6th Gen ('00-'05): Brake Dust
#11
03-15-2017, 07:46 AM
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 5,278
I have seen at truck in one of those sand traps too. It's gotta suck but it beats going off the side of a mountain.
Like you I take pride in letting the engine and transmission work for me both in braking and towing heavy loads. It's easier on the equipment.
Unfortunately even with minimal brake use these pads are making a mess. Hopefully I will change them and the oil in the SS this weekend. If it warms up some. 20's at night and 30's for the high make my shop very cold. Maybe one day I will insulate it. I have a kerosene heater but it doesn't help much.
Like you I take pride in letting the engine and transmission work for me both in braking and towing heavy loads. It's easier on the equipment.
Unfortunately even with minimal brake use these pads are making a mess. Hopefully I will change them and the oil in the SS this weekend. If it warms up some. 20's at night and 30's for the high make my shop very cold. Maybe one day I will insulate it. I have a kerosene heater but it doesn't help much.
Go get a piece of styro foam from the lumber yard 1/2 inch will do, you can even use the fanfold type that they use under siding, lay on that do you car work and you will remain nice an comfortable.
Works great While you are working on stuff.
Works in those 30 below times too.
#12
04-30-2017, 06:34 AM
Well I finally got around to changing the dusty front brake pads on the SS. I installed a set of Wagner Thermo-Quiet pads. They stop great. I am looking forward to keeping my wheels shiny again!
I also painted the calipers, caliper bracket, and non contact ares of the rotors silver. It looks much better. I had painted them blue and did not like it as much as I thought I would. After recently replacing a caliper and rotor I really liked the way new parts looked so I went back with Silver caliper paint. Now I need to do the rear as well.
I also painted the calipers, caliper bracket, and non contact ares of the rotors silver. It looks much better. I had painted them blue and did not like it as much as I thought I would. After recently replacing a caliper and rotor I really liked the way new parts looked so I went back with Silver caliper paint. Now I need to do the rear as well.
