01 Front brake pad wear verses Rear.

[Gordy]

Did my brakes today new pads, and rotors. I knew the back ones were shot. When I got to the front there was very little wear. I used ceramic pads, and its been so long ago I dont even remember how many miles were on them, Alot.

I was always under the impression the fronts did the majority of the braking, but I do notice that my 05 2500 HD work truck the rears wear out first.

At any rate the front pads were so close to the new ones in thickness that I just swapped the rotors out even though the old ones were decent. Braking has always been good.

 

[waxworkz]

i have an 01 suburban with almost 300K and have never changed the front breaks. i did the back a few months ago for the first time

 

[Hammer450R]

i have an 01 suburban with almost 300K and have never changed the front breaks. i did the back a few months ago for the first time

WHAT! 300k on original front brakes?

 

[Splatmaster527]

i have an 01 suburban with almost 300K and have never changed the front breaks. i did the back a few months ago for the first time

errrr... SKETCHY!!

 

[Rivieraracing]

I bet my fronts would last a good long time, maybe not 300K's worth but very much longer than the rears!! I did a brake job a month ago for just the rears because they were absolutlely toast but the fronts still looked brand new from when I did it all 3 years ago!! And for the record and comparison reasons, I'm running OEM on my fronts and backs!

 

[Gordy]

long time

Yeah Chris its been all of 3 years for me too.

 

[waxworkz]

errrr... SKETCHY!!

obviously you dont know the story behind the build of 00-01 front brake systems. please keep lame comments such as this to yourself, thank you, have a nice day

 

[afpj]

Count the 02 yukon in there as well. Rears done last year at 120k, fronts still over 60% at 140k miles. Don't tow all that much. stock config 5.3L FF with 4WD, not full time AWD. IIRC 06 they changed the brake proportioning so fronts wear out faster.

 

[Sprayed8]

would it be beneficial or even possible to install a proportioning valve to increase the front bias? I'm not really sure how it would work with the ABS system.

 

[WoldD90]

I have 102 K on my original front and rears pads and rotors. And I tow a lot.