Toby how to change your Jeep rotors and pads

When you take off your wheel this is what you see. The thing on the right holds the pads, the thing it "hugs" is the rotor. Begin by removing the thing that holds the pads... There are two bolts on the back to be removed:



Bolts in

Bolts out. Now that this is loose, do NOT let it hang by the tube which carries the brake fluid to the "thing that holds the brake pads"(caliper?). Set it on something or use wire to suspend it from your shocks... I set it on my ramp. Then remove the brake pads, after much work I discovered that there is a wire that presses down (pictured on top right of caliper). Use pliers to pull one end of the wire to the right lossening the grip on the brake pad.

Old brake pads coming loose.

Comparing old and new brake pads. You can see that the new one is much thicker, so you have to use a C clamp to push the piston back into the caliper... make sure and retract it all the way so you can get your pads in.

Some websites say you should retract these pistons with the old brake pad in so that you retract them both at the same time... I had trouble getting my c-clamp in their with the old one in place. It will take some "jimmy-ing" to get the new ones in place, but generally you I put the one that touches the piston in first, then used my hands to slide a piece of the caliper to make room to put the outer brake pad in place.






To remove the rotor I used a ten pound hammer, then I sprayed some WD-40 into each bolt hole, let it sit (while I worked on the pads), smack it several times and repeat. DO NOT HAVE YOUR PARKING BRAKE ON if you are replacing the rear rotors (learned that one the hard way).

Then you slip the new rotor on, and bolt the caliper back in place.

Good luck!