MacTavish
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Fort Collins, Colorado
So my XJ almost killed me today.
1999 Cherokee Sport
4.0 Liter, 6 cylinder, 4x4 231 TC.
I was driving to work on a road that runs 100% straight down a mountain, has crazy turns, and has very few guard rails. (Rist Canyone Rd, Fort Collins, CO)
Aaannd my brakes died. Not completely, but if I pressed the pedal down more than an inch the brake pedal would start pulsing under my foot and lose pressure. At first I thought it was my ABS acting up, but no, my brakes were not working correctly. I had to pump the brakes all the way down the mountain and apply the hand brake on almost every turn. It was definitely one of the scariest experiences of my life. But fun too.. since I'm still alive lol.
Anyways, my brakes don't work and I need to fix them. Here are the symptoms:
- The brake pedal pulses (like its gasping for breath? its hard to describe) when I apply any real pressure.
- There is a clunking noise coming from somewhere under the car. However, It only starts making the noise when I apply the brake really hard or I exceed 35-40mph.
- thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk.
The feeling I get when I press down on the brakes is hard to describe, but its like the brakes are skipping.
I have no idea when the last time the brake pads were replaced or any work was done to the brake system. The car has about 150k miles on it. Any and all advice/comments are welcome. Also, if anyone here is from CO, a reccomendation to a good brake tech would be sweet. Thanks guys.
1999 Cherokee Sport
4.0 Liter, 6 cylinder, 4x4 231 TC.
I was driving to work on a road that runs 100% straight down a mountain, has crazy turns, and has very few guard rails. (Rist Canyone Rd, Fort Collins, CO)
Aaannd my brakes died. Not completely, but if I pressed the pedal down more than an inch the brake pedal would start pulsing under my foot and lose pressure. At first I thought it was my ABS acting up, but no, my brakes were not working correctly. I had to pump the brakes all the way down the mountain and apply the hand brake on almost every turn. It was definitely one of the scariest experiences of my life. But fun too.. since I'm still alive lol.
Anyways, my brakes don't work and I need to fix them. Here are the symptoms:
- The brake pedal pulses (like its gasping for breath? its hard to describe) when I apply any real pressure.
- There is a clunking noise coming from somewhere under the car. However, It only starts making the noise when I apply the brake really hard or I exceed 35-40mph.
- thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk.
The feeling I get when I press down on the brakes is hard to describe, but its like the brakes are skipping.
I have no idea when the last time the brake pads were replaced or any work was done to the brake system. The car has about 150k miles on it. Any and all advice/comments are welcome. Also, if anyone here is from CO, a reccomendation to a good brake tech would be sweet. Thanks guys.