Heavy Duty Brakes?
I am prepping a "new to me" TV and looking for some pre-season advice. My tow vehicles have always been trucks I bought new, so was very aware of prior maintenance etc. My new TV is a 3500 Silverado...
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theoldwizard1 wrote:
If you are NOT having your service done at the dealership, make sure they are using NEW OEM transmission fluid not just "cleaning" the old fluid and adding some "magic" additive !
A lot of OEM offer "premium" brake pads, typically made from ceramic. Again, if you are at the dealership, ask about it and make sure they are using genuine OEM replacement discs.
If you are taking it to an independent shop, there are a lot of good NAME BRAND brake parts out there. I prefer Raybestos Advanced/Hybrid Technology pads BUT they have several different grades of parts. Same is true with rotors. My old E150 used to "eat" rotors until I switched to netter quality name brands.
Never heard of "cleaning" oil and dumping it back in, but yeah don't do that. And for the Alli in particular, use Castrol Transynd if you do a fluid replacement. Idk why other than Allison used to double the factory warranty on med duty and above transmissions if it was replaced with Transynd early. Tells me that it's good.
