Shifty_42

So as the title states, I'm at 19,450 miles on my JK which will be 2 years old this month. I took it in for service this week and the mechanic showed me that the front brakes had 40% worn (60% left) and that my Rear Passenger Tire had lost 80% (20% left) already. First of all, shouldn't the front brake pads wear faster? Any ideas as to why it happened? I once left the E-brake on and drove but only for about 50-75 feet at the pace of 5-10 mph but that was 10 months ago... Any ideas?

Thanks

mkjeep

Changed my rears at 18,000m, had about 20% left. I think alot of it has to do with the esp, bld, and also the fact that the rears are half the size of the front pads. Got mine for $30 at O Reilly's auto parts.

JK-KJ

For some reason that's typical on these JK's....I've read about lots of people that have had them replaced early. I had mine replaced at just before 30,000 miles. Part of it is the brake lock diff I think....rear tires spinning, computer brakes the slipping wheel and sends power to the opposite wheel...that has to have something to do with it I'm guessing.

edit - MKJeep beat me to it!

Shifty_42

Thanks for the quick replies.
I'm guessing that's what it was, and I've also heard that the JK's do burn through the pads a little quicker than others. I guess it's time to change 'em.

Speaking of changing it, dealer wanted $300 for it

JK-KJ

Holy crap!! I'd like to meet the moron that would pay that price for a simply little brake job!

Hamlet

A especial factor for the early gone for the brakes is how you're driving and other factor maybe is where, for example if you drive frecuently in down hill trails.

JamesJKB

This is funny I just came inside from changing my rear brake pads. I heard that sound when that little metal piece on the pad is constantly on the rotor (25k miles), so i stopped by the dealer's parts dept on my way home to pick up some pads and they wanted $130 for the rear and $220 for the front, pads only. I left pretty quick without the pads, called pep boys and they were $55 for the rear and $65 for the front. They were really easy to change

JKMARINE

Go to Autozone and get the Duralast ceramics. They cost a little over $100 for both sets and have a lifetime replacement.

insanitize

Just installed the Dura Last pads on my rear brakes last week.
I have just a little over 42,000 miles on my Rubi and the rears
were easy to do.
My fronts still have more than 50 of the pads left.

EmbarkChief

That's crazy, on every car I've ever changed pads on (and there has been quite a few) the fronts are the first to go. In fact on my last car I would go through 2 sets of fronts to every one set of rears until I adjusted the brake proportion valve. I'm starting to wonder if Jeep didn't set our brakes up to be rear biased in order to minimize nose dive under heavy breaking? Or possibly it has something to do with the ESP requirements... This needs to be addressed as it seems that the bigger more capable front breaks are not being fully utilized.