Re: Ambassador brakes revisisted

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

Mark,

I've had good luck with Performance Friction pads (carbon metallic). I 
managed over 75,000 miles out of the set I put on my 96 Ram half ton. I had 
another set on for about 10,000 miles that I didn't seat properly (the last 
set I put on didn't have any special instructions with them so they must 
have changed something) which caused them to squeal. I got tired of the 
noise, had the rotors turned again, and put the set I got all the miles out 
of on. The factory pads were only good for about 25,000 miles. I had to 
replace rotors ($100 each -- ouch!) with the last set of pads but I got 
just about 110,000 miles out of the factory rotors.

These pads stop a little better than factory pads under normal conditions 
but when they get hot, they stop better instead of fading. This is really 
nice when towing (especially when you tow close to the factory max rating). 
Also, they don't make a mess of your wheels like factory pads.

Matt

At 09:58 AM 9/14/2005 -0400, you wrote:
<snip>
>   While we are doing the brake thing. My S-10 has 45,000 miles on it and 
> the rotors have all been turned once at 35,000. They began to warp again 
> at 41,000 and it has progressed to the point of thumping the brake pedal 
> at 20 mph. I figure it is time for new rotors. Since I tow a boat over 
> hilly terrain I'm considering going to drilled and slotted rotors and 
> ceramic pads,Trusk has four wheel discs, but is this a good 
> investment???? What brand of pads would anyone recomend? I'm confused by 
> all the hype!

mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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