Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

[ezbtr]

I'm thinking semi metallic, which ones offer great stopping and last?

 

[valkyr]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

I always go with semi-metallic. I have had asbestos once before and the squealing was awful.

Bendix is good but I don't really know if there is much different between semi-metallic brands.

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Wagner Thermo Quiet.....A little pricey but they don't squeal and they throw very minimal amounts of dust so your wheel don't turn brown from the metalic dust that turns into rust.

 

[dolluper]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Any S/M pad if you break it in right,if you don't they can squeel from day one
I like feneco or satisfied
Break in couple slow pressure stops at 30 mph giving time in between for rotors to cool a bit then a couple slow pressure {long distance stops} at 45 mph with less time for cooling generating more heat

 

[jimr]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

like said wagner thermo quiet or I have used ac delco durastop and they were excellent brakes

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Nothing I've tried works well for my '94 3/4 ton 454 Suburban. The brakes are atrocious and only last 17.5k miles. Some day I will try ceramics. I've heard they don't last any longer but they stop much better.

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Another note.....Don't put new pads on worn rotors or drums. Replace or have them machined.

 

[rwise]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

some thing there has to wear, wheather its the pads or the roter. The longer life pads will wear the roter faster so you have to replace it with the pads (more often)
just a thought.

 

[Chief101]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Nothing I've tried works well for my '94 3/4 ton 454 Suburban. The brakes are atrocious and only last 17.5k miles. Some day I will try ceramics. I've heard they don't last any longer but they stop much better.

Boom, That's a large vehicle with too minimal of brakes. I know you live in hilly country as do I and the way you use the brakes makes a huge diference. I had the same situation and solved it by learning to be easier on the brake pedal. I have a mechanic that does my brakes tho I don't know what brand he uses but I can tell you at 60k on these brakes I still have plenty of brake pad and shoe left, but I am having them changed next year anyroad. Chief Chief

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Boom, That's a large vehicle with too minimal of brakes. I know you live in hilly country as do I and the way you use the brakes makes a huge diference. I had the same situation and solved it by learning to be easier on the brake pedal. I have a mechanic that does my brakes tho I don't know what brand he uses but I can tell you at 60k on these brakes I still have plenty of brake pad and shoe left, but I am having them changed next year anyroad. Chief Chief

Chief, you have a 3/4 ton as well? If so, ask your mechanic what he used and let me know. Heck, I get 27k miles on my grossly overloaded 1/2 ton E-150 brake pads and that is with the rear shoes hardly doing anything. I only replaced the rears, for the first time, at 218K miles.

There is no one easier on the brake pedal than Moi. I got the 'burb with 17k mi on it, in early '96. At 17.5 k the brakes started pulling a little when I stopped. I had the brakes checked and the pads were down to business card thin, so they replaced thems. Undissipated heat was causing the pulling due to the pads thinness.

17K later (35k miles) they started pulling slightly again. Checked the pads, they were business card thin. I replaced them with Napa's best metallic and all was well. I now only have 44K on the old 'burb so I should be good for another 8K. At 9-10 mpg, you can imagine it is not my first choice to hop into to go to the local grocery store, so it should take me a while to get there.

 

[rogerwa]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

On my expedition, I use only ceramics. I used to use the Semi-metalic but the dust was so bad that I couldn't stand it. The ceramics took that away. I replacce the whole front every other year. Thats about all I have to feed that beast other than gas and oil.

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

On my expedition, I use only ceramics. I used to use the Semi-metalic but the dust was so bad that I couldn't stand it. The ceramics took that away. I replacce the whole front every other year. Thats about all I have to feed that beast other than gas and oil.

Well Roger, that doesn't tell us much, except that they are cleaner. How about the mileage , stopping power and fading?

 

[wildbill59]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Go with the ceramics. Go name brand and you'll wonder why you ran anything else in the past. A bit more but then I don't skimp on brakes or tires.

 

[Chief101]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Chief, you have a 3/4 ton as well? If so, ask your mechanic what he used and let me know. Heck, I get 27k miles on my grossly overloaded 1/2 ton E-150 brake pads and that is with the rear shoes hardly doing anything. I only replaced the rears, for the first time, at 218K miles.

There is no one easier on the brake pedal than Moi. I got the 'burb with 17k mi on it, in early '96. At 17.5 k the brakes started pulling a little when I stopped. I had the brakes checked and the pads were down to business card thin, so they replaced thems. Undissipated heat was causing the pulling due to the pads thinness.

17K later (35k miles) they started pulling slightly again. Checked the pads, they were business card thin. I replaced them with Napa's best metallic and all was well. I now only have 44K on the old 'burb so I should be good for another 8K. At 9-10 mpg, you can imagine it is not my first choice to hop into to go to the local grocery store, so it should take me a while to get there.

I'll see if I chase him down and find out. I'm not sure he used any special pads but when I find out I'll let you know. I do have a 3/4 if that makes a dif. Chief

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

I'll see if I chase him down and find out. I'm not sure he used any special pads but when I find out I'll let you know. I do have a 3/4 if that makes a dif. Chief

What year, Chief? I think that 2000 or later Chev went to a dual piston front caliper. This let them use a larger brake pad which they said they could not use with the single piston caliper. Hence the brake pads were too small, generated too much heat and wore out very quickly. (so they said)

 

[rogerwa]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Frankly I have not had any issues with stopping distance or fade. Performance wise I did not notice any difference. No squeal either.

I am guessing I get 40K miles per set. Mine wear funny though so I don't that thsi is a relevant number..

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Frankly I have not had any issues with stopping distance or fade. Performance wise I did not notice any difference. No squeal either.

I am guessing I get 40K miles per set. Mine wear funny though so I don't that thsi is a relevant number..

Ya but roger, IMHO Ford brakes were always better than the notorious backward, inept General Motors. How they could underbrake their trucks and SUV's for so many years and get away with it?...come to think of it, maybe they didn't. During the earlier years, Ford outsold Chebby by a factor of ? many. My '94 is a joke. I can't even flash the headlights with the turn indicator lever. I could do that in my 1962 Volkswagen and I could certainly do that in my wife's '88 Grand Marquis.

Plain and simple, chevys are turds!

 

[Chief101]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

What year, Chief? I think that 2000 or later Chev went to a dual piston front caliper. This let them use a larger brake pad which they said they could not use with the single piston caliper. Hence the brake pads were too small, generated too much heat and wore out very quickly. (so they said)

It's a '96 Chevy 3/4 POS. The first GM pickup I bought was in 1970 and I took it back to the dealer and got my money back two weeks later. This one starts once a month to haul trash. It has it's uses but always with a load. Chief Chief

 

[rogerwa]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Ya but roger, IMHO Ford brakes were always better than the notorious backward, inept General Motors. How they could underbrake their trucks and SUV's for so many years and get away with it?...come to think of it, maybe they didn't. During the earlier years, Ford outsold Chebby by a factor of ? many. My '94 is a joke. I can't even flash the headlights with the turn indicator lever. I could do that in my 1962 Volkswagen and I could certainly do that in my wife's '88 Grand Marquis.

Plain and simple, chevys are turds!

Can't really argue on these points as i have had great service from both my 97 Expedition (154k miles) or my 2004 Suburban (53K miles). I only tow at any given time around 3000lbs, so these trucks are not even breaking a sweat. I do load them up with kids. Each of these vehicles can seat nine and just two weekends ago I had the suburban's seats full, with a load in the cargo area and a utility trailer full of appliances.

The Expedition, however, has a nasty habit of the rotor rusting to the hub. the first time I serviced them, I had to pull the hub off with the rotors still on and take it to a machine shop to have them pressed off (took 10+ tons of pressure). Since then, I coat the inside of the rotor that faces the hub with antiseize compound.

In my eyes I still am partial to the ceramics because I do not see any performance problems or differences and it rids me of the biggest annoyances, break dust and squealing. I would be curious if somebody has ever used cryogenically treated rotors, paired with carbon metallic pads.

See http://www.frozenrotors.com/

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Best(longevity) brake pads 99 Yukon?

Nothing I've tried works well for my '94 3/4 ton 454 Suburban. The brakes are atrocious and only last 17.5k miles. Some day I will try ceramics. I've heard they don't last any longer but they stop much better.

The reason you only get 17K out of your brakes is that the proportioning valve that distributes the brake fluid pressure between front and back is putting too much brake pressure to the front brakes. There was a TSB that corrects this problem. I had it done on my 99 454 3/4T Suburban.