How long do rear brake pads last?

[Rez90]

Mine are at 60k and while i'm not hearing any squealing or anything...i'm getting a faint smell from the rear of the car.

I'm assuming it's probably time...but i figured i'd hear a squeal or something to let me know they were getting low.

How long do you usually get our of your rears?

 

[jimithing]

I think I changed mine at about 70k just because I was changing the front pads and wanted to replace them all at the same time. I bought the car used at about 50K and it had been dealer serviced it's whole life. I didn't see any record of them being changed so I just wanted to do them all at once for my own peace of mind. I really didn't need to change them, though, they still had probably 50% pad left.

 

[NeutronJon]

I bought my 05 limited with 85k on it. The dealer had just done tires and front brakes. I asked about rear and he said that there was still over 50% on them. They started squealing at 95k, and I didn't get a free afternoon to change them until a little after 97k.

When I pulled them off, I noted that the tell-tale squealers were missing, and the squealing that I had heard was steel on steel from the shims to the rotor surface. I ended up doing full rotors/calipers/pads. The total cost for that on my DIY job was about $400 with NAPA ultra parts. I think I had a 25% off brake parts coupon at the time though.

I'm still not 100% happy with how the brakes feel, so I'm getting ready to upgrade the front to sport rotors & calipers. The only part that sucks is that I have to pull the axle nut to get the dust shield off the back of the wheel bearings, and I don't have a set of air tools. Just waiting on a buddy to have a free afternoon that lines up with my time so we can do it.

 

[OHP]

The only part that sucks is that I have to pull the axle nut to get the dust shield off the back of the wheel bearings, and I don't have a set of air tools. Just waiting on a buddy to have a free afternoon that lines up with my time so we can do it.

The axel nut is the easy part. The part that sucks is that you also have to pull the whole bearing/hub assembly out of the steering knuckle to get that dust shield off. That is a PITA. Just trim it without removing it.

To the OP:
My sport has 73K on the original rear pads. They'll need to be done within the next 5K or so.

 

[MikeInNH]

The limited have a different setup then the SR5??

If it's the same setup I don't understand the need to pull dust cover

OP: Rear brakes should last twice the time/mileage of the front brakes.

 

[OHP]

I was asuming it needed to be trimmed to fit the slightly larger caliper, if it's even physically larger. I don't know.

 

[jimithing]

Neutron, here's someone that upgraded to the larger rotors:

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/4th-gen-t4rs/118161-how-upgrading-sport-brakes-319-338mm.html

 

[Neil]

I drive a lot of highway miles but I just changed mine for the 1st time at
178k. They were pulsating and I thought it was the front brakes needing to be resurfaced but I checked the back and changed pads and discs and that took care of the problem.

 

[G.I.G.]

Well the Sport Edition has larger brakes, so depending on your driving habits and where you drive, you might get more miles out of your brakes than if you had a SR5.

I have 81k miles on my '07 SE with the original rear AND front brake pads. I'm going on a long road trip with some 4-wheeling this summer so I'll probably change the pads before that trip. It's not unheard of to get over 100k miles out of your rear pads.

 

[JB.]

107k. Looks to me like they have a ways to go. Would ya'll agree?

 

[slyfox75]

i have 135K on mine and still kickin! I don't tow much of anything tho.
I did fronts at prolly 100K or so, but i looked at backs and they had PLENTY left so I just stored them and I'll do them when I do fronts again.

 

[drapaki]

did my fronts at 75k. rears are still going strong at 93k.

if anything, this reenforced in my mind the importance of using Toyota parts...


My bro-in-law used to have to get new brakes every 25k on his land cruiser. he'd always put the cheap stuff on there. i know it's a heavier truck, but still.. that's rediculous!

 

[blkexp98]

This last weekend I pulled all the wheels to check the brakes and rotate the tires. At ~50k I have about twice the pad on my back brakes as the front. It really doesn't look like they are worn much at all. I am getting the metallic brake sound when I brake from the front I believe. How normal is it for the pad on either the inside or the outside of the rotor to be worn than the other? Both my fronts were like that but the backs were about the same.

To the OP: Do you do much with towing or hills? I live in a pretty flat area and don't tow much so if you do that may change things. I would just pull the tire and look at at the pads. Chances are they are still good at only 60k since we are taking about the backs.

 

[superman3043]

I changed front pads @ 75K

did rear @ 90K

Had original rotors turned at the time. I'm still on those sets at ~ 170K and last I checked, they had plenty to go, if that's any indication as to how long they last. All OEM parts.

 

[NeutronJon]

The axel nut is the easy part. The part that sucks is that you also have to pull the whole bearing/hub assembly out of the steering knuckle to get that dust shield off. That is a PITA. Just trim it without removing it.

To the OP:
My sport has 73K on the original rear pads. They'll need to be done within the next 5K or so.

Jimithing:
I used that post to help make sure I was getting the right parts.

OHP:
I'm doing the passenger wheel bearings at the same as I'm getting the rumble vibration when turning slight left. I bought the prepressed setup so it's a bolt on job.