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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BurbMan wrote:
FYI, OEM pads on these trucks are ceramic. Lots of fluff floating around on this thread...some vehicles do benefit from upgraded brake components, the Tahoe and 1500 series trucks included. The GM HD trucks have excellent brakes and there's really nothing on the market better than the OEM stuff.
What the OP needs to look at more than the pads/rotors are the LINES...GM trucks from this era are known to have uncoated steel brake lines that rust out. I changed my lines to stainless and went to braided stainless hoses as well.
I redid my brakes lines after I almost lost my sub into lake. Put boat on trailer, attached winch and chain. Return to truck, remove e brake, shift to drive poppped. Floored it out of sloped launch and thanked god nobody was walking in front of truck.
