LSVW Sighting

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Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

My area of knowledge is not LSVW or brakes in particular. But, if the European version of these trucks don't squeal like (insert your favourite unkind phrase) - what did Canada do differently? As little as different pad compound or as much as completely different brake system from the axle mounts outward? Is it possible that a solution to the offending noise might be as simple as changing over to European pads? If so, it might improve driving pleasure without making a visible change to the truck. Would doing so invalidate approvals to drive on Canadian roads? I don't know but would be curious to know the answers.

The squeaky brakes were an answer to a maintenance scheduling cost. As I recall, "someone" wanted to increase the servicing cycles. Normal asbestos brakes wore out faster than that "someone" thought was most efficient. Hence, longer wearing brake pads. One of the issues I have with military technology is when someone tries to reinvent or dramatically change what is a known and accepted cost of doing business. Unless the change is revolutionary, like the US' continuum of M37 3/4s to commercial pattern Dodges and GMs to Hummers, sometimes the evolutionary step is a deadend.