Re: Need brake pads/shoes for ram 1500 is ceramic the best?
[Re: frank]
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05/09/09 02:41 PM
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The newer ceramics are the way to go high wear and low noise when installed correctly
Allen
Here's a novel idea, let's not throw a bunch of parts at the car hoping it will fix the problem and instead spend a little time diagnosing it first.
Life was a little easier when I was just a wrench.
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Re: Need brake pads/shoes for ram 1500 is ceramic the best?
[Re: frank]
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05/09/09 04:22 PM
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With the stock brakes, towing with a '95 1500 is scary!! If you haven't already, replace the master cylinder with the one for that year Ram 2500, which is a direct bolt on. I think Dodge did that exact same thing with the master cylinder starting in '97. Also, there is a direct bolt on wheel cylinder that was used on Chevy trucks in the 90's that has a little bigger bore diameter and adds some braking ability. I did both these mods on my '95 1500, now my brake pedal doesn't feel spongy, and the brakes feel like their actually doing something. The money I saved on shoes more than paid for the new master cylinder, since I no longer had to drag my feet on the pavement to get the dam truck to slow down! 
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Re: Need brake pads/shoes for ram 1500 is ceramic the best?
[Re: Mastershake340]
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05/09/09 04:56 PM
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therocks
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The ceramics are great.I believe Bendix makes a set thats extreme duty.They are recommended for like ambulances safety vehicles.When we did the ambulances at work we used them.They are pricy but the work and they last.Rocky
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Re: Need brake pads/shoes for ram 1500 is ceramic the best?
[Re: therocks]
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05/09/09 08:47 PM
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Ran a fleet of cars and trucks ( squads and ambulances ) with ceramics. Marginally better cold. Much better hot. Last a long time. Eat rotors for breakfast.
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Re: Need brake pads/shoes for ram 1500 is ceramic the best?
[Re: Crizila]
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05/09/09 09:00 PM
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Quote:
Ran a fleet of cars and trucks ( squads and ambulances ) with ceramics. Marginally better cold. Much better hot. Last a long time. Eat rotors for breakfast.
Should the rotors be replaced also??
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Re: Need brake pads/shoes for ram 1500 is ceramic the best?
[Re: Crizila]
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05/09/09 09:07 PM
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Quote:
Ran a fleet of cars and trucks ( squads and ambulances ) with ceramics. Marginally better cold. Much better hot. Last a long time. Eat rotors for breakfast.
 I have 50k on a set of ceramic pads and they are still in good shape but they have ate 2 sets of rotors in that time, they wear flat and even but cut thru the rotor like a lathe.
That being said I'd run tham again since the OE mopar pads would warp the rotors and I was only getting 15k out of the pads.
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Re: Need brake pads/shoes for ram 1500 is ceramic the best?
[Re: MoparJoe]
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05/10/09 09:40 AM
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therocks
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Most new vehicles I replace rotors.They just dont give you much meat on them.That and for the price its cheap insurance.Rocky
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Re: Need brake pads/shoes for ram 1500 is ceramic the best?
[Re: frank]
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05/10/09 01:00 PM
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Don't know if you know how to tell the difference but I think AZ has both cheap and stepped up versions. See if you can take a look at them. The ground rotors tend to be the better rotors and the machined rotor tends to be cheap quality wise.
Allen
Here's a novel idea, let's not throw a bunch of parts at the car hoping it will fix the problem and instead spend a little time diagnosing it first.
Life was a little easier when I was just a wrench.
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Re: Need brake pads/shoes for ram 1500 is ceramic the best?
[Re: 69_SIX_PACK]
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05/14/09 04:42 PM
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The big change to ceramic was because of Semi metallic pads. Semi metallic pads (at least some of the bad ones) were known to eat rotors and did not have good cold stopping. Ceramic pads are better with cold stopping and tend not to eat rotors like the Semi metallic
Allen
Here's a novel idea, let's not throw a bunch of parts at the car hoping it will fix the problem and instead spend a little time diagnosing it first.
Life was a little easier when I was just a wrench.
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