Worst part of a 6.0L Super Duty???

[CZDiesel]

Nope not the 6.0 under the hood! Mine and the the ones of three other friends have been the picture of reliability... But every one of us have chewed threw the front rotors! What gives!
I'm seriously frustrated with the brakes on my truck! This is the third set of rotors in just over 100k. I've had two sets of Ford rotors and the latest was a set of Power Slots. The Power Slots lasted 8 months and less than 10k!
So what do I have to do to fix the rotor issue on this truck?
I don't drive crazy, mash the brakes, ride my brakes, or do anything that would over heat them.... When I tow I give a little more bias to the trailer so it helps slow me not the truck fighting to slow it. And when I hit big down hill grades I down shift and let the 6.0 slow me so I'm not riding them...
Please if anyone has this figured out I would love to hear it.... Anyone tried SSBC stuff? I'm that tired of it I'm ready to replace the whole system!

[ttmech]

Who's doing your brake jobs ,sounds more like job security for someone.

[fireguywtc]

Is it both of them that are getting ate up? Are they wearing evenly? It is difficult to say for sure, but I would take them apart and make sure the slide pins are clean and well greased. That is the only thing I can think to do with my limited skills.

[DBlack1]

I've got over 130k on a 07 F350 that tows 5 days a week, somewhat heavy.

Two pad replacements on said truck.

[FMTRVT]

Originally Posted by CZDiesel

Nope not the 6.0 under the hood! Mine and the the ones of three other friends have been the picture of reliability... But every one of us have chewed threw the front rotors! What gives!
I'm seriously frustrated with the brakes on my truck! This is the third set of rotors in just over 100k. I've had two sets of Ford rotors and the latest was a set of Power Slots. The Power Slots lasted 8 months and less than 10k!
So what do I have to do to fix the rotor issue on this truck?
I don't drive crazy, mash the brakes, ride my brakes, or do anything that would over heat them.... When I tow I give a little more bias to the trailer so it helps slow me not the truck fighting to slow it. And when I hit big down hill grades I down shift and let the 6.0 slow me so I'm not riding them...
Please if anyone has this figured out I would love to hear it.... Anyone tried SSBC stuff? I'm that tired of it I'm ready to replace the whole system!

Lots of words of frustration without stating what the actual issue really is. Wearing out? Rotors deeply pitting? Brake pulsation? Noise?

From other posts you've made since this one, you do a lot of tire rotation. Normally I would be concerned about how a person tightens down the wheels, but you have a dually so that's not a factor with the wheel spacers up front.

I don't drive crazy, mash the brakes, ride my brakes, or do anything that would over heat them.... When I tow I give a little more bias to the trailer so it helps slow me not the truck fighting to slow it. And when I hit big down hill grades I down shift and let the 6.0 slow me so I'm not riding them...
Please if anyone has this figured out I would love to hear it.... Anyone tried SSBC stuff? I'm that tired of it I'm ready to replace the whole system!

You've been on this site for a while, have you ever read anything I've written about brakes on this vehicle? These were designed for a commercial environment. The less you work them, the more prone they are to off-brake wear of the rotors. That is wear of the high runout points on the rotor when your not braking, which leads to thickness variation between the opposite sides of the rotor's rubbing surfaces. The pressure variation between the thick and thin areas is what causes pressure and torque pulsations felt in the pedal, steering wheel, and cab body. It's not "warped rotors" which I believe you think it is based on the "over heat" comment. Once you start to have pulsation, in a short amount of time the thick areas will become hard spots, which can never be machined out.

If the problem is pulsation, they your driving style may be your worst enemy. But I sure would be checking other issues like smooth operating slide pins, making sure the pads slide in the brackets, that the caliper pistons are not hanging up, and checking both the hub runout and installed runout of the rotor to factory specs as either out of spec condition will have an excessive runout that nothing will solve unless you have new rotors turned mounted on the vehicle.