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Author:  70AnvKK [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:48 am ]
Post subject:  Rear Brake Pad Wear
I took my wife's 11 KK in to have the tire rotated yesterday and the rear pads are down to about 20% while the fronts still have about 70%. I find that particularly strange since the rears are supposed to outlast the fronts about 3:1. The KK only has 34k miles all combo of city/highway, any ideas on why?
Author:  Scar0 [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
We've noticed on the KA forum that a of of folks found the same thing, the rears wear out faster. 2-1 compared to the fronts.
Wonder if/how many others here, have noticed the same on their KKs?

What is strange is my Manual trany KA is about even front to back. I am not easy on my brakes, I jam on them at most stops. I have also towed a trailer a lot of miles. I'd say 20-25% of the 50K I have on her. Most of that was in the mountains cutting fire wood and hauling it back down a little over 900 feet of elevation per trip.

Some say it has to do with driving habits, and how often the ESP kicks in with the crappy stock tires. Others have said their ESP almost never kicks in and they have the same brake wear difference.
Overall the consensus is the KA is rear brake bias for some reason.:dizzy:
Author:  Bmxer524 [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
The esp seems to kill it on KKs(could be a rear brake bias who knows). I know I kill my tears especially in the winter...
Author:  DirtyKK [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
I've got 98k on my Heep and have replaced the rear brakes twice already, fronts once. I doo doo of my ESP as soon as I start up otherwise it'll go off around every turn. I don't think the ESP is the main culprit.
Author:  JeepMonkey190 [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
Same as every one above my rears lasted till about 40k though but one of my rears got stuck on so I hadto replace both rear calipers
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Wed Apr 22, 2015 11:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
99% of the time you will not even notice the ESP system kicking on and applying the rear brakes.


If you wheel your KK your brakes in general will wearout much faster.
Author:  70AnvKK [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
Thanks for all the replys, happy to see I'm not the only one. Guess I will just figure on replacing my rears every 35-40K.
Author:  BKNY [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
KK's eat rear pads for breakfast.

:)
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
BKNY wrote:
KK's eat rear pads for breakfast.

:)

So does any vehicle sold in the US that is model year '12 or newer and any older vehicle with ESP.
Author:  PALiftedKK [ Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
Lifted KKs know all to well of the esp headaches. Install the switch in between it and the pumps power supply. That will save your breaks like you wouldn't know. At least for me anyways because my esp always kicks in. I'm so close to completely removing the pump.
Author:  rhjeepdriver [ Wed Jun 10, 2015 12:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
My wife had a '07 KJ, now has '12 KK. The KJ would wear front and rear pads about even. Of course, the KK eats rear pads twice as fast as the front.
I own a '08 JK, it also eats rear pads about 2:1. The KJ had a different set up, different pads, etc., than my JK. The KK has exactly the same brakes as
my JK. So, looks to me like they started out with a good brake design on the Liberty and changed to the Wrangler type, I guess they wanted to sell more brake pads. :(
Author:  Marlon_JBT [ Wed Jun 10, 2015 7:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rear Brake Pad Wear
My '06 KJ with traction control ate rear pads like breakfast too. So does my mom's Dodge Journey.

Sometimes, I just want to pull that ABS fuse... for good.
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