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Help with Jeep Cherokee (XJ) Brake Upgrade
I have a 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport that I purchased new and I'm looking
to upgrade the brakes. The vehicle has 132,000 miles, but I believe I can get another couple years out of the old gal because she still runs strong. I use my 2005 Grand Cherokee (Rocky Mountain ed) to pull my boat, but my wife "encouraged" me to buy a pop-up camper, so I'd like to use my old XJ to pull it. It's only 2,800 lbs, but my current XJ brakes suck (always have more or less for towing), so I'm looking for any advice on upgrading. Has anyone here done any brake upgrades on their XJ? If so, what have you done? Should I replace the master cylinder, upgrade the rear drums to disc brakes, something else? I have standard size tires on the Jeep and don't plan to upgrade to oversized anytime soon. I'm lost in high weeds and looking for help! Thanks. Kevin |
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Help with Jeep Cherokee (XJ) Brake Upgrade
The brakes on our Cherokee grab really well.
I personally always buy the cheaper version of the brake pads as long as the pads are riveted to the backing plates. These are usually the softer materials which do 3 things for me, 1st they grab really good because of all the friction, 2nd they don't normally damage the rotors like really hard ceramic or other type pads do so 3rd they save me money in the long run. Having the back brakes working well also helps. I use antiseize on the adjusters and make sure my emergency brake is always adjusted up which keeps the back shoes adjusted. I also do this with my CJ7 and it's 33's. I can come to a stop just as fast beside a stock Jeep in a brake test which is nice. I would recommend the cheap soft pads and shoes as a first upgrade. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile... Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) wrote: > I have a 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport that I purchased new and I'm looking > to upgrade the brakes. The vehicle has 132,000 miles, but I believe I > can get another couple years out of the old gal because she still runs > strong. > > I use my 2005 Grand Cherokee (Rocky Mountain ed) to pull my boat, but > my wife "encouraged" me to buy a pop-up camper, so I'd like to use my > old XJ to pull it. It's only 2,800 lbs, but my current XJ brakes suck > (always have more or less for towing), so I'm looking for any advice > on upgrading. > > Has anyone here done any brake upgrades on their XJ? If so, what have > you done? Should I replace the master cylinder, upgrade the rear > drums to disc brakes, something else? I have standard size tires on > the Jeep and don't plan to upgrade to oversized anytime soon. > > I'm lost in high weeds and looking for help! Thanks. > > Kevin > > |
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Help with Jeep Cherokee (XJ) Brake Upgrade
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:43:19 -0400, Mike Romain >
wrote: >I personally always buy the cheaper version of the brake pads as long as >the pads are riveted to the backing plates. > >These are usually the softer materials which do 3 things for me, 1st >they grab really good because of all the friction, 2nd they don't >normally damage the rotors like really hard ceramic or other type pads >do so 3rd they save me money in the long run. WOW, we share a common belief as I too believe softer pads that are easier on rotors even if you have to changed them a bit more. I never cared for hard pad and usually take them off a new vehicle shortly after I buy it. I made the mistake of not doing it to wifes Cherokee whyen it was new and over 2 years ago I had to replace front pads and rotors as though the pads were not even worn down to wear sensors they had destroyed the rotors like it had been metal to metal for weeks. Since I replaced rotors and used softer pads the brakes have been flawless for last few years. ----------------- TheSnoMan.com |
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Help with Jeep Cherokee (XJ) Brake Upgrade
On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:39:25 -0700, wrote:
>I have a 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport that I purchased new and I'm looking >to upgrade the brakes. The vehicle has 132,000 miles, but I believe I >can get another couple years out of the old gal because she still runs >strong. > >I use my 2005 Grand Cherokee (Rocky Mountain ed) to pull my boat, but >my wife "encouraged" me to buy a pop-up camper, so I'd like to use my >old XJ to pull it. It's only 2,800 lbs, but my current XJ brakes suck >(always have more or less for towing), so I'm looking for any advice >on upgrading. > >Has anyone here done any brake upgrades on their XJ? If so, what have >you done? Should I replace the master cylinder, upgrade the rear >drums to disc brakes, something else? I have standard size tires on >the Jeep and don't plan to upgrade to oversized anytime soon. > >I'm lost in high weeds and looking for help! Thanks. > >Kevin Kevin, This past winter, my '98 XJ needed new rear drums, shoes and wheel cylinders. Rather than replacing them all, I found a wrecked '07 Liberty and pulled the rear discs. Total cost ~$225. I started at about 8:00AM pulling the old parts, stopped on the way home to have the rotors turned (probably was unnecessary), set to work on my XJ, and could have finished the whole project by that night, except it took me awhile to determine that the newer hard lines had a metric connector, and the originals were standard. I didn't need to change the proportioning valve. The car stops great, and tracks straight under braking pressure. Because I used Liberty parts rather than Gr. Cherokee or a Ford Explorer, it was a straight bolt-on, and my stock 15" wheels still fit fine. I highly reccommend it. My guide was Eric Zappe's, "High Performance Jeep Cherokee XJ Builder's Guide". Check out http://www.ericsxj.com/ Good luck. |
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