Need a brake job..

[Gerritt]

Thanks for the advice Paul.. I wont cheap out on the parts, infact I will probably by the best I can.

 

Thanks for the heads up on the white boxes though.

 

 

Any manufacturers I should consider purchasing? I was thinking Raybestos were probably the ones I would be looking at no?

 

G

[Tybo]

Raybesto is very good brake,Just put a set on Joey's van.

 

I use ceramics on the truck.Great stopping but very hard on the disc's

Ceramics are costly though.

 

At work we only use Ray's. It a different style braking system, but we are

also trying to stop 300.000 lbs.

[Tybo]

Monroe's are very good too.

 

If you want to go cheap, Jaspers will get the job done.

[cork soaker]

jaspers have a reputation for squealing like a stuck pig for a couple weeks though! be warned. I won't put em on again, they where a fine pad, and lasted quite well considering the price, but it was lesson learned with the squealing i buy the primo stuff now.

Edited April 21, 2008 by cork soaker

[Gerritt]

Well I did the brakes and did not wind up with any extra parts! It was pretty straight forward, I had a neighbour help me as he had the proper greases etc it got interesting though.....

 

I removed the rotor only to have the emergency shoes fall apart in my hands..... Great.....

 

Off to the parts shop for new shoes and the hardware kit...

 

tested the E-Brakes.. one side works properly... on the drivers side the cable is seized... ARGH... I manually released the shoes... and will be leaving the cable be till next week, I just wont use the E-Brake... I never do anyways unless on a ramp... So I will replace the cable on both sides just to be safe..

 

So it looks like the E-Brakes were in contact with the rotor the last time I used it... and therefor the reason they fell apart... and possibly warped my rotors due to the heat generated..

 

I still have a slight pulsating when braking so it looks as though the front will require attention as well in the near future.... but fixing the rears certainly resolved 95% of the pulsating..

 

I would like to thank everyone for their advice and PM's

 

I wound up with top of the line Raybestos pads... cost $68.00 and the rotors cost 35.00, New Raybestos e-brake shoes were 60.00 and the hardware kit was 25.00.. Learning to do a brake job... Priceless!

 

I learned alot today working on the truck... now to get that E-Cable fixed..

 

G

Edited April 27, 2008 by Gerritt

[maybe]

Way to go!! Glad to hear you made it through without the extra pieces.