Daryl Z71's 2006 Silverado Z71 Re-build

sahls01gmc · May 5, 2015

Yeah, that's the same road I went down. They do pretty well so far. Hard to notice a huge difference since they are rear brakes. No noise yet. I've hauled 12,000lbs recently and felt comfortable stopping. I'm sure the fronts will make a huge difference!

Daryl Z71 · May 5, 2015

Awesome! Sounds good to me.

Daryl Z71 · May 7, 2015

Would have preferred slotted only, but these will do. I'll have to check them regularly for cracks just in case. Hopefully I'll be installing them on Sunday.

Edited May 7, 2015 by Daryl Z71

white1500 · May 8, 2015

Im on centric rotors with ac delco pads, zero complaints so far. I would definitely recommend this setup.

kstruckcountry · May 8, 2015

Im on centric rotors with ac delco pads, zero complaints so far. I would definitely recommend this setup.

Exact same here, couldn't be happier.

Daryl Z71 · May 10, 2015

Got the new pads and rotors on today along with new bleeder screws.

JaBradt85 · May 11, 2015

Great work, I have been following this thread but I missed why the motor was taken out and or rebuilt/replaced.

Edited May 11, 2015 by JaBradt85

Daryl Z71 · May 11, 2015

Great work, I have been following this thread but I missed why the motor was taken out and or rebuilt/replaced.

Thanks. The motor was swapped with one from a salvage yard with 75k miles on it because the original one was getting really bad fuel mileage, ran really rough at idle, and had a dry start issue along with bad oil pressure.

Daryl Z71 · May 13, 2015

The truck stops great now. Pedal feel seems about as good as brand new trucks i've had in the past. Fuel mileage is leveling out at 16.2 mpg. Pretty happy with that. Bought an air evacuation tool from Harbor Freight, and some freon for the A/C System. Hoping to get that recharged this weekend.

Edited May 13, 2015 by Daryl Z71

white1500 · May 13, 2015

Is your brake fluid pretty decent too?

Daryl Z71 · May 13, 2015

Yea, it's only maybe 6 months old. It all drained out when I replaced the one brake line.

Daryl Z71 · May 14, 2015

Ordered a muffler. Had this one before, and I really liked the sound. Just going to have this muffler put on, and new 3" pipe with a tip from the muffler to the back of the truck behind the rear wheel. Planning on true duals with an H Pipe at some point eventually.

Texas Husker · May 14, 2015

We're going to need a walk-around and test drive video here soon. Excellent work!

Daryl Z71 · May 14, 2015

I'm definitely going to have to do that. I hope it sounds decent when I get this muffler on. I think it will.

zach1990 · May 14, 2015

Ordered a muffler. Had this one before, and I really liked the sound. Just going to have this muffler put on, and new 3" pipe with a tip from the muffler to the back of the truck behind the rear wheel. Planning on true duals with an H Pipe at some point eventually.

I second the video. Been considering the cherry bomb extreme for mine