How to Install the Back Brakes on a 1994 Jeep Cherokee

The brakes on your Jeep Cherokee should be replaced often to ensure they are in good working order. Your Cherokee is equipped with disc brakes. You can replace the brake pads yourself. They mount to calipers and press against the discs, known as rotors, when the brakes are applied, slowing the vehicle. They are equipped with a small metal plate that is designed to make the brakes squeak when they need replacement so you don't continue driving and damage the rotors.

Instructions

1

Loosen the lug nuts on a rear tire using a lug nut wrench.

2

Set the jack directly under the axle of your Jeep Cherokee. Lift the vehicle high enough so that you can remove the tire. Remove the lug nuts and pull the tire from the hub.

3

Remove the two bolts that secure the caliper to the rotor using a ratchet and a 13 mm socket. Remove the caliper from the rotor.

4

Remove the brake pads from the rotor. There are two brake pads on each side of the rotor. They can be removed easily by pressing the release pins with your hands.

5

Press the piston on the caliper toward the rear of the caliper using a C-clamp. The C-clamp can be placed on the piston and the outside edge of the caliper. Tighten the clamp.

6

Slide the replacement brake pads into the caliper and mount the caliper back onto the rotor. Tighten the two bolts using a ratchet and a 13 mm socket.

7

Replace the tire and tighten the lug nuts using a lug nut wrench. Lower the vehicle to the ground and replace the wheel.

8

Replace the brakes on the opposite side of the vehicle.

9

Refill the brake fluid reservoir located inside the engine compartment with DOT4 brake fluid.

10

Press the brake pedal 15 to 20 times to engage the pistons in the calipers.