2013 Ram vs old Chevy

4x4ord wrote:

Wow, three sets of pads in 138K miles? You must do lots of drag racing. :) Anyway you got me thinking I maybe should check mine so I stuck my phone between the spokes of my Ford and snapped a picture to see how my oem's are holding out after 45k miles. I guess if I snap another picture at about 80k miles I should be able to make a fairly close approximation of how long they will last.

Here is a heads up, you need to check the rear pad. There are three things that will make your pads wear.
1: sticking slides
2: corroded/pitted pistons bore pockets. Even with the non metal pistons they us now.
3: brake hoses that collapse and does not allow the fluid to return.

#1 will wear out the front pad before the rear.
#2 & #3 will wear out the rear pad.


from your pic, your pads about then 2/3 warn. Now I don't wait until the pads are metal on metal before I change them. My first set was changed at about where yours are right now, maybe a little less but not much. Non of mine have ever hit the wear sensors until this last set. I changed my hubs before they were needed, same with my inner and outer tie-rod ends. Why? The upper ball joints needed replaced, so why wait until something fails then costs you more in the long run. To bad we can't get management to subscribe to this philosophy, we would have a lot less down time and make a lot more parts.

Don