1995 Jeep Cherokee Rear Brake Pad Instructions

The 1995 Jeep Cherokee relies on a four-wheel disc brake system to safely stop the SUV. The front brakes perform most of the actual stopping, while the rear breaks stabilize the Cherokee to prevent fish-tailing. Each time you stop, the brake pads wear a little more. While the front pads wear out in roughly half the time it takes to wear out the rears, you can still count on doing a back brake job on your Cherokee sooner or later. If you have basic auto-repair skills, you can replace the rear brakes yourself and save some money.

Instructions

1

Turn the rear lug nuts counterclockwise with your lug wrench until they're loose enough to remove by hand. Do not remove them yet.

2

Chock the Cherokee's right-front wheel by shoving a chock against the front and back tire tread. Lift the back of the Jeep with your floor jack. Place the jack stands under the rear axle and lower the Jeep onto the stands.

3

Take all the lug nuts off the rear of the Jeep and put them in a pile where they won't get lost. Pull the back tires off by hand to expose the Cherokee's back brakes.

4

Slide the drip tray under the Jeep's left-rear brake assembly. Wash the brake dust off the brakes with brake cleaner.

5

Remove the caliper bolts with your socket set. Pull the caliper out of the mounting bracket by hand.

6

Pull the old brake pads out of the caliper manually and discard them. Remove the brake dust from the pistons and slides with brake cleaner.

7

Retract the caliper pistons with a caliper tool. Position the new pads in the caliper by hand. Lower the caliper into the mounting bracket and bolt it in with the socket set.

8

Move to the Jeep's right-rear and repeat Steps 4 through 7.

9

Put the back tires on the Jeep by hand. Thread all the lug nuts back on by hand.

10

Lower the Cherokee off the jack stands with the floor jack. Tighten all the lug nuts to 100 ft.-lbs. using your torque wrench.