Worn Brakes on 2018 Ram 3500 HD

[Greg C]

Brakes making noise , squealing at 27 K miles thought s little early. Front brakes . Anyone with same issue 2018 Ram 3500 HD 6.4 Hemi. Into west bar I believe. Have to look at this weekend!

 

[U&A]

Just because they are squeaking dosnt mean they are worn out.




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[jasonjoyal82]

I've had the same thing started around 18k. It sucks cause it's loud. And they can't figure it out. Interested what you find out.

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[bookemdanno]

My ‘16 3500 DRW with 26k mikes started doing the same thing about 2k miles ago. I pulled the wheel & I have plenty of pad. Have no idea why...


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[WY-Dave]

'18 2500 28k miles and sounds like front driver. I run the EB, whenever I remember to put it on, to "save the brakes".

 

[Burla]

Always check to make sure wear clip is not grinding into rotor, can happen 30k miles or less many times depending on driver and weight of truck. It is designed to warn driver time to do pads.

Go to Ceramic like wagner oex, low dusting low noise. They say ceramic doesn't give as much friction as metallic brake pads, but mine grips better then oem as well.

 

[Firetruck41]

Usually squeaks are vibration (if it isn't the wear tab). Do use silicon brake grease on the pins, the back of the pads where they contact the brake piston/caliper, any other contact points you can find (of course don't get any on the friction surface or rotor surface). Otherwise, squeaking is usually just annoying but doesn't mean there is anything functionally wrong with the brakes.

 

[bruce219]

Above^^

 

[mtofell]

At 28K there is no way they are worn out. I just replaced mine at 100K and was somewhat skeptical that they actually needed to be done. Anyway, somewhere around 100K is normal life on HD according to these message boards.

 

[mtofell]

At 28K there is no way they are worn out. I just replaced mine at 100K and was somewhat skeptical that they actually needed to be done. Anyway, somewhere around 100K is normal life on HD according to these message boards.

 

[RoadRamblerNJ]

Mine ('17 CCLB 2500 6.4 4x4) started squealing at very low speeds around 30k miles. At 32k, I replaced orig tires and pads are at roughly 50% left. Cleaned pads & rotors with a water hose and squeal has stopped.
100k on pads? Maybe if you do mostly interstate highways. In my world, I'm ecstatic to be at 33k and still have 50% of pads left! Thats with 10k of my 33k towing a U-Haul 12' dbl axel trailer. Most of the rest is around town spirited driving. I've become accustomed to doing pads/rotors every 30-32k miles on my 1500's. That's also when I needed tires! Maybe I should upgrade "spirited" to "aggresive". Better yet, "like I stole it". I just can't act my age.

 

[HDGoose]

Mine ('17 CCLB 2500 6.4 4x4) started squealing at very low speeds around 30k miles. At 32k, I replaced orig tires and pads are at roughly 50% left. Cleaned pads & rotors with a water hose and squeal has stopped.
100k on pads? Maybe if you do mostly interstate highways. In my world, I'm ecstatic to be at 33k and still have 50% of pads left! Thats with 10k of my 33k towing a U-Haul 12' dbl axel trailer. Most of the rest is around town spirited driving. I've become accustomed to doing pads/rotors every 30-32k miles on my 1500's. That's also when I needed tires! Maybe I should upgrade "spirited" to "aggresive". Better yet, "like I stole it". I just can't act my age.

Are you running sport tires? I used to get 70-80k on my 1500s. I get 60-70k on my 2500. Waiting to see on my 3500 what the mileage will be.

 

[RoadRamblerNJ]

Are you running sport tires? I used to get 70-80k on my 1500s. I get 60-70k on my 2500. Waiting to see on my 3500 what the mileage will be.

Myd Terrain tires. That was in "Kill or be killed" North Jersey commuting 90 miles a day.
Don't do that anymore and brakes are lasting roughly twice as long now. Truly need more time to evaluate. Retired and relaxed now too.