I get about 15000 mile out of the front pads on my Expedition, but I tow
into 4-8000' mountains also. On the Chevy, there was a recall on my 96
Blazer, which may have also affected the big 4x4's also. They had to
replace a switch that told the brake system that you were in 4x4 or 2x4.
Seems the system always thinks it is in 4x4 and it reduces the rear breaking
and increases the front brake pressure. Looking to replace my Expedition
with a new 4x4 diesel truck. Leaning to the Chevy 2500, but neighbor works
for Ford and may be able to get me a buyback 6L diesel for a very reasonable
price. They seem to have the bugs on the turbo progamming worked out, but
100K warrantee included.
Bill

"RGarri7470" wrote in message
...
since a Chevy dealers auto mechanic told me the brake system wasn't
good enough to pull a boat. I laughed at first, then I noticed that he
was
serious. We went round and round for a few days about it, I mean 3 sets
of
warped rotors in under 6000 miles, that is problem, one towing a boat
shouldn't cause.

You are right - I gotta take my Z-71 in tomorrow for its first brake job,
and
it only has 73,000 miles on it. My guess is over half of them are towing
my 19
foot Stratos or my 19 foot Javelin. Guess I just got a good one.



Ronnie

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