Great Video! Thank you! It helped this first timer have confidence to take rotor and pad replacement myself. - if you have an older WK2 (mine is a 2015 with 100K) with original brake pads, your rattle could be caused by rusted mounting studs on the break pads. They make the little pressure mounting tabs out of cheap metal and they literally rust away with time and then allow the pads to make an annoying rattle over bumps (can occur on rear as well). I live in Cleveland, OH and dump a lot of salt on our roads, so if you go longer than say 5 years, and live in a similar environment you may have the same issue. Simple fix with new pads (although both my rotors and pads had another 10-15K of life in them). I have NEVER had a set of pads last longer than 35-40K - Jeep did a great job engineering the pads and rotors to match the WK2 (mine is V6)! When I went to replace them, I paid up to use MOPAR parts hoping to get same results again - don't mess with success!
Nice job with the detailed video. Good to see that some of us still get the rotors cut (if applicable) rather than just throw away and buy new. I have a 2015 JGC and pretty much the same brakes/workflow as the 2018 you repair here.
My steering wheel shakes when stopping and I have squeaking every now and again when stopping pads are in great shape shop says I need all new rotors and pads will turning fix wheel shake or should I just bite the bullet and put the new rotors on?
If your steering wheel shakes when pressing the brakes then yes most likely your rotors are warped, as for the squealing the rotors are probably glazed which causes noisy brakes. Depending on how much run out you have left on the old rotors they may be able to turn/resurface them or you will have to get new rotors. You will also need to get new pads as well because those old pads will be junk now. Just make sure you or your technician breaks in the new pads to the new rotors this will help to make sure the new rotors won’t become warped so easily.
I’m seeing 95-125 according to Haynes double check your owners manual I think you’ll be safe at 120 foot pounds haynes.com/en-us/tips-tutorials/2005-2019-jeep-grand-cherokee-and-2011-2019-dodge-durango-routine-maintenance-faq
Can you tell me please what kind of grease you use for the caliper guides? In fact, I came across information that Mopar does not recommend lubricating them.
This is what I usually use amzn.to/3U7tjTd or sometimes the pads will come with the grease. Not sure where you came across that all brake caliper pins should be lubed so they slide correctly.
My guide pins gave me more resistance than shown in your video. I lubed them up and reinstalled but I’m questioning if they should be replace. The braking does feel good after install.
Awesome Video, nice and to the point. This helped me big time. Thank You. My slide pins required an 11mm allen key, for some weird reason. Cheers Mate.
So every tutorial about the grand Cherokee pads replacement I see on RUclips, they talk about greasing the guide pins on the calipers, but for some reason the “Haynes” repair manual I own for my jeep says don’t grease them pins. I wonder why they say that? It looks pretty obvious to me that something with a lot of friction such as the guide pins should be lubricated right?
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE thanks for replying man, your videos are a great help for me, I’m not a mechanic but I find joy in doing basic maintenance myself. Your video about the axle and transfer case fluid change had help me big time, thanks for your great content.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE sorry just curious, but how do you know? Do you have the service manual? I’m thinking about buying the manual just for the peace of mind.
@@willdubeast88 I’ve never heard of brake caliper bracket bolts being one time use. I’ve reused caliper bracket bolts on hundreds of vehicles. Some due use locktite but that’s it.
Great video step by step. I’m about to change my pads and rotors for my grand Cherokee 2018. When it comes to bleeding the brakes is it a simple process for all four lines ?
Yeah what I usually do is suck all the old fluid out of the master cylinder reservoir with a turkey blaster or fluid extractor. Then top it off with new fluid. Next start bleeding it at the passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, and end at the driver front. I usually use the power motive bleeder or my mitivac bleeder.
Great detail. I’ve done a lot of work on cars but never messed with brakes. Wanted to have someone else to blame if they ever failed! 2 years ago (15,000 miles) the shop said I had 70% brake life remaining. The passenger front squeaks occasionally so I bought new pads this week. After watching your video I’ll have the rotors turned since that’s a pretty easy step. I’ve pulled axles before so this shouldn’t be anything too foreign. I’ve just never changed out pads or broken them in (thanks for the details on that as well).
posted this on another similar video: Great video but I got hung up on one thing. The rotor wouldn't come off, essentially a rust ring (I assume) holding the parking brake shoes. I found the adjuster behind the rotor plate or whatever it is. But I have no visibility at all on which way the adjuster is oriented and which way to spin the adjuster and is it the opposite way for each side. Do you know this info or do you have a video on that on the Jeep? I have a Summit series and all the air suspension components don't help with visibility. I do not have a brake spoon and plan to get one. If you see these messages, please comment when you can. THANK YOU!
Best Detail Instruction on YT!... Well done! Subbed! How many miles were on the 2018 GC when you did this?... I have the same 2018 with 76K and wondering if I should do this?
Excellent video except? Why can't any of these videos tell us exactly what size tools they use. Yes, I see an Allen wrench. What size is it? What size is the caliper bracket bolts? I don't have an organized tool box.And I would just like to know what tools I need before I jack the car up. Thank you
Super helpful video! Question for you - do you happen to know if your brakes are Heavy Duty brakes on this model? I have a 2014 with what looks to be the same setup as yours but can’t seem to find anything concrete on the internet.
I think all these came with the same basic brake pads and you can choose in the aftermarket parts if you wanted to upgrade to heavy duty ones for if you tow or something with it.
If you use an impact wrench on your wheel lock/wheel lock key you could strip it out and or ruin the shape which would cause it to slip. Always loosen it by hand first then use the gun to take it off.
@BLUECOLLARGARAGE I've seen some videos of an electric park brake that the piston needs to be retracted. How do you know if you have that?? If my parking brake is a peddle, does that mean i don't have it?
Good luck doing rears on a Trailhawk lol. You can't even get to the adjusting wheel to remove the rear rotors if there is a rust lip preventing removal.
Решение приподнять задок именно этой модели автомобиля было весьма опрометчивым. Сушествует реальная угроза проломить корпус дифференциала массой автомобиля. Лучше так не делать.
Only needed to know what tools i needed for this vehicle but i watch the whole thing. Very good video thank you sir!!!!
Good Job... Teacher, reminded of a great autoshop teacher I had in high school thanks !
Great Video! Thank you! It helped this first timer have confidence to take rotor and pad replacement myself. - if you have an older WK2 (mine is a 2015 with 100K) with original brake pads, your rattle could be caused by rusted mounting studs on the break pads. They make the little pressure mounting tabs out of cheap metal and they literally rust away with time and then allow the pads to make an annoying rattle over bumps (can occur on rear as well). I live in Cleveland, OH and dump a lot of salt on our roads, so if you go longer than say 5 years, and live in a similar environment you may have the same issue. Simple fix with new pads (although both my rotors and pads had another 10-15K of life in them). I have NEVER had a set of pads last longer than 35-40K - Jeep did a great job engineering the pads and rotors to match the WK2 (mine is V6)! When I went to replace them, I paid up to use MOPAR parts hoping to get same results again - don't mess with success!
Nice job with the detailed video. Good to see that some of us still get the rotors cut (if applicable) rather than just throw away and buy new. I have a 2015 JGC and pretty much the same brakes/workflow as the 2018 you repair here.
Thank you for the tutorial! Awesome walkthrough of the steps needed to change the brakes on my Jeep.
Good video - I believe it's a 11mm hex though.
It is a 11mm
Ain’t no way, I just left auto zone on my way home with a 10mm
@@Clemsontiger21487did it work ?
Same
Thank you!!! First time changing my daughters jeep brake pads… couldn’t have done it if I didn’t see your video
Great tutorial, mine has 50,000 miles and pads still have 60% pad left , should i replace ? Wifey drives it easy .
No if you still have that much pad left no sense in replacing them right now. Save your money.
My steering wheel shakes when stopping and I have squeaking every now and again when stopping pads are in great shape shop says I need all new rotors and pads will turning fix wheel shake or should I just bite the bullet and put the new rotors on?
If your steering wheel shakes when pressing the brakes then yes most likely your rotors are warped, as for the squealing the rotors are probably glazed which causes noisy brakes. Depending on how much run out you have left on the old rotors they may be able to turn/resurface them or you will have to get new rotors. You will also need to get new pads as well because those old pads will be junk now. Just make sure you or your technician breaks in the new pads to the new rotors this will help to make sure the new rotors won’t become warped so easily.
Curious why you said you had to bleed when you never had any lines off? How would air get in? Did I miss something?
Any idea what the wheel torque for a 2015 limited might be ? I cant find it anywhere all i can find is 110-130 foot pounds but nothing exact
I’m seeing 95-125 according to Haynes double check your owners manual I think you’ll be safe at 120 foot pounds haynes.com/en-us/tips-tutorials/2005-2019-jeep-grand-cherokee-and-2011-2019-dodge-durango-routine-maintenance-faq
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE ill check it out . Thanx for the help
You saved me bucks again brother. Thank you
I have the Summit edition with the air suspension. Do I need to disconnect the battery to prevent it from trying to auto level?
Disable the system through your touchscreen.
Can you tell me please what kind of grease you use for the caliper guides?
In fact, I came across information that Mopar does not recommend lubricating them.
This is what I usually use amzn.to/3U7tjTd or sometimes the pads will come with the grease. Not sure where you came across that all brake caliper pins should be lubed so they slide correctly.
The best Brake video I have seen....great work and thank you!
My guide pins gave me more resistance than shown in your video. I lubed them up and reinstalled but I’m questioning if they should be replace. The braking does feel good after install.
Was there any rust build up on them?
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE no rust at all.
You should be fine then as long as you used plenty of brake caliper grease on the slide pins.
Awesome Video, nice and to the point. This helped me big time. Thank You.
My slide pins required an 11mm allen key, for some weird reason.
Cheers Mate.
Great tutorial! My 2018 Trailhawk had 11MM front allen bolts not 10MM. Thanks!
So every tutorial about the grand Cherokee pads replacement I see on RUclips, they talk about greasing the guide pins on the calipers, but for some reason the “Haynes” repair manual I own for my jeep says don’t grease them pins. I wonder why they say that? It looks pretty obvious to me that something with a lot of friction such as the guide pins should be lubricated right?
Yes you will want to grease the slide pins not sure why Haynes says not to.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE thanks for replying man, your videos are a great help for me, I’m not a mechanic but I find joy in doing basic maintenance myself. Your video about the axle and transfer case fluid change had help me big time, thanks for your great content.
The main thing I needed from your video, was that I needed a 10mm Allen key, thank you. I was sure glad it wasn't a large torx bit.
Aren’t the caliper bracket bolts (not the guide pins) one time use “torque to yield” bolts and thus need to be replaced if removed?
No they are reusable.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE sorry just curious, but how do you know? Do you have the service manual? I’m thinking about buying the manual just for the peace of mind.
@@willdubeast88 I’ve never heard of brake caliper bracket bolts being one time use. I’ve reused caliper bracket bolts on hundreds of vehicles. Some due use locktite but that’s it.
No bleeding the calipers?
No need for bleeding because we didn’t open up any bleeder valves or anything.
Great video, you have earned a SUB.
If the o-ring is missing, should I go get a replacement?
No it's fine
Great video step by step. I’m about to change my pads and rotors for my grand Cherokee 2018. When it comes to bleeding the brakes is it a simple process for all four lines ?
Yeah what I usually do is suck all the old fluid out of the master cylinder reservoir with a turkey blaster or fluid extractor. Then top it off with new fluid. Next start bleeding it at the passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, and end at the driver front. I usually use the power motive bleeder or my mitivac bleeder.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE thanks man appreciate it
Great detailed video 👍🏻 Appreciate it.
Excellent video that help me a lot, thanks for your video.
Great video. Thanks! Do you know if the HD brakes are fairly similar regarding this service?
Amazing Walk through ! Thank YOU!
Can you possibly show us all the tools you’re using including the spray
Great video, made this job easy to do!
Great detail. I’ve done a lot of work on cars but never messed with brakes. Wanted to have someone else to blame if they ever failed! 2 years ago (15,000 miles) the shop said I had 70% brake life remaining. The passenger front squeaks occasionally so I bought new pads this week. After watching your video I’ll have the rotors turned since that’s a pretty easy step. I’ve pulled axles before so this shouldn’t be anything too foreign. I’ve just never changed out pads or broken them in (thanks for the details on that as well).
Whats the torque for the caliper bracket bolts
posted this on another similar video: Great video but I got hung up on one thing. The rotor wouldn't come off, essentially a rust ring (I assume) holding the parking brake shoes. I found the adjuster behind the rotor plate or whatever it is. But I have no visibility at all on which way the adjuster is oriented and which way to spin the adjuster and is it the opposite way for each side. Do you know this info or do you have a video on that on the Jeep? I have a Summit series and all the air suspension components don't help with visibility. I do not have a brake spoon and plan to get one. If you see these messages, please comment when you can. THANK YOU!
Best Detail Instruction on YT!... Well done! Subbed! How many miles were on the 2018 GC when you did this?... I have the same 2018 with 76K and wondering if I should do this?
... nothing about run out/phasing the rotors??
Excellent video except? Why can't any of these videos tell us exactly what size tools they use.
Yes, I see an Allen wrench. What size is it? What size is the caliper bracket bolts? I don't have an organized tool box.And I would just like to know what tools I need before I jack the car up. Thank you
Do you have video on how to bleed braks?
Caliber farthest away from master cylinder
RR,LR,RF,LF
Super helpful video! Question for you - do you happen to know if your brakes are Heavy Duty brakes on this model? I have a 2014 with what looks to be the same setup as yours but can’t seem to find anything concrete on the internet.
I think all these came with the same basic brake pads and you can choose in the aftermarket parts if you wanted to upgrade to heavy duty ones for if you tow or something with it.
On my 2020 you know you have heavy duty brakes if the rear rotors are vented just like the front if they're not you have standard brakes.
If you use an impact wrench on your wheel lock/wheel lock key you could strip it out and or ruin the shape which would cause it to slip. Always loosen it by hand first then use the gun to take it off.
Yep, I had a shop ruin mine then put it back and I didn’t find out til I had a flat in the middle of nowhere.
Thanks was really helpful you really was detailed and I appreciate that. What other places can take the rotators to get them turned?
What kind of spray is that
Just normal brake cleaner spray.
Thank you sir!
Thanks very good video and well done.
Great video!!!does your tires rub??
Although this is not my vehicle just a customers but when I test drove it I didn’t notice any rubbing
Why cant you use a c clamp on the rears??
You can still use a c clamp I was just showing another tool you can use.
@BLUECOLLARGARAGE I've seen some videos of an electric park brake that the piston needs to be retracted. How do you know if you have that?? If my parking brake is a peddle, does that mean i don't have it?
@@welch3319 yes correct if you have the pedal it will be a manual parking brake. The electronic one will have a switch.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE Thank god.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE it seems like it's easier
Good video with the right information Thanks
Good luck doing rears on a Trailhawk lol. You can't even get to the adjusting wheel to remove the rear rotors if there is a rust lip preventing removal.
Great video!
Life saver.
Freaking outstanding
Its 11mm hex
That last part is overkill. I just pump my breaks repeatedly until the pressure builds up
I cant put my
Master cylinder cap back on😭🤣
Решение приподнять задок именно этой модели автомобиля было весьма опрометчивым. Сушествует реальная угроза проломить корпус дифференциала массой автомобиля. Лучше так не делать.
3:38 whats that tool called?
A brake caliper compressor
Definitely not a 10mm
Great video very informative step by step. Thank you 👏