2004 Tahoe - sticking rear caliper

[00tec]

A "sticking caliper" can also be caused by a bad flexible brake line on that corner (inside collapse- creates a one way valve in the line), although the caliper pins are a more common culprit.

I HATE semi-metallic pads though. (noise, dust, life) My opinion. I use ceramic. Organic if you like to spend money and track your SUV.

[Colorado Osprey]

I HATE semi-metallic pads though. (noise, dust, life) My opinion. I use ceramic. Organic if you like to spend money and track your SUV.

If original brakes are worn out, the rotors can be turned usually once on most vehicles.
By switching to ceramic brake, your pads will last longer and will indeed cut your rotors harder, but by the time you need new brakes you will have needed new rotors anyway.

BTW a lot of new vehicles are coming with ceramic brakes as OEM. Less fade and actually get more aggressive when hot.

There are still applications for organics and semi-metallic where they are best. There are brands that are certainly better in certain applications/makes/models as well.
Ceramic have their place as well as organic and semi-metallic. When in doubt about your particular application... there are lots of people out there to reach out to either in person or on the web to find what is working best for a particular vehicle make, model and year.

As far as most dust nothing compares to Carbon-Metallics. The same that were used on the Space Shuttle and on 90's GM trucks. Black soot everywhere, but the only pad that would last longer than 3500 miles... even became the OEM pad after 2 years of production and brake issues in the 90's trucks. Anybody else remember Performance Friction Carbon Metallic pads?

[ben4372]

If original brakes are worn out, the rotors can be turned usually once on most vehicles.
By switching to ceramic brake, your pads will last longer and will indeed cut your rotors harder, but by the time you need new brakes you will have needed new rotors anyway.

BTW a lot of new vehicles are coming with ceramic brakes as OEM. Less fade and actually get more aggressive when hot.

There are still applications for organics and semi-metallic where they are best. There are brands that are certainly better in certain applications/makes/models as well.
Ceramic have their place as well as organic and semi-metallic. When in doubt about your particular application... there are lots of people out there to reach out to either in person or on the web to find what is working best for a particular vehicle make, model and year.

As far as most dust nothing compares to Carbon-Metallics. The same that were used on the Space Shuttle and on 90's GM trucks. Black soot everywhere, but the only pad that would last longer than 3500 miles... even became the OEM pad after 2 years of production and brake issues in the 90's trucks. Anybody else remember Performance Friction Carbon Metallic pads?

Those Carbon Metallics were nasty. They seemed to be carved out of rock. A 90's suburban might get 25-30k on the original brakes. Easy twice the life on the Carbon Metalics. But you would need rotors next go round gauranteed.