rear brakes more work than expected

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buzxj

NAXJA Forum User

Location

columbus, ohio

• May 6, 2008

• #1

So my 90 4.0 project looked like it needed some new rear brakes so i did a small hardware kit overhaul and new pads. I still have no braking power in the back. On jack stands the wheels stop when the brakes are applied but are easily moved by hand.

I figure new wheel cylinders will fix the problem. I also tried pumping the brakes with the drums off to see how well they moved, no movement at all. So are the cylinders seized up or could it be something else?

 

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jeep ride

NAXJA Forum User

Location

West Virginia 25064

• May 6, 2008

• #2

Are you getting fluid to your wheel cylinders?

 

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CodyB

NAXJA Forum User

Location

AR

• May 6, 2008

• #3

Are you going in reverse and then stopping to adjust the brakes? If you still have it on jack stands, it sounds like you haven't, Just trying to help, if you have, just ignore this...

 

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Blaine B.

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Northwest Indiana

• May 6, 2008

• #4

He said nothing moves when braking, even with the drums removed.

 

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600dollarxj

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Dayton Oh/Purdue

• May 6, 2008

• #5

open the bleed screws and see if you're getting fluid, then bleed them, then start replacing stuff.

 

ILLXJ

NAXJA Member

NAXJA Member

Location

Louisville, IL

• May 6, 2008

• #6

Replace with disc. Problem solved. JIM.

 

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dizzymac

NAXJA Forum User

Location

New Hampshire

• May 6, 2008

• #7

If you replaced everything else back there, you might as well go ahead and replace the wheel cylinders, cheap peace of mind.

 

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tommyr

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Chicago

• May 6, 2008

• #8

Have some brake tubing & a bender ready. If those cylinders haven't been
replaced in 18 years, you'll probably never get the hard lines out of them, (or the rubber hose centered on the axle for that matter. Go slow trying to remove the rubber hose from the body hard line. Ask me how I know :wave:

 

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dizzymac

NAXJA Forum User

Location

New Hampshire

• May 6, 2008

• #9

Its really not a very hard job to replace the hard lines up to the MC. Usually what happens is you try to break them at the WC's and andthey twist and break, so then you try at the rubberline,same thing.
A roll of 3/16" brake line and fittings to do all the hard lines will run you about $25 and around $40-45 for all the rubber lines.
An afternoons work and you have a very reilable (depending on how many beers) brake system