Brake woes

[FLATHEAD]

Did new pads on all four corners on my 2015 Chevy 2500. Also replaced rear rotors due to a little rust build up on inside. Front rotors in nice condition. After install noticed the left front was getting hot. Went ahead and replaced both front calipers, no change. Went ahead and replaced brake hose on that side. No change. Figured I got a bum caliper. Took it off, took it back and exchanged for another one. No change. Figured maybe the ABS module is bad. Pulled fuse for ABS. No dice.
At my wits end. A simple pad change snowballed into a headache.
Any ideas???

 

[briangcc]

Manufacturing defect with pads or rotor. Don't ask how I know this...

Rock Auto may you rot in.....

 

[FLATHEAD]

Manufacturing defect with pads or rotor. Don't ask how I know this...

Rock Auto may you rot in.....

My initial thought, that’s why I took the brand new caliper back and exchanged it for another new one. But yeah wouldn’t surprise me if they both are bad.
Truck goes into shop tomorrow. Not having it is putting a damper on my boating/ fishing.

 

[tphoyt]

Could be another issue. Bearings creating heat or maybe cv joint if 4x4. Keep us posted.

 

[Lou C]

Sometimes with a bad wheel bearing you don't feel the play till you remove the caliper, wire it up so it doesn't hang by the hose, put wheel/tire back on and then check for play with the caliper off. Had this with our '98 Subaru, they were famous for losing wheel bearings. I was shocked at how much play there was in the bearing, it was causing the rotor to wobble and drag on the pads.....

 

[FLATHEAD]

I hear ya about the bearings, I checked for play and didn’t seem to be any. It’s in the shop now $$$.
Wife said to me last night “ Truck is ten years old you should get a new one” Very tempting, but I really like my truck. Only 81000 on the clock.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Wife said to me last night “ Truck is ten years old you should get a new one” Very tempting, but I really like my truck. Only 81000 on the clock.

that is not even broken in yet...... have you priced a new truck lately?

regarding the calipers. did you clean out the debris from the clips on the pads? that will cause them to bind a bit.

did you service the slide pins? the grease in them gets hard and the slide pins quit sliding.

 

[tphoyt]

I recently went from a 2000 to a 2022.
The term they don’t make em like they to couldn’t be more true.
Everything is thin stamped steel and just feels flimsy but it is a nice comfortable ride with all the bells and whistles.

 

[dingbat]

I recently went from a 2000 to a 2022.
The term they don’t make em like they to couldn’t be more true.
Everything is thin stamped steel and just feels flimsy but it is a nice comfortable ride with all the bells and whistles.

Most of that has to do with development and use of AHSS/UHSS steels that can be 2-3 times stronger than early materials.

Steel now only needs to be 0.05” thick to provide the same strength as a 1/8” sheet.

 

[FLATHEAD]

that is not even broken in yet...... have you priced a new truck lately?

regarding the calipers. did you clean out the debris from the clips on the pads? that will cause them to bind a bit.

did you service the slide pins? the grease in them gets hard and the slide pins quit sliding.

For sure, like I said the calipers and clips are brand new.

The best price I could find for a truck that checks enough boxes for me is just shy of 52.000 and it’s 5 hours away. But considering a better equipped model runs up to 80.000.

 

[Lou C]

Then there’s that massive GM recall on 21-24 models just announced. Seems like they can’t even build a reliable small block V8 any more! It’s like 800,000 -900,000 trucks!

 

[FLATHEAD]

I recently went from a 2000 to a 2022.
The term they don’t make em like they to couldn’t be more true.
Everything is thin stamped steel and just feels flimsy but it is a nice comfortable ride with all the bells and whistles.

How true. My current truck has the 6 liter. A motor with a good reputation and doesn’t have the active fuel management that was supposed to be the great thing on the 5.3.
I don’t know much about the 6.6 that comes on the new 2500 series trucks.

 

[Scott Danforth]

I don’t know much about the 6.6 that comes on the new 2500 series trucks.

stroked version of the 6.2 which was a larger bored version of the 6.0. https://poweredsolutions.gm.com/products/engines/l8t-engine. 4-1/16" bore, and 3.85" stroke (103.25 * 98mm)

 

[Scott Danforth]

Then there’s that massive .....recall on 21-24 models

all manufacturers have recalls going right now. GM, Ford, Stellantis, Toyota, Nissan, Honda......

The world should have listened to Dr Demming more on quality.

 

[dingbat]

The world should have listened to Dr Demming more on quality.

Had a meeting a couple of months ago with a large supplier of metals to the automotive industry.

Had the heads of Management, Engineering, Operations and Quality sitting at the table. Given the demographics, a bunch greying guys, it didn't take long before subject of the lack of younger talent coming in to fill our shoes came up.

Things are only going to get worst.........

 

[FLATHEAD]

Had a meeting a couple of months ago with a large supplier of metals to the automotive industry.

Had the heads of Management, Engineering, Operations and Quality sitting at the table. Given the demographics, a bunch greying guys, it didn't take long before subject of the lack of younger talent coming in to fill our shoes came up.

Things are only going to get worst.........

Not only lack of talent, add lack of work ethic.

 

[tphoyt]

Lack of work ethic is my biggest challenge in hiring seasonal help. It’s tough to find anyone that wants to actually work for their money.
I just hired 2 last week and so far so good. I might get lucky this year. Thank god my kids took after me and are go getters. And I’m also glad they chose to do something other than manual labor. I love what I do but it’s getting harder to do what I want to do. I have gone through 17 surgeries 5 on my back alone to keep my body going. I need to get another 10 to 15 out of it and I’ll be good.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Lack of work ethic is my biggest challenge in hiring seasonal help. It’s tough to find anyone that wants to actually work for their money.
I just hired 2 last week and so far so good. I might get lucky this year. Thank god my kids took after me and are go getters. And I’m also glad they chose to do something other than manual labor. I love what I do but it’s getting harder to do what I want to do. I have gone through 17 surgeries 5 on my back alone to keep my body going. I need to get another 10 to 15 out of it and I’ll be good.

In the ten years leading up to my retirement I saw a steady decline in work ethic in the workplace. Some had to do with policies put in place at my place of employment. Won’t say more at risk of conversation becoming political.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Manufacturing defect with pads or rotor. Don't ask how I know this...

Rock Auto may you rot in.....

Brian you win. Turns out the caliper was no good. That’s two brand new ( remanufactured) calipers from Auto Zone. Technically you could say three because I had the shop replace both sides with OEM while they were at it. That’ll teach me to buy cheap parts. Always a crap shoot. Never again.

 

[tphoyt]

I once got a caliper that no piston in it.
It even had a sticker on that said inspected.