The invention relates to the technical field of brake pad machining, in particular to an automobile brake pad steel back grinding device. The automobile brake pad steel back grinding device comprisesa box body, a box door is clamped on the box body through two sets of clamping mechanisms, two sets of sliding mechanisms are arranged in the parts, on the two sides of the lower end of a water inlet,of the box body, a shaft seat is fixedly arranged at the middle end of one side inside the box body, a through hole penetrating through the box body is formed in the middle end of the other side inside the box body, a turnover mechanism is arranged between the through hole and the shaft seat, the turnover mechanism is connected with a U-shaped box through a connecting rod, a brake pad main body is arranged in the U-shaped box, the brake pad main body is limited through a plurality of pre-tightening bolts in position, a square groove is formed in the bottom of the box body, a disc is fixedly welded at the tail end of a transmission shaft of a transmission motor above a motor box, a steel brush is arranged at the upper end of the disc, and the upper end of the steel brush is in contact withthe lower surface of the brake pad main body. The grinding device is stable in structure, convenient to assemble and disassemble and good in polishing effect on a brake pad.