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I'm trying to figure out if this is typical or not.
The rotors get destroyed on both sides.
The rotors don't have any bluing to lead me to believe they are over heating. I would think there would be some tell tale signs of over heating.
This is happening on both the front and rear. Both sides. I could understand if one was dragging/binding, but not all four.
Like I said, I have made sure all the sliders are clean, along with all the sliding surfaces. When disassembling everything was still free. The rears I just did must have been hanging a bit as the caliper piston side wore the pads more. But the chunking/flaking of the rotors was the same on both sides.
The rotors get destroyed on both sides.
The rotors don't have any bluing to lead me to believe they are over heating. I would think there would be some tell tale signs of over heating.
This is happening on both the front and rear. Both sides. I could understand if one was dragging/binding, but not all four.
Like I said, I have made sure all the sliders are clean, along with all the sliding surfaces. When disassembling everything was still free. The rears I just did must have been hanging a bit as the caliper piston side wore the pads more. But the chunking/flaking of the rotors was the same on both sides.
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In the rust belt this is typical of a vehicle that sits allot. But if the truck is driven even like you said once a week this should not happen. You may get some little pitting over time but not big chunks coming off like what is pictured.
Are you positive the rear brake calipers aren't froze up and are working properly? Have you ever flushed the brake fluid in this truck? Are you driving threw the ocean or any salt water on your once a week trip?
Are you positive the rear brake calipers aren't froze up and are working properly? Have you ever flushed the brake fluid in this truck? Are you driving threw the ocean or any salt water on your once a week trip?
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Welcome to FTE Norman. I hope you find your solution to your problem and can also contribute to our knowledge base.
I tend to agree with mwsF250. If this is just one side, there may have been an issue with the installation, particularly with the caliper slide pins.
My other thought is towing. Do you tow a lot? If so, you may want to take a hard look at your entire trailer braking system to make sure it is pulling (or in this case stopping) it's own weight.
I tend to agree with mwsF250. If this is just one side, there may have been an issue with the installation, particularly with the caliper slide pins.
My other thought is towing. Do you tow a lot? If so, you may want to take a hard look at your entire trailer braking system to make sure it is pulling (or in this case stopping) it's own weight.
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In the rust belt this is typical of a vehicle that sits allot. But if the truck is driven even like you said once a week this should not happen. You may get some little pitting over time but not big chunks coming off like what is pictured.
Are you positive the rear brake calipers aren't froze up and are working properly? Have you ever flushed the brake fluid in this truck? Are you driving threw the ocean or any salt water on your once a week trip?
Are you positive the rear brake calipers aren't froze up and are working properly? Have you ever flushed the brake fluid in this truck? Are you driving threw the ocean or any salt water on your once a week trip?
You would expect me to be driving through s wet salt pile once a week to get theses to look like this, but I don't.
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Welcome to FTE Norman. I hope you find your solution to your problem and can also contribute to our knowledge base.
I tend to agree with mwsF250. If this is just one side, there may have been an issue with the installation, particularly with the caliper slide pins.
My other thought is towing. Do you tow a lot? If so, you may want to take a hard look at your entire trailer braking system to make sure it is pulling (or in this case stopping) it's own weight.
I tend to agree with mwsF250. If this is just one side, there may have been an issue with the installation, particularly with the caliper slide pins.
My other thought is towing. Do you tow a lot? If so, you may want to take a hard look at your entire trailer braking system to make sure it is pulling (or in this case stopping) it's own weight.
It's not just one side, it is inside and outside of the rotors.
I don't tow a lot with it. Like stated above, about 4 times in the last 4 years. And that was only short distance.
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We get all like that.
Drive hard
Plow and hit freeze puddle while brake was hot.
Sit all times on ground cause rusty.
Not wash salt off truck that what cause you replaced brake lines. Stiff brake pedal while you force push cause spilt brake line.
Rear brakes was noritus for that no matter how we try it will end like that.
Drive hard
Plow and hit freeze puddle while brake was hot.
Sit all times on ground cause rusty.
Not wash salt off truck that what cause you replaced brake lines. Stiff brake pedal while you force push cause spilt brake line.
Rear brakes was noritus for that no matter how we try it will end like that.
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That is definitely corrosion from salt. The brake rotors on my boat trailer look exactly the same. My trailer gets dunked in the Gulf of Mexico every week and I usually get about a year out of the rotors, no matter how well I rinse the rotors. I even put stainless steel rotor on this trailer, and due to heat and salt, they always eventually fail and they look the same as your truck.
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