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2500 Brakes

MS03 2500 said:
Ok I haven't bought caliper brackets in years, since when did they start costing over 100 bucks per side



I'm not sure why the link says site maintenance but it works
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Well curiosity got the best of me, I had to find out why the new caliper bracket cost over 100 bucks. Thanks to the rock auto discount I bit the bullet, all I'll say it's a big chunk of metal compared to stock.
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Well after much thought about front calipers I decided to go with a caliper that matches the 9,900lb brackets.

https://parts.gmparts.com/product/g...092,164427,298121,115123,115102,317313,317312

And Raybestos Element 3 pads all around

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Are the calipers different?? Larger??
 
I certainly hope not, the originals barely cleared the 16 inch wheels.Screenshot_20240304-161932.png
 
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They will be here Thursday and I'll snap a PIC
 
Well if anyone is following this the caliper did come in and they are different also.
Additionally you have to use different pad sliders and caliper mounting bolts.
I received all the parts now and they are indeed different from the stock 2500 brakes.
I'm not sure why they didn't offer these as a complete kit, I had to order 1 part check the fit then order the next part then the next part.
 
MS03 2500 said:
Well if anyone is following this the caliper did come in and they are different also.
Additionally you have to use different pad sliders and caliper mounting bolts.
I received all the parts now and they are indeed different from the stock 2500 brakes.
I'm not sure why they didn't offer these as a complete kit, I had to order 1 part check the fit then order the next part then the next part.
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So you got beefier OEM front calipers? Did they work with the pads and rotors? What did you actually buy?
 
What a pain. Yeah, seems like the smart thing to do is to offer a kit
 
frito said:
What a pain. Yeah, seems like the smart thing to do is to offer a kit
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Remember we're talking about GM, they don't make anything easy.
The rears came as a kit minus the pads the fronts are becoming that PIA.
Today I found the pads won't slide on the new pad slides so back to rockauto for new pads to the tune of 75. Bucks.
 
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