gary ridley
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• clio, MI, USA |
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• Registered on 8/28/2004 |
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• 4 posts |
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 Posted:7/13/2005 17:36 |
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I have a 2001 Excursion w/V-10. At this time it has about 91,000 miles on it. Last summer we took a trip to Wyoming. We had about 69,000 miles on our EX at the time. After reading all the feedback about brake problems I decided to change the brakes for the first time on my truck. I couldn't belive it, but I would guess I had at lest another 10,000 miles worth of brakes left. I NEVER had any problem with my rotors warping either. I put on a new set of ceramic brake pads. The rotors still looked good. I tried to get them off but I could see they wern't going to come off easily (rusted on) so I did what the enginneers from General Motors (I worked for G.M. in the engineering department) always tell us, if they look good leave them. So I didn't touch them. The brakes worked great in the mountians of WY. I heated them up one time till they started to fad so I pulled off let them cool down and continued on our trip. The brakes are still working fine. I do have a little pulsating when comming to a slow stop. One of these day I may have to pull them off and get them turned, but right now it isn't a big problem. All I can figure is that about 90% of thoes miles are expressway miles so that is why I haven't had any problem. BUT about 70% of thoes miles my wife put on and I KNOW she is not easy on brakes, so who knows! |
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