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Last night I changed the calipers and front brake hoses. Bled the brakes and greased the slides. The brakes definitely feel a lot better. It is hard to tell if the pull is 100% gone mainly because there doesn't seem to be any straight roads where I live. It is definitely improved though. My...
Everything went together smoothly. I bled the brakes by having a family member press the pedal while cracking the valve and fluid came out fine. Should I try cracking it open to see if fluid drips out without pressure from the pedal applied? The hoses are only 2 years old and look fine...
2000 XJ - 174k miles
Last night I changed the rotors and pads on the Jeep. They were working fine, but were grinding and near the end of their life. Upon inspection, the pad wear was even on both sides. 2 years ago, I had a pull to the driver side when heavy braking (down hill at higher...
I have the Cooper Discoverer AT3's. Great tire for the money. If you want to spend a bit more and have a need for something more aggressive you can't go wrong with the General AT2's or new BFG All-Terrain KO2's. My dad has the BFG KO2's on his WK2 Grand Cherokee and they are awesome in the...
Didn't you say he just changed it? Sounds like it had a pretty severe oil leak. I don't think a head gasket would leak out that much oil in a short period of time if there is nothing on the stick and he just changed it. You mentioned oil leaked into the engine bay... possible double gasket on...
I put 1" upcountry springs on my Jeep about 1 year ago from Quadratec. I used leaf spring bushings from Quadratec as well. This Jeep sees 99% pavement, with a little towing.
After 1 year I started hearing a creak from the passenger side leaf spring. The bushings are already shot. Does...
I've owned a 1990, and 2 2000 models. All three were 4.0 auto 4x4 with the same gear ratio. The 1990 and one of the 2000s had the NP242. They all felt very similar power-wise. I think the HO engines have the slight edge in top-end HP, but the renix engines have torque earlier on in the power...
Nice! Yeah I'm curious how my friend's XJ will be with working rear brakes. It has never really had good brakes since he bought it. Mine stops like it has Brembos compared to his. :looney:
Interesting.
I read a thread on another forum about that cable bracket not seating correctly in the brake shoe causing the same problem. The cable fell off the bracket a few times when I was trying to install it, so it is very possible that the bracket wasn't seated correctly. Once my...
Yeah I checked that bracket in the NAPA kit against the ones in the Advance kit. All of the pieces in each kit were identical. The color of the one you posted looks different. The ones in the kits I got have a silver bracket. I'll see if I can find a kit with that gold colored one, maybe that...
Well I picked up the brake adjuster kit from NAPA, and I'm sad to report that it is the same exact stuff as the Advance kit. Says "Made in China" on the box and all of the parts in the kit are identical to the ones in the Advance kit.
I'm thinking many of the chain stores purchase their parts...
Interesting. Just tried last night to fix a friend's rear drums on his 2000 XJ with the C8.25 axle. He has the EXACT same problem with the adjuster not resting on the star wheel. It looks identical to the pictures posted. I know his dad redid the rear brakes when he first got it, so not sure...
That sucks man, sorry for your loss.
I'm looking into getting a daily driver Honda Civic or something just for this reason. My first XJ was totaled due to some stupid lady in a snow storm, and now I commute to the city and see dumb drivers and accidents daily.