Who here bought there truck new? how many KM or MILES was it before you did your first brake pad change?

 

Mine were changed by the dealer at 19000 miles. THe rotors looked like they had 200000 miles on them. I told them that it was not acceptable and they changed them under warranty. I purchased new pads myself and they installed them. I have not had a single issue since. I have 69000 on the clock now. The rears were changed at 50000.

 

I changed my pads at 20k, they still had a lot of meat left on them but they put out a ton of dust so i switched to ceramic ones.

 

i've got about 43xxxKM on mine and my pads have about 33% in the front and 50% in the rear, was just wondering if this is normal with the original pads.

 

so you saY ceramic is better? how much for a set of those?

 

25,8xx miles on my OEM ones

they got another 10,000 miles roughly...but I might go ahead and do all 4 corners in the near future. Getting a little tired of the damn brake dust myself




btw, the braking proportion on these trucks is about 60/40 (front/rear). older trucks were more of a 70/30 or 80/20 split. so you'll see the rears wear out almost as fast as the fronts nowadays.


so I highly recommend you just do all 4 corners at the same time

 

I bought my truck new and just did mine at 60,000. My backs surprisingly went before the fronts.

 

I put on the first set all the way around somewhere near 20K. I just replaced the front again this week because I had a caliper sieze. Caliper was replaced, with new pads on both fronts by the dealership under Ford's ESP.

 

Bout 22,000 on the front, and I am going to do the back when I get home. I went with the duralast ceramic gold pads they are 50 bucks a set, but have a lifetime warranty and almost no brake dust night and day difference from the oem pads. almost forgot for some reason on those the hole the spring goes in was not deep enough so I just drilled it out a little bit and have had no problem. I love them other wise especially having chrome wheels much less polishing.

 

i've noticed a significant increase in front brake dust as they've worn down, i think i'll use ceramics when i change

 

I picked up some Raybestos pads. My friend is a mechanic so he got them at discount and passed the price to me. I don't remember the exact price but I think it was around $90 for the front. That was 2 years ago and from the looks of this website the prices have dropped considerably.

BrakePerformance.com|Ceramic Pads

 

I got akebono ceramic pads and will NEVER go back.....50-60 bucks a set if i recall from rockauto.com....and very little dust and way better grip than stock....

 

Hey guys.. the little woman has a 2005 f150.. is there anything different about changing these pads over any other truck ???? Her fronts are getting low !

 

There is no corelation between how many miles you have driven your vehicle and when the brake pads need replacement. the ONLY thing that affects brake pad/shoe wear is how OFTEN you apply/use the brakes. If you never step on the brake pedal you will never wear out your brake linings. The more you use your brakes, the faster they will wear out. Of course, not using your brakes can be hard on the sheet metal (yours and theirs). Dan.

 

nope, pretty much like any standard pad change. nothing special to be worried about IMO