How to Change the Rear Brakes on a 2003 Cadillac EXT

The Escalade EXT is Cadillac's luxury pickup. The 2003 Escalade came equipped with four-wheel anti-lock brakes and all-around disc brakes as standard equipment. The brakes' life is measured in distance driven, not time elapsed, but usually they last three to six years, depending on how much driving you do and the amount of city driving versus highway driving. Highway driving significantly increases the life of your brakes compared with city driving.

Instructions

1

Remove the lug nuts from the EXT's rear wheels with the tire iron. Set wood blocks in front of the front tires.

2

Set the floor jack underneath the support strut along the outside undercarriage of the Escalade EXT. Raise it up until the tires have at least 2 inches of clearance from the ground. Set jack stands underneath the axle of the EXT and lower the vehicle onto the stands. Remove the tires.

3

Loosen the bottom bolt on the caliper mounting bracket on one of the rear wheels with the socket wrench. Remove the brake pads from the bracket by sliding them out of it.

4

Compress the caliper cylinder with the compression tool so that the cylinder is flush with the bracket base.

5

Install the new brake pads with the metal facing outward. This will place the black brake material against the rotor.

6

Re-bolt the caliper mounting bracket to the rotor.

7

Repeat the process on the opposite side. Replace the wheel and tires on the hubs. Lower the truck.