

The expected mileage out of brake pads is different for every driver and every truck. It all depends on your driving habits. Typically, a vehicle with an automatic transmission will get less miles on their pads than one with a standard transmission. If you do a lot of stop and go driving, the life expectancy goes way down. With city driving, you should expect 35,000 to 50,000 miles with an automatic. On the other hand, I live in the country, drive a standard, and average about 43 mph (checking the hour meter against the mileage). I have 112,000 miles and still have the original pads with plenty wear to go.

 

83,000 miles on my front and rear pads

 

Most of these owners post very high brake life.Lots in the 90k plus range.These trucks are NOT hard on brakes with the factory pads usually giving the best all around job and seem to be the most widly used at replacement time.Your on the low end.

 

I just had my rear pads replaced w/ about 49,000 miles on the clock. Fronts were still good to go. I do a bit more stop and go traffic than I would like and I also have a 6 speed.....

 

buddy of mine has almost 90 k on his pads, but the kicker is there is still about half the pad left........ oh yeah, he has a pac brake setup. Me, bout 50 k and I replaced the pads.

 

i have over 119,000 miles on my and i tow w/o trailer brakes(been meaning to fix them)
this is a 3/4 ton truck it should not eat pads under any circumstance

 

I just replaced my pads on my 05 2500 yesterday with Akebono ceramic pads. I've used them on my last truck and after about 2 years had really no noticable wear on them. The other plus is they create less brake dust. They cost close to $100 for the front set but they last.

 

I have 53k on mine and the pads still have lots of life yet. It's a daily driver 8 miles one way to work and tow a boat quite a bit in the summer. You don't drive with (2) feet do you, see lots of drivers with the brake lights flashing every few seconds even on the highway. That would really wear out the brakes. Or a caliper could be sticking, that happed with my old Suburban one pad wore and the other one with plenty .

 

No I don't drive with two feet.

At 35K I had the truck into the dealership for something else and asked what the occasional squeal was from the brakes. They told me I had 30% left on the fronts and 70% on the back. I was about to do a bunch of driving and just had them do the fronts so it would be done.

Now at 70K I'm hearing that same occasional slight squeal. Of the 70K about 20K is towing a 10,000# trailer.

I'm inclined to let this go a little longer this time, though again... I've got a lot of towing trips planned in the next few months and no time to hassle with a repair on short notice if it gets worse.

 

A once in a while lite squeak is by no means a indication of needing replacement.Nor is a "estimated" 30% .Would have liked to compare the pads removed to the pads installed.Usually rears are worn pretty close if not faster then fronts on 4 wheel disc systems.Rears don't work as hard but are of a much smaller size and of a different pad composition which is softer.

 

That's kind of what I was thinking too... Last time I knew I was pressed for time and just didn't want to be messing with brakes and then hearing that I let it go too long and now the rotors are scored... but I think I fell for a sales pitch.

However... iirc someone told me that rears should outlast the front 3 to 1? dunno, just repeating what I think they said?

 

Rear DRUM brakes lasted 2 or 3 to one.Not four wheel disc.Things change sometimes you know.I found that lots of autos were wearing all four about equal on all four wheel disc.Lots have to do with pad size and composition.

 

Almost 141K miles and still on the original front pads.

 

40K on mine. I did an inspection and found I was close enough to the rivets that I didn't even put the tires back on until I got new pads.