j&k'sjk

I have 4500 miles on my jeep and need to replace the rear pads.

easttnruby

And you dont even live in the mountains? I have almost 19,000 miles with 35's and big mountains and my brakes are fine. Id have that looked at closer.

Lorrel

Yea, I've seen quite a few JK's have had to replace pads already, most of which are running oversize tires. The nature of the beast.
Just wondering why it's the rear pads that are going quicker, and not the front.
Normally the front wears as quick or quicker than the rear.
I'd recommend replacing with carbon metalic pads. less dust, and better stopping power.

mikeyfl

just broke 7k and brakes seem fine to me.

fish

20,000 and no brake issues here.

j&k'sjk

I am going to tear it apart tomorrow. I am thinking it's either from the amount of mud/sand that I go thru or the calipers are hanging up from all of the mud that I have been thru.

derff96963

One possibility, when you take you pads off check and see if they are organic or metallic lining. A lot of newer cars with rear wheel disk have had organic pads. They grip much better but wear out a lot faster.

atomicmecha

had to replace the rears on mine while all the insurance work was being done. they said the rear pads were almost completely gone, but the fronts still looked fine. They checked the braking computer and the ESP computer to make sure it wasn't messing up or something and said everything was fine. only problem to me is the fact that the rear pads were $175 from mopar.

IndianaJK

Sounds like you may have an ESP issue running the larger tires. Esp only use the rear brakes.

mkjeep

I got rear pads for mine and they were 30 something bucks, the fronts were twice as much though. Got em at O'Reillys auto parts, BrakeBest brand.