Best Heavy Duty Brake Pads for Chevy Silverado 2500HD

[@imonaroll9502]

You might want to take off the rotor holders that are on the base of the wheel studs. ❤ makes taking off the rotor easy. 😊

[@ThriftyGarage]

Thanks! Nothing like filming yourself to make you look like an idiot in front of the whole world!

[@danielfransen6301]

If you use the Old pad between 2 C clamps you can compress both caliper pistons simultaneously.

[@danielfransen6301]

Also I’ve seen remove some fluid volume from reservoir to accommodate the piston squeeze. Then refill after

[@ThriftyGarage]

Excellent tips! Thanks!

[@imonaroll9502]

It was a good thing he did it individually because he noticed one piston was sticking. ❤

[@gene7252]

I like to use a new pad with the c- clamp to ensure a straight push on both pistons

[@bigds6692]

I'd love a comparison video of all the trucks! Pros and cons about each one and what you like to use them for! I love this video! It's so good to replace brakes and then have the confidence of knowing that you have done the work!

[@dimpala9599]

Caliper bracket bolts are locktited, you shouldn’t use anti sieze

[@Motoxr32]

You were hitting the rotor on the backside in the beginning with the retainer clips still on the studs.

[@SometimeIsNow]

Great video!! 👍🏼Never heard of Hawk brake pads before. With the dual piston calipers you could use the old worn brake pad across both pistons and use your C clamp in the middle of the pad to push both in at the same time. Take Care

[@ThriftyGarage]

Thanks for the tip. In the moment I really couldn’t remember how I have done it in the past.

[@radomark408]

Great vid on the brakes! Offtopic, how do you like those Yokohama Geolanders? I actually have those in my amazon wishlist right now. At $280 per 315/75/16 tire is hard to pass up. My BFG KO2s are almost in need of replacing.

[@ThriftyGarage]

Not my favorite tire but I didn’t really pay that much attention to them. They were on the truck when I bought it. We probably put 10-15,000 miles on them. For what we do I prefer the Falken Wildpeaks but they aren’t cheap.

[@rjm7168]

Do ya think removing the push nuts would have made it easy to remove?

[@bungel657]

You noticed that to :) :) , I was laughing when I was watching him Bound on the back of the Rotor, while the Push Nuts were holding the rotor on, I wonder how long it took him to see what the problem was.

[@ThriftyGarage]

It definitely would have made it easier to remove once I broke it loose from the hub. But this truck does have some rust and these rotors were definitely stuck to the hub.

[@raymondmcdonald7085]

Glad to see you replaced the caliper. In the event you came upon slick road conditions the braking in that questionable caliper could cause uneven stopping. I had a caliper that did not release quickly enough causing uneven braking on a slick surface which caused the truck to pull hard to the left and subsequently rolled over.

[@ThriftyGarage]

Better safe than sorry!

[@RCCustoms73]

Hawk are the best pads for heavy duty applications by far! Only downside for them is the brake dust they throw. But I'll live with that!

[@ThriftyGarage]

Yes, they are dusty.

[@RCCustoms73]

@@ThriftyGarage If you ceramic coat your wheels, the brake dust washes and rinses right off. FYI.

[@jrm255]

What size bolts did you use to push the rotors off?

[@RCCustoms73]

Should always push both calipers in together! Pushing one in just pushes fluid to the other.

[@ThriftyGarage]

I think the brake lines collapsed, preventing fluid from returning to the master cylinder.

[@Rllasley]

Have you ever tried Performance Friction Carbon metallic pads? Use them on my 2 trucks-2500HD with tow package and 8.1l and my older C20-just put on new Detroit Axle rotors on Front and back...pads I pulled off had 150,000 miles +/-....they use to make for cars and trucks...now just trucks-and Police cars...BEST PAD AVAILABLE....Hawk is Good...Performance Friction is Better...give them a try...I also tow too... Nice video...Thanks

[@ThriftyGarage]

Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to check them out!

[@richardgillis2365]

I’ve got an ‘02 just like yours, much fewer miles though. Enjoyed watching the brake job, you almost make it look easy!

[@ThriftyGarage]

Thanks!

[@RCCustoms73]

What new caliper/brake kit did you use? You never mentioned that. Thanks for a great video!

[@ThriftyGarage]

Whatever O'Reilly Auto had.

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

I was with you to the end… A guy doesn’t leave his buddy stranded with a ‘brake-down’ gone south!!!

[@ThriftyGarage]

Thanks for sticking it out!

[@stevedewolf1]

big air hammer! or hit the out side with a sledge hammer.

[@jamesjett6599]

SO DID YOU BLEED THAT BRAKE??? Did not hear that part

[@ThriftyGarage]

Yes, of course. Sorry if it wasn’t shown in the video.

[@IDKWTFID]

I just ordered these pads i am hearing they are very noisey how are they for you

[@ThriftyGarage]

I’ve never noticed the noise on my GMT800 trucks but I recently put them on my 2018 and gave noticed the noise more. It seems to come and go. Maybe noisy 10-20% of the time.

[@MrScuba1]

you did not take off the factory clip on that 1st rotor

[@ThriftyGarage]

Apparently not! Video tells all.

[@ThriftyGarage]

Fire the editor.

[@808paw]

I go fleet brakes Amazon

[@davepeters360]

He needs to go back to Brake School!!

[@danrich9794]

Those bolts were stick for sure ya lifted the truck lol

[@Raiders1234]

My 2020 silverado sounds like a damn school buss. They have replaced the pad twice.

[@ThriftyGarage]

Do they have a factory recall yet? Obviously new pass isn’t the solution.

[@Raiders1234]

@Thrifty Garage nope. They told me they won't replace them again. Trying to figure out which ones I should just put on myself.

[@davepeters360]

Try removing the retaining clips first Einstein!!!!

[@ThriftyGarage]

Yep, we all make mistakes, some people just aren’t willing to share their fails online.

[@fullmetalfreedom]

Watched till the end

[@ThriftyGarage]

Thanks for watching!