Wagner rotors and severe duty pads?
Just got my truck inspected. The front brakes are nearly shot. The rear pads have over 50% of their life left. I had already planned to put new pads at least on the truck before heading out to th...
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rhagfo wrote:No one mentioned it because it needs to done rarely. Definitely falls under the heading of "if it ain't broke don't fix it".
Interesting that in four pages of discussion of about brakes, rotors and pads, no one has mentioned replacing or rebuilding the calipers!
The one time I didn’t rebuild the calipers (I was young and cash short) later one caliper froze up. I have with that exception always rebuilt the calipers quick and easy.
Always replace or turn rotors and because I open the system for the caliper rebuild, flush the fluid.
It amazes me the many post just put in new pads and call it good! Brakes are a life and death function on your TV, why cheap out!
To the OP: if your brakes are shot at 45K miles, you best flush the fluid as has likely been cooked many times.
Our 79 F250 got over 80k miles brakes, DW 91 Ranger got over 100K on OEM brakes.
"why cheap out". Why spend money unnecessarily? It's not being cheap it's being sensible. If you have lots and lots of disposable income and need to find someplace to spend it, then replace all parts with new every time, but it usually just isn't necessary.
