Carbon ceramic pads question
Hey all Just ordered Power Stop carbon fiber ceramic severe duty truck& tow pads for my 2014 Ram 3500 CC LB dually. Most of the driving in that truck is towing out 14k lb. FW. My question, is it ...
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StonedPanther wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
"You get 145,000 miles out of the OEM brakes? LOL"
You obviously don't own a modern diesel with an exhaust brake.
I also obviously live in the real world. There is no way in hell you are getting 145,000 miles, or anything even close, out of OEM brakes. Or aftermarket either. Not even if you have half a dozen exhaust brakes on the truck and 3 on the trailer.
Internet forum BS.
I have facts showing your wrong. My sons 2004 duramax has 260K miles on it with the OEM pads and I suspect they will go another 50K. And I'm not the only one. 3 others I know with GM 3/4 ton trucks have ALL passed 250K on the original brakes. And even with that miles the rotors show very little wear.
Oh. and the 2004 does NOT have and EB and over 100K of the miles have been towing a 10K lb trailer around the pacific NW.
BTW GM uses (at least 2004-15) akebono as OEM supplier and the pads are akebono ceramic.
My 2015 Duramax similar. It has 75K miles and the pads are less than 25% worn. And again, most of the miles are from towing a 10K lb trailer around the pacific NW.
And my neighbor with F-2450's has run two of them past 200K with OEM pads.
Brake pads have improved dramatically once they got rid of asbestos, went to larger wheels allowing much larger calipers and move to advance materials such as the ceramic materials.
