luketrash
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Ames, Iowa
I've recently purchased my first Jeep and I've been going through it to fix whatever is obviously in need of fixing.
I'd like to replace the brake rotors, however there is confusion surrounding the process. Right now there are cast iron rotors on there, but I was told that anything up to mid-1999 used composite rotors. My XJ was made in February, 1999 according to the door panel sticker.
I went to the local dealer (well not really since chrysler just yanked them) and gave the parts guy my VIN to see what he could look up. He came back scratching his head saying, "well it depends..." and that's all I got out of him.
I just had to replace the U-joints on the front axle for example, and my axles seemed to match the length of the 1998 version rather than the 1999 version.
Anyway, I'm trying to figure out how to identify which rotors I'm supposed to be using for certain. Can I tell by looking at the exposed hubs or the calipers?
Thanks for any help! I'm new here, so I'll be searching around looking for other answers in the archives.
Here's why I'm confused. Napa doesn't offer composite rotors, rather they sell cast iron rotors for both types of hub that might be on the Jeep. The hubs with long lugs and the hubs with short lugs. Here's a screen shot from napaonline.com
Meanwhile, I did a lookup on the 1998 rotors available
Since there's a crosswalk on the cast rotor part numbers from 1998 to 1999 I guess I'm not so worried now. I just don't like those composite rotors since they've easily warped on my friends Ford cars.
I'd like to replace the brake rotors, however there is confusion surrounding the process. Right now there are cast iron rotors on there, but I was told that anything up to mid-1999 used composite rotors. My XJ was made in February, 1999 according to the door panel sticker.
I went to the local dealer (well not really since chrysler just yanked them) and gave the parts guy my VIN to see what he could look up. He came back scratching his head saying, "well it depends..." and that's all I got out of him.
I just had to replace the U-joints on the front axle for example, and my axles seemed to match the length of the 1998 version rather than the 1999 version.
Anyway, I'm trying to figure out how to identify which rotors I'm supposed to be using for certain. Can I tell by looking at the exposed hubs or the calipers?
Thanks for any help! I'm new here, so I'll be searching around looking for other answers in the archives.
Here's why I'm confused. Napa doesn't offer composite rotors, rather they sell cast iron rotors for both types of hub that might be on the Jeep. The hubs with long lugs and the hubs with short lugs. Here's a screen shot from napaonline.com
Meanwhile, I did a lookup on the 1998 rotors available
Since there's a crosswalk on the cast rotor part numbers from 1998 to 1999 I guess I'm not so worried now. I just don't like those composite rotors since they've easily warped on my friends Ford cars.
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