Mat,

I have had trouble with the fronts only. I've only done the rear brakes once. They're pretty straightforward.

The fronts have been a royal pain in the pitoot. You need to pull off the whole wheel bearing to get the brake disk offa the hub.

I've had trouble with wobbly rotors. The OEM rotors would heat and go wavy and then the brakes would vibrate. It would "mostly" go away once they cooled off. I changed out the rotors with not a heck of a lot better results. I remachine my rotors to get more service life and it seems to help, but getting the rotor back onto the wheel hub and having it stay within runout limits is a test of patience. All it takes is a speck of rust or something to get between the rotor and hub when you are putting it back together and you're taking it apart again. And mating the rotor to the hub isn't easy--your're pulling the wheel studs through the rotor onto the hub, and it doesn't go easily...there's a chattergun involved so it is easy as heck to get a bit of dirt in the gap.

The service manual talks about a thou and a half maximum runout for the assembled rotor. That is HARD to do unless you are using all new parts. You need a dial indicator and a magnetic base to check that runout once you have everything assembled.

The parts aren't that much money so it isn't a huge deal. And you might luck out and not find any problems with rotors. Its the old YMMV routine.

The pads are no problem to change but as you can see my issue hasn't been the pads.

My wife likes the Chev better than the Ford, for the reason it's low. It doesn't seem to drag bottom on the rough any more than the Ford, though.



One other thing...Chev changed models half way through the year so you gotta be careful when ordering parts. Getting rear axle oil seals was fun because of this.

Jon.