Best Brake shoes and hardware kit 1994 YJ?

Rear shoes on YJs & TJs really last a long time. I really recommend you stay with factory components unless there's some reason other than cost not to do so.

Before I replaced the axles on my 94 YJ with Dynatrac units the thing had around 50k on the original rear shoes and they weren't more than 50% worn. In fact, the front pads were replaced at 30k just to do it and had more than

50% left. Long lasting, if somewhat wheezy brakes.

I will probably do that but I wanted to make sure that there wasn't anything out there which would be better. OEM pads for the VW were so dusty, I had to switch to Mintex Reds which were basically OEM without the dust.

Rear brakes always last longer than front except if you have ABS and it gets used a lot. For example VW Passat and New Beetle. The rears get eaten because of premature ABS (NB) or too heavy a vehicle (Passat).

Update. I just ordered the OEM shoes but the hardware kit is not available at the dealer. My dealer gets them from an outside parts store.

I have had pretty good performance from Bendix brake parts.

Your adjusters couldn't have been working man.

I go through two rear sets for every one front on both of my Jeeps.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

"Gerald G. McGeorge" wrote:

Raybestos all the way... My brother swears by Performance Friction.

Could be, the stock brakes on it were really marginal with 33's. The brakes worked fine around town, but when you really needed them on the trail, like in steep terrain, the pedal had to be mashed nearly all the way to the floor.