tnxj
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- Knoxville, TN
Over the past 6 months I have done (and redone) the front brakes on my fiance's 99 XJ 4 times. At the time of the initial brake job I also did an identical brake job to my 98 XJ (except Bendix instead of Wagner because Advance was closer to the house) and have had zero issues. Plus I have done many, many brake jobs before and never had any issues so I don't think it is a case of ignorance (but who knows, I don't claim to know everything).
So here's the history:
Intitial brake job: new calipers on both sides, new rotors on both sides ($40 full cast [matched to the measurements of the old ones since they appear to be slightly different than the cheaper composites]), and new Wagner ThermaQuiet pads....One week later....squeels under light pedal
Round two: Trade the pads for new Wagners under warranty, this time I use Blue sticky brake quiet goo from the Help! section and have a talk with the fiance about babying them for the first couple of hundred miles.....one week later....squeels under light pedal
Round three: Take the Wagners back for cash, go to Advance and get a set of Bendix pads. Put them on (again using the blue stuff) and all is well for a month or so. Then it squeels at slow speeds. By this point it is Midterm at vet school, so I let it ride for a while.
Round four: Trade the Bendix pads for some new ones under warranty. Have the rotors turned just in case they're at fault (no pulsation, only takes 1 pass to clean them up). This time I put the pads on dry again. 2 days later... squeels under light pedal.
Meanwhile my 98 with the original pads is doing great. The only difference is my jeep doesn't have ABS and has the cheap composite rotors.
Needless to say, I'm frustrated and out of ideas. Any thoughts?
Oh yeah, I guess I should add that I have checked the gap with a feeler gauge and while I do not remember the exact numbers it was well within the specs with no shims and there is no visible wear to the bracket (unlike my 98 with 100K more miles which did require shims).
So here's the history:
Intitial brake job: new calipers on both sides, new rotors on both sides ($40 full cast [matched to the measurements of the old ones since they appear to be slightly different than the cheaper composites]), and new Wagner ThermaQuiet pads....One week later....squeels under light pedal
Round two: Trade the pads for new Wagners under warranty, this time I use Blue sticky brake quiet goo from the Help! section and have a talk with the fiance about babying them for the first couple of hundred miles.....one week later....squeels under light pedal
Round three: Take the Wagners back for cash, go to Advance and get a set of Bendix pads. Put them on (again using the blue stuff) and all is well for a month or so. Then it squeels at slow speeds. By this point it is Midterm at vet school, so I let it ride for a while.
Round four: Trade the Bendix pads for some new ones under warranty. Have the rotors turned just in case they're at fault (no pulsation, only takes 1 pass to clean them up). This time I put the pads on dry again. 2 days later... squeels under light pedal.
Meanwhile my 98 with the original pads is doing great. The only difference is my jeep doesn't have ABS and has the cheap composite rotors.
Needless to say, I'm frustrated and out of ideas. Any thoughts?
Oh yeah, I guess I should add that I have checked the gap with a feeler gauge and while I do not remember the exact numbers it was well within the specs with no shims and there is no visible wear to the bracket (unlike my 98 with 100K more miles which did require shims).
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