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...
Forum Discussion
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 agree 100%. The truck already has heavy duty brakes when compared to the 1500s.
As far as the lines, trucks whose life was spent in the south will not typically have the brake line rot issue seen in that generation. I went through the total replacement of brake lines, trans lines, fuel lines on a 2000 Silverado. That was after about 10 years and at 200K+ miles of PA road salt. I have seen some trucks of that generation that were from the southern states, and came through auctions ending up on used lots in PA, and the lines were almost like new. I've also seen plenty of Ford's and Dodges of early 00 vintage that needed new lines also, and shock mounts, exhaust systems, some even frame repairs. Freaking salt.....and that liquid chemical they spray prior to a snow event I believe to even be worse than salt.
I replaced trans lines on a 13 F150 last fall due to rot from the road salt. **** thing left me stranded to boot when it blew apart. No transmission dipstick or fill tube, at least of you don't feel like crawling underneath. What a great feature it is.
