The Escalade EXT is Cadillac's luxury pickup. The 2003 Escalade came equipped with four-wheel anti-lock brakes and all-around disc brakes as standard equipment. The brakes' life is measured in distance driven, not time elapsed, but usually they last three to six years, depending on how much driving you do and the amount of city driving versus highway driving. Highway driving significantly increases the life of your brakes compared with city driving.
Instructions
- 1
Remove the lug nuts from the EXT's rear wheels with the tire iron. Set wood blocks in front of the front tires.
2Set the floor jack underneath the support strut along the outside undercarriage of the Escalade EXT. Raise it up until the tires have at least 2 inches of clearance from the ground. Set jack stands underneath the axle of the EXT and lower the vehicle onto the stands. Remove the tires.
3Loosen the bottom bolt on the caliper mounting bracket on one of the rear wheels with the socket wrench. Remove the brake pads from the bracket by sliding them out of it.
4Compress the caliper cylinder with the compression tool so that the cylinder is flush with the bracket base.
5Install the new brake pads with the metal facing outward. This will place the black brake material against the rotor.
6Re-bolt the caliper mounting bracket to the rotor.
7Repeat the process on the opposite side. Replace the wheel and tires on the hubs. Lower the truck.