my son took his jeep in to check the brakes... they replaced the rear rotors (60k) and pads, fronts were ok.
I was wondering..... can brakes be treated like tires ? are they the same front/rear ?
Since he now has new rotors and pads on the rear, could he - instead - move the front rotors & pads to the rear, and install the new sets on the front ?
Is the labor involved not worth it - compared to the cost of the new parts ?
Brakes are not like tires. The rear rotors wouldn't fit the front. As long as the front brakes have plenty of pad left, no need to touch them.
Fairly common to do the front brakes a bit more often than the rears, rarely do all four wear at the same rate.
My apologies as my Jeep has front disc and rear drums. But if you have rotors all around I doubt the rotors are the same size on the front and back. Typically the front rotors are larger as they provide the majority of the stopping power. I would be real surprised if the front and rear rotors are the same size.
It won't work but a more serious question is why the rears would wear out before the fronts? Elementary physics says that the fronts will wear out first. Hopefully there is a simple explanation like this is a used Jeep and the fronts have already been replaced once or twice.
Earle
** Posted fromcould be driving with the emergency brake engaged or improperly adjusted Coasty
That would wear out the little drum inside the rear rotor...
I'd go for the fronts already having been done, or a very bad equalizer.
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