luvherinmyjeep32
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I thought I posted this last night but I guess not...
It seems like my 89 XJ stopping power has been lacking more so than usual lately.
I noticed the front pads were worn badly so I replaced them and no difference. The rotors are in spec.
After I changed the pads last night and no difference in stopping, I went to check the fluid and noticed the back of the fluid reservoir was wet, as if some fluid was leaking out from the reservoir cover. There are no pedals from it but it is definitely wet. The fluid level was good but I had just put new pads on, which I believe would put more fluid back in the reservoir.
I'm going to keep my eyes on this.
After that, I went to the grocery store and I noticed, that while I was at a stop the pedal was slowly sinking. When I first came to the stop it was fine, but then it would very slowly creep to the floor. I could then pump the brakes back up. Once the pedal got close to the floor, pushing it a little would cause it to bottom out and the BRAKE light would come on. Pumping the brakes back up would turn off the light.
The jeep stops fine on level ground or going up hill when I have time and distance, but when I really need to stop or I'm going downhill, I have to stand on it and it seems to almost bottom out and I'm still rolling a little. It used to lock up the front brakes at this point. FYI I'm running skinny 32"'s on aluminum rims.
Maybe a bleeding is in order.
Or maybe I need to swap in the 95 XJ master cylinder I have sitting in the garage from the old beater.
Thoughts?
It seems like my 89 XJ stopping power has been lacking more so than usual lately.
I noticed the front pads were worn badly so I replaced them and no difference. The rotors are in spec.
After I changed the pads last night and no difference in stopping, I went to check the fluid and noticed the back of the fluid reservoir was wet, as if some fluid was leaking out from the reservoir cover. There are no pedals from it but it is definitely wet. The fluid level was good but I had just put new pads on, which I believe would put more fluid back in the reservoir.
I'm going to keep my eyes on this.
After that, I went to the grocery store and I noticed, that while I was at a stop the pedal was slowly sinking. When I first came to the stop it was fine, but then it would very slowly creep to the floor. I could then pump the brakes back up. Once the pedal got close to the floor, pushing it a little would cause it to bottom out and the BRAKE light would come on. Pumping the brakes back up would turn off the light.
The jeep stops fine on level ground or going up hill when I have time and distance, but when I really need to stop or I'm going downhill, I have to stand on it and it seems to almost bottom out and I'm still rolling a little. It used to lock up the front brakes at this point. FYI I'm running skinny 32"'s on aluminum rims.
Maybe a bleeding is in order.
Or maybe I need to swap in the 95 XJ master cylinder I have sitting in the garage from the old beater.
Thoughts?