does 43000 miles seem quick to need front brakes

Hogs150 · Feb 18, 2020

I have a 2017 ram 1500. I had my oil changed yesterday and was told i need fronts ASAP. I have 43000 on the truck. A friend of mine with a 2015 has 65000 on his just had a state inspection and was told his brakes are fine. I'm not one to stop hard he actually is.

dhay13 · Feb 18, 2020

43000 isn't unreasonable. I actually think 'stompers' brakes last longer. My wife is a stomper and hers always last much longer than the average. Think about it this way...pads wear from friction. If you stomp the breaks and stop quicker the rotor has less revolutions against the pads, thus less wear. Just my thoughts

Fast69Mopar · Feb 18, 2020

Hogs150 said:
I have a 2017 ram 1500. I had my oil changed yesterday and was told i need fronts ASAP. I have 43000 on the truck. A friend of mine with a 2015 has 65000 on his just had a state inspection and was told his brakes are fine. I'm not one to stop hard he actually is.

43,000 miles is actually on the high side of what I see from customers on a daily basis. Most RAM 1500's that I get to do front brakes on are usually in the 30,000-35,000 miles and I have done plenty with less miles.

Hogs150 · Feb 18, 2020

I guess it's reasonable. I'm just used to getting 60K or so out of my car brakes , and of course the car weighs a lot less. Thanks

CVX20 · Feb 18, 2020

The rotors on my 15 SLT 4X4 CC didn't last 20 k.They didn't like living in the snowbelt apparently.Brake linings were still like new but never really had good stopping power right from new.My 19 Classic Express seems to be better so far.

BossHogg · Feb 19, 2020

I made it to 56,400 (2013 1500) before the brakes required service. Strange thing, the front brakes had life left, the rear brakes were completely worn to the point where the brake pad separated from the backing plate.

crash68 · Feb 19, 2020

dhay13 said:
43000 isn't unreasonable. I actually think 'stompers' brakes last longer. My wife is a stomper and hers always last much longer than the average. Think about it this way...pads wear from friction. If you stomp the breaks and stop quicker the rotor has less revolutions against the pads, thus less wear. Just my thoughts

^^^ this with the exception of the brake life should be almost double.
I was doing some work where they test brakes pads on dynos all day, the guy I was talking to does more brake jobs in month than a brake shop does all year.
He told me the biggest factor in wearing down brakes is contact time, how hard you apply them doesn't make as big of a difference as people think. He also mentioned too light of braking tends to polish the rotors and pads which will increase the required time and pressure to stop.
I haven't gone less than 70K in any of my work vehicles which are usually +8K lbs and mostly city driving.

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