What brake pads & shoes would you recomend?

[TheWebWheeler]

I'm about to do the Brakes on my 1990 Bronco & would like to find the best qualty available..
Its a street driving weekend warrior, Its the Ride in my Avatar..
The reason I'm concerned about quality is that the last 2 sets of brakes shoes on this thing were Cracked & this current set even has a piece broken off.:eek:
So it makes me want a better quality product..

So what do you guys recomend.http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/shrug.gif

[matt_helton]

OEM, easy as that.

[TheWebWheeler]

Are you saying Go get them from the dealership?
Motorcraft? http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/shrug.gif

I dont know what is in there now Because I bought the Rig with the brakes it had then When I swaped out the suspension from a donor I bought Its brakes were even worse than the ones I had before...

[matt_helton]

yes, motorcrap is correct!

[Racbaja]

I use semi-metalic pads I bought from Kragen and they work great. I use to run cheapies to keep from wearing my rotors too much, but noticed they would transmit vibration from only slight rotor warpage.

[TheWebWheeler]

I was just wondering if there was a pad & shoe out there with better friction material that you guys might recomend..http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/shrug.gif
But it seems everybody I talk to is just running simple everyday brakes..
So I think I'll go with Wagners Or maybe some Bendix....:)

They do make a Heavy duty one But I'm told it will wear the rotors faster..
& I think I prefer to replace the Pads More often than the Rotors..

[pphat]

My Ranger chewed thru brakes... I live in San Francisco, and used to live at the top of a long nasty near verticle hill. Plus the wheel design tended to throw rocks into where the pad/rotor meet. So I've been through at least three sets of front rotors in the past four years and a good five or eight sets of brake pads. Maybe more pads than that.

Anyhow, you can try the 'super stop' or heavy duty ones they claim are all the rage on cop cars/ambulances, etc., but, I didn't find much added bennies for braking... of course, i wasn't doing testing on a closed course. In

Anyhow, some of the best rotors I've seen (as good as the Motorcrafts sold at the dealer) are the regular rotors from NAPA. And they were pretty low cost, especiallly compared to the 'trick' parts from other vendors. Check 'em out!

Seriously... Napa... they don't suck.

[TheWebWheeler]

Well Napa Is where I buy most of my stuff....
& I ended up buying Bendix brakes front & rear...

Thanks tho..:)

[Ramsey_ElWardani]

I'll agree with Matt on the OEM's, we have had the best results with them on the F150 Stock Full race truck. We have tried several others and settled on OEM. They are the same pad for your Bronco.

[TheWebWheeler]

I'll agree with Matt on the OEM's, we have had the best results with them on the F150 Stock Full race truck. We have tried several others and settled on OEM. They are the same pad for your Bronco.
I was told that ( I forget who ) But wagner I think or bendix makes the pads for them..:o

[steveG]

Just because brand "X" makes OEM parts doesn't mean that the aftermarket branded parts are the same. Car manufacturers are super specific about the parts they want and how they want them. They buy hundreds of thousands of identical parts so they can dictate how they are going to be made. When brand "X" makes parts for a car manufacturer, they make what's best for the car manufacturer. When brand "X" makes parts to sell under the brand "X" label, they make what's best for themselves.

Autolite is a perfect example of this. Autolite and Motorcraft spark plugs are manufactured by the same company. In order to cover more cars with less spark plug part numbers, Autolite combines heat ranges. Whereas Motorcraft has more specific coverage.

As far as brake pads, if you're mostly concerned with stopping power and don't mind the posibility of noise, use a severe-duty pad. We do a lot of brake jobs ar work and have tried just about every pad under the sun. At work we use Wagner Thermoquiet exclusively, unless I absolutely cannot get them for a specific application. We've been using them for well over a year and haven't had one brake noise problem. Every brake job ends with excellent braking, low fade and good wear.

When doing brakes on my personal vehicles, my #1 choice is Wagner Thermoquiet, #2 is O.E.

[TheWebWheeler]

DAMN IT!
I already finished the Job & am running Bendix ...
I heard nothing but very good talk about bendix so thats what I bougt...Oh well I almost bought those thermo quiets...:o

[steveG]

LOL, I'm sure the Bendix will work fine for you.

[DKThree]

Since were on the subject, what about slotted rotors? I have heard good things about them and some bad things about the drilled...any opinions. Also, do the slotted rotors have a huge effect on the wear of the pads? This would be for a 97 Ranger 4x4.