I recently did front and rear brakes on my 2000 Ranger Supercab 2WD w/3.0L and 82K miles. I've had lots of squeaking and squealing from the front disks for the past 3 years, then started getting scraping sounds from the back. I had put Albany brand brake pads up front, but they ate up my stock rotors and still made noise

Turns out the scraping noise from the rear wasn't worn out shoes, it was a broken return spring Almost all of the spring was ground up and the shoes weren't retracting. Autozone sells a brake hardware kit for $10 that includes all springs and retainers for both back wheels Also found out that this truck can have either 9 or 10 inch rear brakes. I had the 10 inch.

I turned the original rear drums and used Wagner Thermoquiet shoes in the back. I put new Wagner rotors (includes bearing races) with Napa Ceramix pads (includes backing pads and anti-rattle clips) up front. All the parts have lifetime warrantees. Used almost half a tube of Slyglide to lubricate all the parts during assembly.

This combination of parts is absolutely quiet and the brake feel is excellent. No black dust either. Expect to spend $60 each on the rotors, $43 on the rear shoes, and $85 on the front pads. Worth every penny since I was going insane from the constant squeaking and I ride with the windows down almost all the time

 

I put some Napa Ceramix on my Ranger last year, and I really like them a lot. Excellent stopping power, quiet as amouse, and virtually no dust at all.

 

Yeah, you were the one who recommended them back in February along with new rotors. Thanks for the good advice

 

just don't do the semi-titanium that bendix makes, they are driving me nuts, going to put some ceramics on this summer, and this helps, knowing that they will quiet the squeaking of these brakes, doing a whole brake job, calipers, rotors should be fine, but they are starting to warp, so at the least, they are getting turned, and the new pads, just put new bearings in, i'll repack them. Thanks for the advice.