Changed out the brake pads

4to10cyl

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Well, after many PITAs I finally got them changed out. It started last thursday. I ordered Hawk Brake pads from a place on the internet and I got them the next day. I thought Wow, fast shipping!! So I ended up saturday morning getting everything ready. I got the calipers off, cleaned everything up, and go to put the new pads on. WTF, they're too small. Same shape, design, etc. but an inch and a half too short. :mad:

So I go call the company, no answer. I email them. Still no answer yet today. I check out their return policy on their website which is 49% restocking fee and then another place on there says 100% restocking fee. WTF!! Great. So now I'm stuck with these.

I go to Autozone to order Performance friction pads and they aren't in their computer. Monday night I found on here you can get them, you just have to give them the part number. So Tuesday I went and got them, they even had them in stock. Sweet!!

Well the best part was when it all started I was loosening up the last lug nut which happened to be a locking nut. Well all of a sudden the lug broke. It has walls that you put the key into and the walls that hold the key in just snapped. So I spent something like 3 hours drilling the lug out piece by piece to relieve tension which never worked so I broke it off piece by piece then just had to wrip the wheel off.

But I drove it this morning, ripped off some rubber, and it made it all better. :rock:
 
The drive always works, these trucks are amazing, we should have to pay psychiatric fees to Chrysler every time we take them out.
 
hmm.. I have a set of smaller rear caliber hawk brake pads also that I bought :( I went through the same process as you except the part about the lug.
 
4to10cyl said:
Well, after many PITAs I finally got them changed out. It started last thursday. I ordered Hawk Brake pads from a place on the internet and I got them the next day. I thought Wow, fast shipping!! So I ended up saturday morning getting everything ready. I got the calipers off, cleaned everything up, and go to put the new pads on. WTF, they're too small. Same shape, design, etc. but an inch and a half too short. :mad:

So I go call the company, no answer. I email them. Still no answer yet today. I check out their return policy on their website which is 49% restocking fee and then another place on there says 100% restocking fee. WTF!! Great. So now I'm stuck with these.

I go to Autozone to order Performance friction pads and they aren't in their computer. Monday night I found on here you can get them, you just have to give them the part number. So Tuesday I went and got them, they even had them in stock. Sweet!!

Well the best part was when it all started I was loosening up the last lug nut which happened to be a locking nut. Well all of a sudden the lug broke. It has walls that you put the key into and the walls that hold the key in just snapped. So I spent something like 3 hours drilling the lug out piece by piece to relieve tension which never worked so I broke it off piece by piece then just had to wrip the wheel off.

But I drove it this morning, ripped off some rubber, and it made it all better. :rock:
you dont need to remove the caliper to install new pads in the front
 
This is why I'd buy from one of the forum vendors. They know they are selling us the right parts.
 

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