Rotated my tires for the second time on the 24 Silverado 1500 on Saturday for the second time. I was going to look at how easily accessible the front caliper slide bolts would be for servicing at the next rotation interval. Much to my joy I found that the front calipers are four piston and thus have no caliper slides. This truck was the most ridiculously expensive base model truck (4x4 Custom Crew Cab) I have purchased at 40k out the door. For comparison sake, my 2013 Extended Cab was 28 out the door. However, I guess there have been some little improvements. Unrelated, my 2004 (GMT 800) had discs in the rear (with that stupid drum in hat parking brake design). I had to install some guards based on a TSB to keep the rear pads from going down all the time from dirt and gravel being thrown into them. For my 13 (GMT 900) they had reverted to drums again. Now they are back to four wheel discs. I have to assume the dirt and gravel really wasn’t why that GMT-800 was going through pads so fast? Clearly whatever the problem was they feel it has now been fixed.
Pleasant surprise, 24 Silverado brakes
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Glad you don't have to deal with stuck slide pins, so hopefully other rusting problems won't be bad, either!
Also, the GMT800 parking brake isn't that bad, since the parking brake shoes are just a horseshoe that pops out and very easy to replace, no scary springs
Also, the GMT800 parking brake isn't that bad, since the parking brake shoes are just a horseshoe that pops out and very easy to replace, no scary springs
They have their own issues, like dealing with four pistons. It’s easier to deal with a stuck pin than a stuck piston. They can be challenging to bleed as well.
All GMT800's wear the rear brakes faster than the front, 1500 Pick-ups were the worst as they had a thinner rotor, smaller pads, & a single piston caliper.
1500 SUV's had thicker rotors, bigger pads, & dual piston calipers....Similar size to the front.
GMT900 SUVs & all K2XX 1500's got better with larger front brakes with decent sized rear brakes....Though they still seem to wear the rears faster.
The only complaint I have about the T1XX platform is Brake Control Module failures, As the EBCM controls the ABS pump motor & the ABS pump motor is also the power brake assist....It get's dangerous to drive it with a failed module.
The module is expensive & on national back order a lot of the time. I've had zero luck trying to program a used module.
T1XX's also have brake pad wear sensors if you didn't know & any brake service will require a capable scan tool to clear faults & retract the rear calipers.
$9,500 of that difference between 2013 and 2024 is inflation. Not as bad a deal as it seems.
My last set-oem lasted 145k km
Interesting you say this ...I was just shopping front pads for my parents' pristine '06 1500 Vmax w rear drums. This is apparently the arena where you gotta look at the casting # on the front caliper bracket.
Anyway, yeah, it appeared the 1500HD (which this is not) got the same rear pads as some of the front pads on others.
The rules and exceptions on GMT800 brakes seem like learning the English language. They went a long way from formerly being known as the truck where you could buy parts at Circle K
Yeah....The '05/'06 & '07 Classic 1500 GMT800's got rear drums & larger front brakes (Pretty sure the same front brakes as GMT900.
I'll tell you what else, that FNC process on those rotors is no gimmick either. To pull wheels off the rotors and have zero rust to remove off the rotor is pretty awesome. I had remembered reading about that years ago thinking “whatever…”
You know what, thats a really good point.
Agree about parking brake, it just seemed like the “auto adjust” feature of the drum in hat parking brake never worked so you ended up having to take the disc off and adjusting manually.Glad you don't have to deal with stuck slide pins, so hopefully other rusting problems won't be bad, either!
Also, the GMT800 parking brake isn't that bad, since the parking brake shoes are just a horseshoe that pops out and very easy to replace, no scary springs
I've never had any drum in hat parking brake adjustment issues in multiple GM vehicles. My biggest problem was around 100k miles the linings separate from the band here in the salt zone. Then they are a PITA.
