Paul,
I just finished-up my front rotor and pad replacement. All in all it went well, no major snags. As I said previously in this thread, I bought a set of Brembo OEM replacement rotors and Performance Friction Carbon Metallic pads.
Here is the front wheel before starting:
The rotor with the caliper removed:
The new rotor in the box:
Old rotor removed, before clean-up:
New rotor installed:
New rotor, caliper back on:
Anti-squeal on back of new pads:
New pads installed:
Once it was all done I bled each side and then followed some "bed-in" procedures (followed the Hawk pad instructions, I couldn't find any instructions specific to the Performance Friction pads). The Sequoia now stops great, no noise, no shudder, and the shaking steering wheel that was present at around 65-70 MPH is now gone, too. I am very happy with this.
One thing I found a little disturbing was the amount of "play" when I spun the new rotors, when the calipers were back on but before the new pads were installed. You could see a lot of side-to-side movement as the rotor rotated through 360 degrees. I thought it might be attributed to the fact that there were only a couple of lug nuts holding it on at the time, but it makes me wonder if there is indeed something not right with the wheel bearings; it's impossible to tell once the wheel is back on whether or not the rotor is spinning "true".
Anyway thanks very much for all the help here, this was a big win for me.
Robert