nickwatson

The drive line is stock.
At 55,XXX I changed the front break pads.
Didn't touch the rear ones.
Went to put in new rear pads this weekend and they look pretty new.

So,

1. Do I use the rear breaks when I press the break petal?
2. Is there something completely wrong with my Rubi?
3. Are the rear breaks only for the hand break?
4. Do they engage on computer request?
5. How can I get more of an equal distribution of breakage?
Seems like from a ride standpoint one would probably want 60/40 favouring the rear...

rinkishJK

The majority of breaking is done with the front.. that's why calipers pads and rotors are all larger.
Its not uncommon for ppl, depending on driving style, to go through 2 or more sets of front pads, and only one set of rears.. or none.
I'm at 35k and fronts are half worn. Original pads.

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nickwatson

just seems kinda weak. I kinda thought great four wheel disc breaks. It's gonna break SORTA like my friends beamer.. I mean More than my tj that didn't have four wheel disc.

How or Can I tell the rear to break more?

It just seems logical to have equal wear and equal work distribution.

Also, didst notice them bring much smaller than the fronts..... But It's like ever layer you dig it shows where Jeep has cut corners. sure, its teeeechnically 4 wheel discs breaking.. Now I need to check and see if the only break like that goes to the rear is the hand break line..

JKRVEE

Normal brake wear is three sets of fronts to one set of rears, four wheel disc is about two sets of fronts to a set of rears, and JKs usually need a set of rears at about 35-40k miles. (k means thousand)?

nickwatson

As previously mentioned.

Front set lasted me to 55k
Rear set looks almost new at 60K...

So, I can not tell my rear to do more of the breaking work?

Flip94ta

The rears only do 20-30% of the braking on any car, not just jeeps. There's a few reasons why like weight transfer. You will have more weight on front of a vehicle even before you slam on the brakes, once brakes are fully applied there is even less weight on the rear tires. With less weight on the rear tires there is less traction. So if you were to apply more rear brake power like a 50-50 spilt front and rear, you would have skid situation. Kinda like we all did on our bikes growing up, only at like 70mph.

JKlad

Usually people complain here that the rear pads & rotors wear out faster than the fronts on the JK (the rear pads are thinner & the rear brakes also get a lot of use from the ESP/BLD system), so you're lucky!

nickwatson

weight ratio answer makes logical sense.

duneslider

I replaced my rear brakes today at 51K they were toast, fronts are still good but I bet they need replacing soon. I have been told that the thing that wears the rears the most is traction control. If you aren't driving in ice and snow and lot to make the traction control activate and you drive a manual I bet you get much more life out of the rear pads. My old YJ had over 100k on the original pads, I replaced the front pads just cause I figured I should after that many miles and years.

PG-JKU

Yes traction control can cause rears to wear faster. Just got new rear pads at 79,000 km. If your vehicle is stopping ok, don't worry about proportioning the braking.