I've heard there used to be problems with the power slot rotors scrubbing the pads under hard braking.

I think some high grade pads would last a bit longer, but no matter what, it's still a heavy truck...

 

50 K no mine and I still had 35% left. I just replaced them today actually with ceramic and resurfaced the rotors.

 

i replaces mine at 28k with ceramic ones and resurfaces the motors, i only did it thought because i was sick of the ungodly amounts of brake dust i had.

 

It's hard to compare as it is so dependent on how and where you drive. My cousin has 147,000 on his 05 and is still on his original brakes.

 

Which ceramic pads did you use?

 

i traded in my 03 f-250 crew cab 4x4 6.0 with 117000 miles on it and i never touched the brakes. 75% of my driving is in town.

 

Just my two cents on this matter..............but it sounds like alot of you guys are really hard on your trucks. The reason that I say this is because I have just over 67,700 miles, still on my factory brakes. I guess I must be a wuss at driving my truck. J.M.O.

 

In my case I had about 35% life left on the front but the rotors had obviuos wear. The inner and outer edge of the rotor had a nice lip on them and the surface needed a cleaning. My front driverside developed a noise and when I redid my brakes yesterday the truck's braking is quiter and stops better. O ha, I forgot to mention no more brake dust with the ceramics.

 

I installed a performance set of pads when I drove my new 2005 F150 home from the dealer.

Anyone interested in the factory OEM pads?

PM me.

 

In defense, I pull a 16' trailer about 1,000 miles a month and my original front brakes were undersized from factory, so.......

 

Hi all,

I'm a bit off my usual turf here in the F150 arena...I own and drive an '04 6.0 PSD. However, my truck for work is an '06 F150 SB extended cab 4x4, with the small V-8 and Auto trans.

I got the vehicle assigned to with 19K miles on it. When I picked it up, all four rotors were so warped you could hardly hold on to the steering wheel when you stepped on the brakes. Well, I took it in and the rotors were turned and new aftermarket brake pads were installed, I think they use Raybestos brand...

However, after about 4-5K, the very bad warped rotor issue arose again...just as bad as it was when I got it. Well, I conviced them to put on four brand new factory rotors, and...you guessed it, after about another 4-5K, the brand new rotors were also warped very badly.

Since I drive my work truck very carefully, and treat it like my own property, I knew it was not my driving style. I was/am a careful and prudent braker, and have never warped any rotors on other vehicles I have owned/driven. So when I took it back in the third time, and the mechanics saw there was little wear on the new pads, yet the rotors were trashed again, they inspected the brakes a bit further. Well, they found the caliper pistons were sticking and causing the pads to drag against the rotors, overheating and warping them badly. It is now supposedly corrected, although I don't know what they did to the calipers.

It seems like I read about this problem somewhere, something about the makeup of the caliper piston, and I was just wondering if any of you had any similar problems, or know any additional details about this issue.

Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance for any replies...


JJ