Colorado front pads

Hi Croc,
The only problem is the ABS settings. Ask your mechanic, you must be very hard on your brakes to wear that quick!
Ian

Croc nsw
Your ute must be an auto, heavily loaded and driven up to corners and then the brake used to wash off speed to wear them out so soon.

Heavily loaded and towing an unbraked boat trailer would/should mean you drive to the conditions. Could it be a long boat ramp requiring lots of braking?

My cruiser did over 200,000km on original pads and shoes. Did towing and also used in mountains too.

Colorado brake pads are quite easy to change and abs isn't part of the caliper.
You are only changing pads not rotors.

Ross M

Hi. Most modern vehicles use a sacrificial brake system where they wear the rotors as well as the pads. If there is much of a "lip" on the outer edge of the disc rotor I would just put a cheap set of pads in to keep you going (usually $40-$50) Replace the rotors and fit something like Bendix 4wd Pads when you can then later. When pushing the pistons back into the calipers, leave one side untouched, (ie,still assembled) do the first side and push the piston in very slowly.(A G'clamp sometimes helps) That way you will not push the other side piston out and the fluid will go back up to the master cylinder. You may get excess fliud back up to the top if it has been topped up in the past but it is better than getting air in the system from undoing bleeder nipples. (Have had so many people call me to ask how to bleed them after undoing bleeder nipples over the years) Cheers,Bob.