The Two thousand Jeep Grand Cherokee has always featured front CD brakes that retain brake pads and rotors. It may further detail rear CD brakes or rear drum brakes. The front brakes normally miss also frequent replacement being they fit up to three times besides braking capacity for the vehicle than the rear brakes bring about. Gently pry off the outboard pad retaining spring using a slotted screwdriver. Pry it off from the side early to unseat it from the gap in the caliper housing, then pry whether off the the front face of the caliper. It does not affair whether you pry off the top or backside front.
Remove half of the brake fluid from the skillful cylinder with the brake fluid suction pump after you've parked the Grand Cherokee on a paved, calm surface. Discard the fluid.
2. Manipulate the parking brake and deposit a shove wedge remain one of the rear tires for added stability.
3. Loosen the front shove nuts using a remover or tire iron. Single loosen them approximately 1/4 turn Everyone.
4. Lift the SUV and block it on jack stands placed under the front frame rails. Stop removing the loosened trundle nuts and then remove the tires.
5. Nevertheless, in the fact you want to convert the rear brake pads further, the procedure is further collateral to replacing the front brake pads.
Instructions
1. Once one side is clear, you can simply remove the other side by fist.6. Settle the C-clamp over the caliper so the top of the clamp is on the inboard caliper housing and the screw site of the clamp contacts the backing plate of the outboard pad. Tighten the clamp until the caliper piston fully compresses. Remove the clamp.
7. Remove both upper and lower caliper mounting bolts using a box-end wrench.
8. Remove the caliper and pad assembly from the knuckle and rotor and hang it on a caliper hanger to the coil spring to prevent damage from occurring to the rubber brake hose.
9. Pry the outboard pad retaining tabs off the housing of the caliper to remove and then pull the inboard pads straight out of the caliper piston. The inboard pad has retaining springs holding it in place to the hollow piston.
10. Install the replacement pads. Insert the inboard pad into the caliper piston first and then the outboard pad to the outer caliper housing. Reverse the rest of the procedure to reinstall. Be sure to lubricate the smooth section of the caliper mounting bolts with the silicone supplied in the box of replacement pads.
