ps56k wrote:
> my son took his jeep in to check the brakes...
> they replaced the rear rotors (60k) and pads, fronts were ok.
>
> I was wondering.....
> can brakes be treated like tires ? are they the same front/rear ?
>
> Since he now has new rotors and pads on the rear,
> could he - instead - move the front rotors & pads to the rear,
> and install the new sets on the front ?
>
> Is the labor involved not worth it - compared to the cost of the new parts ?
>

Brakes are not like tires. The rear rotors wouldn't fit the front.
As long as the front brakes have plenty of pad left, no need to touch
them.

Fairly common to do the front brakes a bit more often than the rears,
rarely do all four wear at the same rate.