Okay I've ranted about this many times, I just want to put it all in one thread.
My truck is a 1995 C1500 that originally came with the 10 bolt rear axle. At some point, I started having awful brake noises. Like a grinding sound the last half a second before coming to a complete stop. So I rebuilt the brakes and all was good for 4,000 miles until it happened again. I replaced them under warranty, about 6000 miles later, it was happening again. Brakes worked as good as you can expect a 400's brakes to work, it just pissed me the hell off. So for my birthday, my family decided that my present would be having a shop work on the truck and fix it once and for all. At this point, I was perfectly content with that. They kept the truck for 4 days, claimed they drove it multiple times an never heard a sound out of it (I call complete bs). They said the rear brakes looked brand new (which they basically were) so they just cleaned them and replaced the fronts (which were not the problem). I got to pull out of the parking lot and there's that God awful grinding noise again. I had somewhere to be so I left. Brought it back a couple more times, realized they were incompetent (or they thought I was) and never went back. I should also mention that I had the system flush and filled with new fluid.
I came across a 14 bolt on craigslist. I snatched that up. Did the 6 lug swap, rebuilt the rear drums down to the backing plates. All was good until one of the shoe hold down pins ripped through the cup and one of my shoes was loose inside the drums as well as the spring and cup. That did a number on my drum and the noises were starting again. I replaced that rear drum under warranty, and it was great for about 100 miles and the noises were as bad as they were with the 10 bolt.
As if that wasn't bad enough, I realized my bakes lock up under heavy braking. And i don't mean panic stops, I mean coming to a stop at a traffic light and applying a lot of brake. I know I will not hit that car in front of me but my rear brakes lock up and then I get flipped off. And then I noticed my truck liked to lurch when coming to a gradual stop in traffic. So great, the damn things are grabbing.
So I ordered an adjustable proportioning valve from jegs.
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performance-Products/555/63020/10002/-1
It may be the wrong one, if it is, no big deal, I'll return it and get the right one. That's not the point though. My question is, is it possible to keep the abs and use the adjustable prop valve? Is it worth it? Should I delete the abs all together? I don't want to delete the abs, install the adj prop valve and still have the dam things lock up in the rain. JR, I know you did yours recently, can you brake pretty hard without locking anything up? In dry/wet conditions? I want to know what I'm getting into before I attack this. So pictures would be great.
I've beat this crap to death but help a guy out. I'm stupid when it comes to brakes, and I just want them to work properly.
My truck is a 1995 C1500 that originally came with the 10 bolt rear axle. At some point, I started having awful brake noises. Like a grinding sound the last half a second before coming to a complete stop. So I rebuilt the brakes and all was good for 4,000 miles until it happened again. I replaced them under warranty, about 6000 miles later, it was happening again. Brakes worked as good as you can expect a 400's brakes to work, it just pissed me the hell off. So for my birthday, my family decided that my present would be having a shop work on the truck and fix it once and for all. At this point, I was perfectly content with that. They kept the truck for 4 days, claimed they drove it multiple times an never heard a sound out of it (I call complete bs). They said the rear brakes looked brand new (which they basically were) so they just cleaned them and replaced the fronts (which were not the problem). I got to pull out of the parking lot and there's that God awful grinding noise again. I had somewhere to be so I left. Brought it back a couple more times, realized they were incompetent (or they thought I was) and never went back. I should also mention that I had the system flush and filled with new fluid.
I came across a 14 bolt on craigslist. I snatched that up. Did the 6 lug swap, rebuilt the rear drums down to the backing plates. All was good until one of the shoe hold down pins ripped through the cup and one of my shoes was loose inside the drums as well as the spring and cup. That did a number on my drum and the noises were starting again. I replaced that rear drum under warranty, and it was great for about 100 miles and the noises were as bad as they were with the 10 bolt.
As if that wasn't bad enough, I realized my bakes lock up under heavy braking. And i don't mean panic stops, I mean coming to a stop at a traffic light and applying a lot of brake. I know I will not hit that car in front of me but my rear brakes lock up and then I get flipped off. And then I noticed my truck liked to lurch when coming to a gradual stop in traffic. So great, the damn things are grabbing.
So I ordered an adjustable proportioning valve from jegs.
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performance-Products/555/63020/10002/-1
It may be the wrong one, if it is, no big deal, I'll return it and get the right one. That's not the point though. My question is, is it possible to keep the abs and use the adjustable prop valve? Is it worth it? Should I delete the abs all together? I don't want to delete the abs, install the adj prop valve and still have the dam things lock up in the rain. JR, I know you did yours recently, can you brake pretty hard without locking anything up? In dry/wet conditions? I want to know what I'm getting into before I attack this. So pictures would be great.
I've beat this crap to death but help a guy out. I'm stupid when it comes to brakes, and I just want them to work properly.