🔧 Juke - Rear Brake Pad Replacement

Replacing your rear brake pads restores braking power and prevents metal-to-metal damage to the rotors. On your Juke, the rear caliper must be swung up (or removed) so you can swap the pads and compress the piston before reassembly.

Difficulty Level: Intermediate | Estimated Time: 1.5-3 hours

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⚠️ Safety & Precautions

• 🛑 Support the Juke with jack stands; never rely on a floor jack alone.
• 🛑 Chock the front wheels with wheel chocks before lifting the rear.
• 🛑 Brake dust is harmful—use nitrile gloves and safety glasses, and clean with brake cleaner (don’t blow with compressed air).
• 🛑 Do not press the brake pedal with a caliper removed; it can pop the piston out and leak brake fluid.
• 🛑 Keep grease off pad friction material and rotor faces.
• 🔌 Battery disconnect is not required for this job.

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🔧 Required Tools

You'll need the following tools for this repair:

• Floor jack (rated 3-ton minimum)
• Jack stands (rated 3-ton minimum)
• Wheel chocks
• 21mm socket
• 1/2" drive breaker bar
• 1/2" drive torque wrench (20–200 ft-lbs)
• 14mm socket
• 19mm socket
• 3/8" drive ratchet
• 3/8" drive torque wrench (10–80 ft-lbs)
• Flathead screwdriver
• Needle-nose pliers
• Bungee cord
• C-clamp (6")
• Disc brake piston wind-back tool kit (specialty)
• Wire brush
• Brake cleaner spray
• Nitrile gloves
• Safety glasses

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🔩 Required Parts

HowToo sells all the parts you need for this repair:

• Rear brake pad set - Qty: 1
• Rear brake pad hardware kit (clips/shims) - Qty: 1
• Brake lubricant (high-temp silicone or ceramic) - Qty: 1
• Brake cleaner - Qty: 1
• Rear brake rotors - Qty: 2 Replace in pairs if worn

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📋 Before You Begin

• 🅿️ Park on level ground, leave the transmission in 1st gear, and release the parking brake (rear calipers can’t retract with it applied).
• 🧱 Place wheel chocks at the front tires.
• 🔓 Crack the rear lug nuts loose with a 21mm socket and breaker bar before lifting.
• 🧴 Open the hood and remove the brake fluid reservoir cap (loosely). This helps the caliper piston compress easier. Watch fluid level—don’t overflow.
• Assumption: Your Juke uses rear disc brakes with a caliper piston that may be push-in or twist-in; steps below include both methods.

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🔨 Step-by-Step Instructions

Follow these steps in order:

Step 1: Lift and secure the rear

• Use a floor jack to lift the rear at the proper jack point, then set the Juke onto jack stands.
• Remove the rear wheels using a 21mm socket.

Step 2: Locate the rear caliper and inspect

• Turn the steering wheel straight and look at the rear brake assembly.
• Check rotor condition (deep grooves, heavy rust lip). If badly worn, plan to replace rotors.

Step 3: Remove the caliper (slide bolts)

• Use a 14mm socket and 3/8" drive ratchet to remove the two caliper slide bolts.
• Lift the caliper off the bracket and hang it from the suspension with a bungee cord. Do not let it hang by the hose.

Step 4: Remove the old pads and hardware

• Slide the old pads out of the bracket by hand.
• Remove the pad clips/shims from the bracket using a flathead screwdriver.
• Clean the bracket pad lands (where clips sit) with a wire brush and brake cleaner spray.

Step 5: Compress the caliper piston

• What this is: A caliper piston is the round part that pushes the pads; it must be pushed back to fit thicker new pads.
• If the piston pushes straight in: Place an old pad against the piston and use a C-clamp (6") to slowly compress it.
• If the piston must twist in (common with parking brake calipers): Use a disc brake piston wind-back tool kit (specialty) to rotate and press the piston in at the same time.
• Go slowly and watch the brake fluid reservoir while compressing. Stop if it’s about to overflow.

Step 6: Service the slide pins

• Pull the slide pins out of the bracket by hand.
• Wipe them clean and apply a thin coat of brake lubricant (high-temp silicone or ceramic).
• Reinstall the pins and make sure they move smoothly.

Step 7: Install new hardware and pads

• Install the new pad clips from your rear brake pad hardware kit into the bracket by hand (press until fully seated).
• Apply a very light film of brake lubricant to the pad “ears” (the small metal tabs that contact the clips). Keep lube off friction material.
• Install the new pads into the bracket in the same positions as the originals.

Step 8: Reinstall the caliper and torque bolts

• Set the caliper back over the new pads.
• Install the slide bolts by hand first (prevents cross-threading), then tighten with a 14mm socket.
• Torque to 25 Nm (18 ft-lbs) for the rear caliper slide bolts.
• If you removed the caliper bracket (not always required): reinstall using a 19mm socket and torque wrench, Torque to 98 Nm (72 ft-lbs).

Step 9: Reinstall wheels

• Put the wheels back on and snug the lug nuts with a 21mm socket.
• Lower the Juke off the jack stands using the floor jack.
• Final-tighten lug nuts in a star pattern with a torque wrench: Torque to 113 Nm (83 ft-lbs).

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✅ After Repair

• 🦶 Pump the brake pedal 10–15 times until it feels firm. This seats the pads against the rotors.
• 🧴 Check brake fluid level and reinstall the reservoir cap.
• 🅿️ Re-apply the parking brake and confirm it holds properly.
• 🛣️ Do a cautious test drive. Start with slow stops in a safe area.
• 🔥 Pad bed-in (recommended): make 6–10 moderate stops from ~30–40 mph with cool-down time between. Avoid hard stops for 200 miles.
• 👂 Listen for scraping/grinding; if present, stop and re-check pad seating and hardware clips.

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💰 DIY vs Shop Cost

Shop Cost: $250-$450 (parts + labor)

DIY Cost: $60-$180 (parts only)

You Save: $190-$270 by doing it yourself!

Shop labor rates vary but typically run $100-$150/hour. This repair takes a shop approximately 1.0-1.5 hours.

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