Brakes

[roaniecowpony]

I checked my OEM Rubicon wheels with the template. It's a no-go. The inside radius of the wheel is just too large and it would require some kind of big spacer to use the OEM wheels.

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[azwjowner]

I checked my OEM Rubicon wheels with the template. It's a no-go. The inside radius of the wheel is just too large and it would require some kind of big spacer to use the OEM wheels.

Thanks for checking.

 

[omnitonic]

Tech. Told service advisor I needed new pads on rear brakes. 23,000 miles.

It's kind of funny, because my rear pads were about even with the top line of OPAR at 11,000 miles. I've burned three sets of back brakes in 50,000 miles. Your guy is not wrong for thinking this is possible, but he needs his eyes checked looking at your pads.

 

[Upnarms]

It's kind of funny, because my rear pads were about even with the top line of OPAR at 11,000 miles. I've burned three sets of back brakes in 50,000 miles. Your guy is not wrong for thinking this is possible, but he needs his eyes checked looking at your pads.

What have you been doing to go through 3 sets of rears in 50k miles??? I still have 50% left at 50k miles and I tow a 2k lb off road trailer in the summers! Do you have 40s? Very curious!

I had heard of others going through their pads at 25k miles so I had ordered new ones, assuming mine were soon to be gone . I was shocked to see so much pad when I checked them at 40k miles.

 

[omnitonic]

What have you been doing to go through 3 sets of rears in 50k miles??? I still have 50% left at 50k miles and I tow a 2k lb off road trailer in the summers! Do you have 40s? Very curious!

My first set were burned on a Jeep that was mostly stock the whole time. My first mod was a winch and front bumper. When I graduated to a lift, wheels and tires, and a regear, I had been running mostly stock the whole way. The guy who did my regear pointed out that my brakes were shot, and when I looked at them, they were SHOT. I only had 100 miles on the wheels/tires/regear at that point, so it all happened stock.

The second set of brake pads lasted another 12,000 miles. The last time they wore out, I went with super heavy duty pads, and I've gotten 25,000 miles out of those so far, and they are about twice as worn as yours, but still good for the foreseeable future.

 

[Ratbert]

My first set were burned on a Jeep that was mostly stock the whole time. My first mod was a winch and front bumper. When I graduated to a lift, wheels and tires, and a regear, I had been running mostly stock the whole way. The guy who did my regear pointed out that my brakes were shot, and when I looked at them, they were SHOT. I only had 100 miles on the wheels/tires/regear at that point, so it all happened stock.

The second set of brake pads lasted another 12,000 miles. The last time they wore out, I went with super heavy duty pads, and I've gotten 25,000 miles out of those so far, and they are about twice as worn as yours, but still good for the foreseeable future.

Any thoughts on how your driving characteristics might be impacting that? Like lots of hills where you're not downshifting, left foot braking, etc.?

 

[zouch]

does anyone have the Teraflex brakes fitted with the Mopar Performance Beadlock Compatible wheels (same as what comes on the XR pkg) ?

 

[omnitonic]

Any thoughts on how your driving characteristics might be impacting that? Like lots of hills where you're not downshifting, left foot braking, etc.?

I let engine braking help me, and I look way down the road, so I am easy on brakes, and they usually last forever. Also, I usually put on two or three sets of front brakes for every set of rear, and the rear brakes on the Jeep were beyond shot. I hadn't even looked at them to see how they were wearing, because 12,000 miles. Who wears out brakes in 12,000 miles?!

I think the factory linings just weren't sufficiently heavy duty. My OEM-style replacement set lasted about the same, and now I have twice the life out of an "extra heavy duty" aftermarket set of pads. I'm probably going to get about 50,000 miles out of the current pads, so four times the life.

 

[Barney392]

does anyone have the Teraflex brakes fitted with the Mopar Performance Beadlock Compatible wheels (same as what comes on the XR pkg) ?

I have a base 392 and the factory bead lock wheels needed a 1 1/2" spacers to get clearance. I now have the 392 XR wheels and they work without spacers.

 

[zouch]

thanks, but IIRC the Beadlocks on the 392 were not the same.
i’m specifically looking for experience with the 25 bolt beadlocks, not the 24 bolt version used on the 392.

I have a base 392 and the factory bead lock wheels needed a 1 1/2" spacers to get clearance. I now have the 392 XR wheels and they work without spacers.

 

[_olllllllo_]

My first set were burned on a Jeep that was mostly stock the whole time. My first mod was a winch and front bumper. When I graduated to a lift, wheels and tires, and a regear, I had been running mostly stock the whole way. The guy who did my regear pointed out that my brakes were shot, and when I looked at them, they were SHOT. I only had 100 miles on the wheels/tires/regear at that point, so it all happened stock.

The second set of brake pads lasted another 12,000 miles. The last time they wore out, I went with super heavy duty pads, and I've gotten 25,000 miles out of those so far, and they are about twice as worn as yours, but still good for the foreseeable future.

I am at 106,000 miles and my stock pads still have not needed replacement, front or rear. I off-road and tow a 2800 lb off-road trailer (with electric trailer brakes). I am shocked at the rate you are going through pads. I have heard that Jeeps go through rear pads faster than fronts, but have no real data if that is accurate or not.

 

[Barney392]

thanks, but IIRC the Beadlocks on the 392 were not the same.
i’m specifically looking for experience with the 25 bolt beadlocks, not the 24 bolt version used on the 392.

The XR wheels on the 392 have 25 bolts. The base 392 wheels have 24 bolts.

 

[zouch]

i’ll bet that you use your engine as a brake more than most people (who have Automatics), and that has some bearing on it.

of course it could also be that you’re doing more miles on the highway than some people and just not using the brakes as much per mile.

that said, my pads don’t seem to be showing much wear either, but i sure wouldn’t mind if they worked better.

I am at 106,000 miles and my stock pads still have not needed replacement, front or rear. I off-road and tow a 2800 lb off-road trailer (with electric trailer brakes). I am shocked at the rate you are going through pads. I have heard that Jeeps go through rear pads faster than fronts, but have no real data if that is accurate or not.

 

[omnitonic]

I have heard that Jeeps go through rear pads faster than fronts, but have no real data if that is accurate or not.

Mine definitely did. At 12,000 miles, my rears were about 1/32" thick, but my fronts were still fine. That's weird in of itself. Usually, the front brakes wear faster.

Most recently, I have had to change my parking brake shoes, which were totally worn out.

I can only speculate, but I like to run along the ridges in Appalachia, and this country used to be an ocean a billion years ago. There is a lot of sand up there. Some of the dirt looks like raw builder's sand. I think sandy mud contributed to all this premature wear. I mean, they use sand to make sandpaper, so it makes sense.

 

[_olllllllo_]

Mine definitely did. At 12,000 miles, my rears were about 1/32" thick, but my fronts were still fine. That's weird in of itself. Usually, the front brakes wear faster.

Most recently, I have had to change my parking brake shoes, which were totally worn out.

I can only speculate, but I like to run along the ridges in Appalachia, and this country used to be an ocean a billion years ago. There is a lot of sand up there. Some of the dirt looks like raw builder's sand. I think sandy mud contributed to all this premature wear. I mean, they use sand to make sandpaper, so it makes sense.

I live in the Sonoran desert in Southern Arizona and we have plenty of sand and dirt. I check the wear level on the rears every time I get my tires rotated and balance at Discount Tire. I have replacement pads ready to go and actually pulled the fronts at 65,000 miles with the expectation to replace them and was shocked that they had only worn about 1/3rd of the way down. I put them back together after cleaning everything up and using anti-sieze to make replacement go smoother.

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