Brakes

Did any of these people put anti squeak on the back of the pads? Ask or look.

Yes--they all indicated that anti-squeak was applied.

You might try a set of softer aftermarket brake pads. Sounds like your rotors are glazing over, which could be caused by light braking effort and hard pads. You might even have the rotors turned, with just a very light dusting to resurface the rotor, not really remove much material at all.

Get away form the OEM stuff!
I strongly recommend Evolution Z26 brakes for trucks. You'll get better braking, very low dust and no noise.

^ Intersted in the Power Stops. You have them on your SRT yet?
I’m done with brake dust already on the new SRT. Clean the wheels and 50 miles later they look like the whe last haven’t been cleaned in a month! And they’re cheaper than the EBCs I’m running on other rigs currently.

To the OP, couple suggestions.
1. Are you sure you’re getting the proper braking bias to the rear wheels? If they’re not stopping hard enough that may cause the squealing.
2. Try doing a bedding procedure. Scufff the rotors up real good and then go do 4-5 hard stops from 50mph down to 5mph in succession, without coming to a complete stop with hot brakes. Then drive a bit to cool them down. You WILL smell the brakes but typically takes the squeaking away.

Grit dog wrote:
^ Intersted in the Power Stops. You have them on your SRT yet?
I’m done with brake dust already on the new SRT. Clean the wheels and 50 miles later they look like the whe last haven’t been cleaned in a month! And they’re cheaper than the EBCs I’m running on other rigs currently.

I have the Z23's on the Challenger and I can't tell any difference in performance but there's almost no dust.
Brembo pads are super easy to change!

Very good advice on breaking new pads in.

OP here. Thanks everyone for your ideas. I have tried he hard braking but it didn't help. May have to try other than OEM pads.

There are about 5 different ACDelco brake pads available for your truck. Chances are that the cheapest ones were used. I found out the hard way about ACDelco parts, the quality can be anywhere from junk to very good, depending on price and luck.

azwildcat wrote:
OP here. Thanks everyone for your ideas. I have tried he hard braking but it didn't help. May have to try other than OEM pads.

First, be more specific on the squeaking or squealing. You got 3 sets of brake pads now and didn't solve the problem.
Light squeaking/ chirping under light braking or does it squeal even under hard braking? 1 wheel, both wheels, front?
Having new pads and rotors, presumably OE quality since 2 stealers did them 3 times makes the pads very unlikely and rotors don't just cause squeal typically, especially new ones.
Assuming it's still one or more of the back wheels, and age/location of your truck and assuming they didn't squeak before the first brake job, I think the problem is a stuck or partially stuck piston on a caliper. 10 years old can = rust and the Pistons got squoze all the way back into the bores and I'll guess that the rear brakes hadn't been done in a long time, if ever. Stuck piston, final answer, by process of elimination.

And fwiw, I would never let the same facility that "inspects" vehicles for State compliance do the repairs......fox watching hen house there. Example: how do you know the rotors were bad? State inspector doesn't caliper them, at least not in my previous experience, were they warped?.......unless they sell brakes also maybe?

ScottG wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
^ Intersted in the Power Stops. You have them on your SRT yet?
I’m done with brake dust already on the new SRT. Clean the wheels and 50 miles later they look like the whe last haven’t been cleaned in a month! And they’re cheaper than the EBCs I’m running on other rigs currently.

I have the Z23's on the Challenger and I can't tell any difference in performance but there's almost no dust.
Brembo pads are super easy to change!

Very good advice on breaking new pads in.

Thx for the review. I wouldn't expect any better performance. Those 6 piston fronts almost defy the laws of physics as it is! So I likely wouldn't notice a little less performance either...or care.
Dust is the big one for me and the Powestops are about 1/2 - 1/3 the price.

And yes Brembos are how ALL brake calipers should be designed!