- Dec 23, 2012
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I've had the AC Delco Durastop brakes for about 50k and they've been ok. I'm looking for the best grab and whatever I need to do to take some sponginess out of the pedel.
dmanns67 said:You will have to search for the BrakeMotive store on EBay.com
You haven't had to have your brakes done? That is when I normally flush the fluid.shepherd92683 said:I'm at 121k and havent changed the brake fluid yet. I've never done it and aren't real comfortable doing it myself. I need to have it done though.
So you didn't put disc quiet on before mounting the pads? If the pads are not backing off evenly that is the problem.bobdec said:I may get beat up for this, but I went with Brake/Motive for pads and rotors at about 96K. My old stuff had about 20k miles left, but I had a rotor on one of the front wheels that would warp when it got heated up and go back to normal when cooled off. Rather than fool around and replace one rotor on a 75% worn brake system, I went to all knew.
I'm not dissatisfied for what I got for the price from BrakeMotive, but I'm not overwhelmed. The old brakes grabbed better than the new pads and slotted/drilled rotors. Feels like the new pads are harder than what I had on there. I noticed it but not my wife so the difference is slight.
But after about 2000 miles the brakes have developed a squeal at slow speed braking, parking lots, backing out of driveway. Wife keeps saying what's that noise. The pads did not come with squeal dampers or any lube to add to the pads, so I just lubed up all the mounting hardware, pins, etc and installed them. Really don't want to go back in there so I put up w/squeal , hoping it will go away with more pad ware.
Bottom line I got a decent set of rotors and pads for 4 wheels for about $200.00. However you get what you pay for. Time will tell if they hold up for the long run.
I didnt like mine ether too much dust on my wheels and when putting new pads on I use a large flat screwdriver to pull the calipers back before taking them off . have done this for 40 years and never had a problem but with BrakeMotive i broke to big chunks out of the rotors about 4 inches out of 2 rotors ,I did this with a screwdriver , they seem a little brittledmanns67 said:You're the first person I have EVER heard of complaining about BrakeMotive kits.
So if you are not promoting BrakeMotive, what are you promoting?
I've got 81000 miles on the original brakes and it just passed state inspection about a month ago. I certainly can't complain with the Ac/Delco stuff . I have never had a vehicle come anywhere near that kind of mileage . Usually its 35-40K at most .Kurb said:I've never used BrakeMotive pads and rotors, but I tried other inexpensive aftermarket brakes from the local part stores. Every year (~15K miles), I had to change brakes and rotors after the pads wore completely away and tore into the rotors. The AC Delco OEM pads and rotors stop better, feel better, and I got over 3 years out of the first set I tried (almost 50K miles). I am only on the second set of them now.
I was researching drilled and slotted rotors for my other car, and there are several websites, not including the sites that sell drilled and slotted rotors, saying that the blank rotors are better since they have better contact area, and the holes/slots cause uneven temperatures to develop in the rotors. Apparently, the drilled rotors helped a lot with older brakes since the holes allowed gases from the brake pads to escape, but newer pads do not out-gas like the old pads. Maybe this is why you do not see cross-drilled rotors in NASCAR? I am interested in hearing what others have to say that actually switched from OEM to drilled and/or slotted rotors since I have never used them. It's more for my other car, though, since I am more than happy with the tried and true OEM brakes for the TB.
Just curious. Did you join this site just to talk bad about brake motive? you made 2 posts about them and didn't post in the introductions thread or anywhere else. Do you work for another brake parts company?aaronbtb said:If you like to replace your rotors every 3 years, and have very squeeky brakes buy the brakemotive brand garbage.
aaronbtb said:If you like to replace your rotors every 3 years, and have very squeeky brakes buy the brakemotive brand garbage.
I was just noticing this same thing. Including the waking of a thread that was last replied to two years ago. Not a very good start as a new member to a forum.BlazingTrails said:Just curious. Did you join this site just to talk bad about brake motive? you made 2 posts about them and didn't post in the introductions thread or anywhere else. Do you work for another brake parts company?
If that's not the case and you legitimately had those problems, then you did not install your brakes correctly.
If you like to replace your rotors every 3 years, and have very squeeky brakes buy the brakemotive brand garbage.