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mrgrim007
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Jul 23, 2013

Rear brakes wearing faster because of high tongue weight?

My 2002 Suburban 2500 is in the shop today getting an oil change and rear brakes replaced - pads and discs. The mechanic said the brake are wearing unevenly and faster than usual and that this is dir...
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BurbMan
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Jul 23, 2013
I have a 1200 lb tongue weight and my rears always wore before the fronts. I just replaced the brake lines and also the rear calipers because the bleed screws were frozen and noticed uneven pad wear....fronts are fine yet.

I get about 60,000 from a set of brakes...they don't wear out that often unless you tow every day.

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