issues with smoking brakes

[gitrduun]

Check for brake fluid first on the rotor, or even in the pads,cuz once you get brake fluid in the pad, you won't ever get it out and it'll seep onto the rotor when it's gets hot from an application and then burn , which is where you are getting the smoke from.
try the simple stuff out. And if you aren't sure about the rear brakes being used, write on them with a marker and do an average application and see if it gets rubbed off

 

[TighTheChevyGuy]

if you used ceramic pads up front, did you burnish them right w the 20-30-30 stop?

 

[purple 'hoe]

I'd pull your front brakes off. Clean everything up. Put it all back together and drive it. I think you just have a simple issue. Not a caliper or rear brake issue.

 

[2drhoeon4s]

I have tried all of this.... Taken them off multiple times... cleaned everything. I bleed the lines into a bottle, so there is no fluid anywhere.......Im stuck...... I checked and my back brakes work fine.....

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Im gonna get new pads just to be safe..... but it is very very frustrating......

 

[Freedom Motorsports]

Before you buy new pads, try the steps below to attempt to properly seat the pads to the rotors.

Begin by taking the truck to about 40mph and do a HARD slow down to about 15mph but DON'T stop, keep it rolling throughout this and the following cycle.
Repeat the first cycle about three times.

Then take it up to about 50-55mph and do the same thing, HARD slow down to about 15-20mph without stopping. Do this twice.

Then do the same thing up to about 65-70mph and repeat the hard slow down without stopping completely.

During these cycles, try not to allow the brakes to cool down between them, yes, you will smell them and probably see some more smoke, but after you have done these steps, drive it easy on the way home or wherever you want to allow it to sit until the brakes cool very well. Once it has cooled really well, maybe give them a couple of hours, then you should have "seated" the brake pads to the rotors and taken care of the smoking.

Just for the sake of asking, what type of pads and rotors do you have installed?

Also, during the cycling through these steps, you will begin to lose stopping power as the brakes heat up, but as they cool, even on the way home, you should begin to feel more bite in them with less pedal when you are lightly braking to make it home so they can cool.

 

[LVNeptune]

I had my brake pads replaced recently and the fronts were smoking like crazy at my first "hard" stop. I was freaking out. Apparently it's "normal" for that to happen. After about 15 minutes it didn't do it anymore.