Front brakes
I did a brake job on my 2002 2500 Dmax. The back brakes on the right rear were down to metal to metal. Put on a new rotor and pads. Now to the front. There were a lot of pad left but changed them any ...
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BurbMan wrote:
The brakes are working as designed. The front brakes are bigger and designed to do most of the stopping when the truck is loaded. If the front brakes went to work with the box empty the truck would go sideways in an instant, especially on a wet road. The proportioning valve is set to have the rears do most of the work when the truck is unloaded to keep it in a straight line.
Drove trucks with rear drum brakes for many years. Rear brakes almost never worked because they were drums, the adjusters would rust up, and they'd wear out of adjustment quickly. Rear brakes were always in GREAT shape when it came time for brakes because they were out of adjustment and not doing anything. Not once, ever, did the truck ever try to swap ends because only the front brakes were working.
