I was having three minor (but annoying) problems with my brakes.
1. Pedal force required to stop the 100 'seemed' too high. Meaning that the amount of force my foot needed to apply seemed abnormally high.
2. Something always smelled hot after driving long periods (it didn't smell like brakes but somehow it seemed like they were involved).
3. When I would apply the brakes with say x lbs of force the truck would begin to slow, then a second later it would slow a little harder. This one is kind of hard to describe, but it felt like somehow two levels of braking power for the same amount of pedal and it happened consistently.
Story has a happy ending though, replaced all pads with blue ceramics from Carquest (which are awesome pads and higher friction than stock) lubing all the pins, etc properly and now all issues are cured. I puzzled for a long time on what would be causing the issues so I figured I'd post in case anyone else is running into these. Search returned nothing for the last few weeks while I researched.
PS: For anyone debating doing their own brakes, the 100's brakes are probably the easiest I've ever done, I knocked out all four corners while keeping an eye on my kid in about an hour and a half! No book or write-up required.
1. Pedal force required to stop the 100 'seemed' too high. Meaning that the amount of force my foot needed to apply seemed abnormally high.
2. Something always smelled hot after driving long periods (it didn't smell like brakes but somehow it seemed like they were involved).
3. When I would apply the brakes with say x lbs of force the truck would begin to slow, then a second later it would slow a little harder. This one is kind of hard to describe, but it felt like somehow two levels of braking power for the same amount of pedal and it happened consistently.
Story has a happy ending though, replaced all pads with blue ceramics from Carquest (which are awesome pads and higher friction than stock) lubing all the pins, etc properly and now all issues are cured. I puzzled for a long time on what would be causing the issues so I figured I'd post in case anyone else is running into these. Search returned nothing for the last few weeks while I researched.
PS: For anyone debating doing their own brakes, the 100's brakes are probably the easiest I've ever done, I knocked out all four corners while keeping an eye on my kid in about an hour and a half! No book or write-up required.