OEM Brakes

[56-210Sedan]

I give up, sorry laszlo i found a link for the pads and posted it, but was shown a message that it had to be looked at by the moderator, i see for the second time now my link was not approved???? so i hope you can get this handled with good results.

Visit gmpartsdirect it is kind of a different site to navigate if you do not have part # but type what you are looking for (brakes) and agree to terms for catalog then you can search from there

[chevynut]

Well I had my new tires installed yesterday, and I asked them to check my brakes while they were at it. They told me I still have about 50% of the pads left. WTF? 141K miles and the brakes are still 50%? I must be stopping the truck by dragging my feet on the ground.

I'm going to check them myself.

[5Clint7]

Do any of you know a good place to buy the same (I assume Delco) brake pads for less? I haven't searched yet, since I thought some of you guys may already have experience with this. In fact, I haven't even priced them at the dealer, which may be the best way to go anyhow.

I've never bought anything from them. But it says GM Parts.

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/catalog/frameset.cfm

[5Clint7]

Do any of you know a good place to buy the same (I assume Delco) brake pads for less?
I haven't used them. It says GM parts.

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/catalog/frameset.cfm

[warren57]

I'm sure they would love to sell a potential brake job. The question is, were they checked by that kid that can barely find his way to work each day or the guy that speaks some language you can't understand!

[chevynut]

That's what I'm worried about Warren. I got the tires at Discount Tire and they don't do brakes. So I figured they would be unbiased, but I'm not sure the guy knew what to look for. The pads have a wear indicator groove in them to show how much is left. I don't have time to check them before I leave for MT, so I hope they are ok.

[P145897]

Try gmpartsdirect.com.

[chevynut]

Three years later and I'm still on the same set of OEM original front brake pads at 171K miles. I checked the brakes last time I did a tire rotation and to my amazement they were still good. I am going to rotate the tires again soon and plan to check the brakes again. Just in case, I went to GM Parts Direct and got the OEM part number for the pads 19210706 Delco 171-0978 and noticed they were $124 there (50% off). I checked eBay (my favorite place to shop ) and found an NOS set for $79.99...so I made a $65 offer and got them with free shipping! I know I could probably buy aftermarket brakes for that price, but with the amazing life and performance of these Delco pads I wanted to get another set of the same ones.

[chevynut]

I'm sitting here in disbelief . I decided to rotate my tires and check my brakes in preparation for my trip to New Mexico next week. I fully expected to have to replace the front brakes, but to my amazement they're still good. The new pads I got are 1/2" thick and the pads on the truck are still almost 3/8" thick with just under 174,000 miles on them. These are the original GM pads that the factory installed on the truck.

I've never seen disc brake pads last anywhere near this long, and this is a 3/4 ton truck. At this rate they should last half a million miles!!!

The rotors almost look like new as well, with no grooves in them. I checked the rear pads and they're worn a little more than the front ones, and the inboard front pads are just very slightly more worn than the outer ones.

[bobbybelair]

You must be driving on level ground and coasting to a stop!