Brake Pads

RoyJ wrote:
If heavy towing, get semi metallics with the highest friction code (FF or better).

Take a look at F550 pads on Rockauto - only semi mets, no ceramic or organic. Same with medium duty trucks / school buses. Ceramics don't dissipate heat well.

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If heavy towing, get semi metallics with the highest friction code (FF or better).

Take a look at F550 pads on Rockauto - only semi mets, no ceramic or organic. Same with medium duty trucks / school buses. Ceramics don't dissipate heat well.

169,000 on my 03 GMC I bought new in 02. Never have replaced the original pads. Last service I had done said they were still good. Bet they don’t make them like that any more.

TECMike wrote:

Tried many other expensive pads and even slotted rotors, but I have found Motorcraft work best for my 2002 F-250 7.3 truck over the years.

OMG, how many sets of pads and rotors you gone through on that truck??

Done a lot of towing, sometimes in the Rocky Mountains and hot Texas heat.

My favorite pads are Ford Motorcraft Superduty Extreme Service pads. I replace rotors with Motorcraft rotors rather than having old rotors turned.

Tried many other expensive pads and even slotted rotors, but I have found Motorcraft work best for my 2002 F-250 7.3 truck over the years.

All four of my rotors are the original since new. 205,000 miles. Never even turned them. Slap the pads on and go.

The Ford EB is not as good as the Cummins EB

Must be a Ford thing as the last Ford truck I owned was a 69 F100 with drums.


Or it could be the EB does not hold back much and the service brakes are dependent on much more.

And most of those after market rotors are from China--right now sitting in the container log jam in CA.

The rotors on my 06 F150 and my 08F450 were both one and done and I measured them myself.