How to Replace Crown Victoria Rear Brake Pads

Crown Victorias with rear disc brakes require rear brake pad replacement approximately every other time you replace the front pads. While there is no set mileage interval for brake replacement, it's best to inspect the brake pads every time you rotate the tires or every 10,000 miles, whichever comes first. Since the rear pads help control the sedan as it comes to a halt, while the fronts do most of the actual braking, you can see why the rears don't wear as quickly as the fronts. Anyone with basic auto-repair experience can replace Crown Victoria rear brakes in two hours.

Instructions

1

Position the wheel chocks in the front and back of the Crown Victoria's left-front tire to prevent the Ford from rolling. Turn all the Crown Victoria's rear lug nuts counterclockwise with your lug wrench to loosen them.

2

Pick the sedan's rear end up with the floor jack and support it on jack stands. Take the lug nuts off, followed by the rear wheels in order to expose the back disc brakes.

3

Place the drain pan under the left-rear brake rotor. Wash the Crown Victoria's left-rear brake caliper and rotor thoroughly with brake cleaner to remove the brake dust.

4

Remove the left-rear caliper bolts with a socket set. Lift the caliper from the mount by hand and then remove the old rear disc brake pads manually. Discard the pads.

5

Clean the inside of the left-rear caliper with brake cleaner. Grease the caliper slides with white lithium grease. Force the caliper pistons to retract using the caliper tool.

6

Insert the new rear disc brake pads manually. Slip the caliper back into the mount and bolt it in with your socket set.

7

Move around to the Crown Victoria's right-rear and repeat steps 3 through 6 to replace the right-rear brake pads.

8

Put the back tires and lug nuts back on the Crown Victoria by hand. Lower the sedan off the jack stands with the floor jack.

9

Torque the Crown Victoria's rear lug nuts to 85 foot-pounds with the torque wrench.