2005 Yukon Denali rear disc brakes

2005 Yukon Denali rear disc brakes, all-wheel drive. I'm due soon for rear brake pads; will doing rear disc pads be essentially the same as doing front discs, or will the handbrake part cause additional issues? Thanks.

the rear disc are basically the same as the front. the e brake shoes are inside the rotor and are only accessible if you remove the rotors.

the rear disc are basically the same as the front. the e brake shoes are inside the rotor and are only accessible if you remove the rotors.

Sorry, you confused me. There aren't a separate set of pads for e-brake, are there? Or is that what you mean, and to just leave those be if only changing the rear pads? Thanks.

By the way, 121K miles, front pads look fine; we've had this for 2 years, so figure that the fronts have been done before.

yes the e brake is a separate set of shoes . if your just slapping pads on its the same as the front.

The rear rotor has a center that doubles as a drum brake for the ebrake.

Doing the actually disc pads is the same as doing pads for the front.

The rear ebrake is remarkably simple. If you must service the ebrake shoes, do one side as a time so as to have a reference.

I noticed with my pads (2004 z71 burb) the rear rotors were terrible quality and caused rust from rotor getting ground down. The backing plates rusted through, as well as massive surface rust on the frame and rust out on the rear bumper. I attribute this to the lousy metal in the rotors. I've since replaced the rotors with carquest rotors, ceramic pads, and new backing plates from advanced auto. Replacing the backing plates took about 2 hours and was somewhat difficult.

Thank you both.

Did this job yesterday, straightforward (after finding out that mine is a 1500 half-ton). I used Wagner thermo Quiet pads from O'Reillys, $64. Old pads were about 1 mm thickness, rotors were still fine, so didn't turn them.

Thanks for the advice.

Did this job yesterday, straightforward (after finding out that mine is a 1500 half-ton). I used Wagner thermo Quiet pads from O'Reillys, $64. Old pads were about 1 mm thickness, rotors were still fine, so didn't turn them.

Thanks for the advice.

since you have the 1500. this vehicle does noT have an "E" BRAKE .

what you have is a PARKING BRAKE.

What this means is , when the vehicle is fully stopped , only then , are you to apply this parking brake !


IF YOU APPLY THIS PARKING BRAKE WITH THE VEHICLE MOVING IT WILL BREAK !

with drums on the rear this would be a typical E brake component. no so with the very fragile park brake on these 1500 rear rotor vehicles.

Thanks, J cAT. I should let you know that Mrs. Cusser NEVER uses the parking brake, EVER !!!! And never did on her 1994 Suburban either. I drive this like 3 times a year, and I don't use it either because I figure she will forget to release it !!!

And I also have 4 manual transmission vehicles, and there I want her to park those in neutral and engage the parking brake, but that rarely happens. But she really gets mad when I don't put my shoes away in the closet if I leave them under the bed...

Thanks, J cAT. I should let you know that Mrs. Cusser NEVER uses the parking brake, EVER !!!! And never did on her 1994 Suburban either. I drive this like 3 times a year, and I don't use it either because I figure she will forget to release it !!!

And I also have 4 manual transmission vehicles, and there I want her to park those in neutral and engage the parking brake, but that rarely happens. But she really gets mad when I don't put my shoes away in the closet if I leave them under the bed...


you have not been on here for a few months. I guess you survived the AZ heat ok.

with the 2005 if she did not release the park brake and tried to move, it most likely would break.