Just finished replacing front brakes on 03 Suburban. At least 160k miles on my Perfect Stop pads that came with the car when I bought it at 66k miles.
Also changed front hubs/bearings.
Raybestos Specialty rotors paired with Hawk LTS pads.
I thought the fronts would be more worn than the back and assumed I had more life in the rears, but as I was bleeding system to refresh my brake fluid, I see the rears were equally as worn as the front. Almost identical wear, just slightly more on the rears and the squeaker is just ready to make contact with the rotors.
As much as I would love to do the same setup in the rear, I just don't have the budget for it right now, plus some rear end work will be in my future next year, so I would do rear brakes and bearings at the same time.
I am thinking to throw on a set of medium grade pads - Element 3 pads on the existing rotors on the back for a year. (Don't want to get into turning them either, if I did that, I would just get new rotors).
On the outside face, there is no major grooves or scoring. Couldn't see the inside without removing calipers.
Braking is smooth, no vibrations or pulsations and stopping is straight. Haven't measured for runout.
Florida vehicle so only rust is surface rust in not contact areas.
Any tips or advice when re-using rotors with new pads...aside from turning them, or is this just a bad idea? Again, to replace pads only, I could do this for 40.00 and a couple hours of my time, I will be 250+ if I did the Hawk and new Raybestos specialty rotors.
How about mixing pads between front and rear, could this pose any problems?
I was always under the impression that the majority of the braking happens from the front, but based on wear, this does not seem to be the case with my Suburban.
Also changed front hubs/bearings.
Raybestos Specialty rotors paired with Hawk LTS pads.
I thought the fronts would be more worn than the back and assumed I had more life in the rears, but as I was bleeding system to refresh my brake fluid, I see the rears were equally as worn as the front. Almost identical wear, just slightly more on the rears and the squeaker is just ready to make contact with the rotors.
As much as I would love to do the same setup in the rear, I just don't have the budget for it right now, plus some rear end work will be in my future next year, so I would do rear brakes and bearings at the same time.
I am thinking to throw on a set of medium grade pads - Element 3 pads on the existing rotors on the back for a year. (Don't want to get into turning them either, if I did that, I would just get new rotors).
On the outside face, there is no major grooves or scoring. Couldn't see the inside without removing calipers.
Braking is smooth, no vibrations or pulsations and stopping is straight. Haven't measured for runout.
Florida vehicle so only rust is surface rust in not contact areas.
Any tips or advice when re-using rotors with new pads...aside from turning them, or is this just a bad idea? Again, to replace pads only, I could do this for 40.00 and a couple hours of my time, I will be 250+ if I did the Hawk and new Raybestos specialty rotors.
How about mixing pads between front and rear, could this pose any problems?
I was always under the impression that the majority of the braking happens from the front, but based on wear, this does not seem to be the case with my Suburban.
