I bought the avalanche in 06 its an 03 it had 35k on it then, currently 63kmiles. I use it mostly for towing the jayco 23b rv. I change oil in it about once a year so i'm not under it often. Recently i noticed that the braking was not so responsive and well poor. It did not pull , just took a lot of pedal pressure. Since i have never done the brakes i went ahead and ordered pads and rotors. Today i started going into them. first pic:
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Houston we have a problem!
It took a torch to heat the caliper bolts before i could get them out. When i got the rotors off i saw this!
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The calipers looked like this:
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The brake line:
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I had to beat the rotors off with a bfh, so i coated the hub with antiseize.
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New calipers lubed them with my lube over whatever they use when they refurbish them.
Here are the pads and rotors i used.
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Assembled with new brake lines.
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I bedded the pads in per instructions and it is much smoother and brakes well, i expect this to improve in the next 100 miles or so. Obviously this truck was on the beach by the previous owner. I have never had so much rust on a rotor and caliper before. I can appreciate what you guys up north deal with , it took almost a hour just to get the caliper bolts out. the slide pins were impossible. I did use antiseize on most of the bolts so i can get this apart next time i need to. It also i think illustrates the effects of a truck sitting a lot, moisture underneath it. Its stored under a metal shed along side my rv.
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Houston we have a problem!
It took a torch to heat the caliper bolts before i could get them out. When i got the rotors off i saw this!
[img:center]http://[/img]
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The calipers looked like this:
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The brake line:
[img:center]http://[/img]
I had to beat the rotors off with a bfh, so i coated the hub with antiseize.
[img:center]http://[/img]
New calipers lubed them with my lube over whatever they use when they refurbish them.
Here are the pads and rotors i used.
[img:center][/img]
[img:center]http://[/img]
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Assembled with new brake lines.
[img:center]http://[/img]
I bedded the pads in per instructions and it is much smoother and brakes well, i expect this to improve in the next 100 miles or so. Obviously this truck was on the beach by the previous owner. I have never had so much rust on a rotor and caliper before. I can appreciate what you guys up north deal with , it took almost a hour just to get the caliper bolts out. the slide pins were impossible. I did use antiseize on most of the bolts so i can get this apart next time i need to. It also i think illustrates the effects of a truck sitting a lot, moisture underneath it. Its stored under a metal shed along side my rv.
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