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EBC Rotors and Pads - Better Brakes In Minutes

Brake ABCs With EBC

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Ebc Greenstuff And Yellowstuff Brake Pad Install Backing Shims

We don't often hear anyone complain that their brakes are too good-especially truck owners. The ability to stop sooner and slow down better is attractive to all drivers alike. But the multi-thousand-dollar price tags often attached to custom brake kits can be real deterrents for many of us.

At the same time, a certain allowance of money has to be spent on typical brake maintenance-pads will have to be replaced, rotors will eventually wear out. Therefore, why not spend a few extra bucks and get some pads and rotors that will actually make a difference?

We've had excellent luck with EBC's brake parts before, so when it came time for R&R on our Super Duty's brakes, EBC Greenstuff and Yellowstuff pads were a great addition to the EBC drilled and slotted rotors.

EBC has a few levels of pads-Redstuff, Bluestuff, Yellowstuff, and Greenstuff, that you can choose from to better stop your car. Differences in the "stuff" can differentiate how long the pads last, the amount of brake dust, and how effective they are.

We were able to swap out our pads and rotors in just minutes. In fact, taking the wheels and tires off the truck was a longer task than removing and replacing the brake equipment.

  • 1. Once the calipers and caliper brackets are removed, you can usually get to your brake rotors, unless they are installed behind the hubs, in which case you'll be removing more parts. The EBC drilled and slotted rotors are specially made to work most effectively with the EBC brake pads.
    1. Once the calipers and caliper brackets are removed, you can usually get to your brake r
  • 2. The EBC brake pads come with stick-on backing shims that reduce brake squeak.
  • 3. With the new EBC drilled and slotted rotors on, we were able to bolt our caliper brackets back on and slide the pads into place (Yellowstuff in the front for our F-350 crew cab truck) before bolting on the brake caliper.
    3. With the new EBC drilled and slotted rotors on, we were able to bolt our caliper bracke
  • 4. The EBC pads fit into the calipers like any other replacement pad. If you are trying this at home and are having some trouble getting the caliper and pads to fit over the rotor, then try using large pliers to sink the brake piston back into the caliper a little farther.
    4. The EBC pads fit into the calipers like any other replacement pad. If you are trying th
  • 5. The rear of our truck took much the same process as the front. But the back of our truck used Greenstuff pads, as they were recommended by EBC.
    5. The rear of our truck took much the same process as the front. But the back of our truc
Sources
EBC Brakes
12621 Encinitas Avenue
Sylmar
CA  91342
818-362-5534
www.ebcbrakes.com
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