wtfh is going on with my rear brakes

Changed my rear disc brakes Friday a week ago on my 99 sierra z71.

Well today I drive from work to home and I notice some smoke coming off my drivers side from where my e brake is.

My lights been on forever (since I've had the truck) and I've never messed with it.

It don't do it all the time and is rather annoying.

If it's the abs light then it's the module mine was on for over two years and I went to change my hub the other day and then Everytime I would almost completely stop it would turn on the pump and boy run my off the road try unplugging it and it should be fine if that's what it is until you replace it

Abs is on but that ain't the issue its something with the rear brakes only

I know mine was only that one hub where I changed it

The lining has probably come loose from the park brake shoe. Does your park brake even work? If you never use it then you can just remove the shoe and be done with it.

Its getting took apart today and fixed

Where is this abs module so I can unplug it at?

Also brakes are still periodically jacken up on me

Driver side quarter of the way

I had to cut my park brake on my old 97 after my dad applied it, took a while to release, could be you need to replace cable components, or the new pads are catching the rotor

I know this is my first post and I know I am starting out on the wrong foot, but I have to wonder where you Yo-Yo's are from.
It would not be safe for anyone to ride around in any of your vehicles.
It is never safe to ignore brake problems or dismiss problems by saying the light has been on forever.

There is no individual wheel sensors that I know of on the rear axle of a 1/2 ton four or two wheel drive Chevy / GMC truck.

The brake rotor does not have an infinite life, in my opinion, in my area of the country, 2 years is about as much as you can get out of a set of rotors before they need resurfaced or replaced - depending upon use and mileage and condition.

Brake rotors today should be replaced each time you replace brake pads.
Emergency brake shoes should be replaced along with the cables - if they show signs of wear or inop condition.

You people are nothing but ticking time bombs just waiting to explode.

According to my source, brake calipers should also be replaced when you are doing a brake job today.
All of the stuff they use today is junk and the debris that accumulates inside of the caliper - if pushed back into the master cylinder will cause contamination and also failure.

I myself, always flush out the entire system with alcohol each time I do a brake job and then do a full fluid replacement followed by a trip to the local garage to connect the truck to the Tech II - to pulse the brakes, it is the only way to restore them back to OEM that I know of.

In my part of the country, it is almost mandatory to replace all the brake lines every 5 years - the crap GM used rusts out and fails.

I can't believe that no one on this forum has gone into this subject with much time or effort invested into solving GM's brake problem on these vehicles...

There was a slight recall / service bulletin that advised of all these problems and also a solution to replace the lines for any customer that complains.
At this point, I am waiting to see if GM comes out with a Duralife brake rotor for the older model GM trucks..

Wow really man?

The issue was due to the slide bolt not letting work right.

That is one of the reasons why the older disc brake kits came with new bolts and new hardware - stainless steel shims.
You also have to replace the rubber boots.
Sometimes the caliper is so bad - you have to get a new one.
I'm not aware of a exact sized drill bit to drill out the bore for the pins.
I had a pin once that snapped when I tried to turn it.
I put it in a mill and tried to machine it out.
The caliper wouldn't sit square in the vise and I ended up drilling the hole at an angle.
The dual calipers were the most famous for this.

This is the reason why GM recommends that you replace the calipers and the rotors when you do a brake job.

I used to work for gm and seen the bulletin about it and caught myself looking for it.

id still have the abs unit rebuilt, just to get rid of the light