This is my 1st jeep it was bought for cheap with dreams of fixing it up to put back on the road. so far i have replaced front universal joints new brake pipes all round, new rear shoes and internals, new rear brake cylinders and finaly new brake discs and pads...... the brakes worked fine when i had completed fitting all the parts. then today after taking the jeep up too motorway speeds and testing the brakes they have started sticking! so i removed both front wheels and the calipers orthough had to persuade them with a hammer to get them to let go!. then continued to wire brush the brake sliders and copper greased them as i thought that would be the problem. put it all back together and the brakes work fine with light use but as soon as you really put your foot down they stick... please help!
1995 jeep cherokee both front brakes sticking
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This is my 1st jeep it was bought for cheap with dreams of fixing it up to put back on the road. so far i have replaced front universal joints new brake pipes all round, new rear shoes and internals, new rear brake cylinders and finaly new brake discs and pads...... the brakes worked fine when i had completed fitting all the parts. then today after taking the jeep up too motorway speeds and testing the brakes they have started sticking! so i removed both front wheels and the calipers orthough had to persuade them with a hammer to get them to let go!. then continued to wire brush the brake sliders and copper greased them as i thought that would be the problem. put it all back together and the brakes work fine with light use but as soon as you really put your foot down they stick... please help!
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I've had calipers lock up when I use a vise to depress the cup. Now I always bleed as I press the cup into the caliper.
thanks, I did check if the caliper pistons worked properly they both depress easily and moved out as they should when the brake is pressed. i did bleed one side when i replaced one caliper as it was siezed solid :S. so tomorrow i will bleed both sides and see whats what. Thanks again.
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I agree. The calipers are side specific, although they don't say so on the caliper. Make sure the bleeder is up top.
Brake pipes??
The brake hoses are a possibility, but not likely two at once.
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For sure. If the brakes are sketchy, keep it off the road.
Sure, if you're replacing calipers, replace the hoses as well...and do everything in pairs.
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Check the steering knuckle where the brake pads slide back and forth, they are notorious for wearing grooves in them and not allowing the pads to move freely.
Ok, I started hearing a grinding noise from the passenger size wheel when I was braking and also felt the brakes pulsating. Thinking it was my brakes, I pulled the tire and looked at them. When I pulled the caliper off this is what I found when I inspected the slides for the brake pads:
top slide
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bottom slide
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There appears to be a notch in the brake slide and it appears the backside brake pad is getting stuck in the notch. The pads themselves still have pad left but the backside pad's slides are worn way down causing the pad to shift and rub on the inner edge of the rotor when braking (hence the grinding noise). I see myself replacing the pads as well as replacing the steering knuckle since the slides are all one part of the steering knuckle. My question is how hard is it to replace the steering knuckle? I've done brake jobs before, my major worry is the balljoints the knuckle pivots on, is there a way to take the knuckle off without pulling apart the balljoints?
those brake slide looks in alot better condition than mine before i spent ages wire brushing!! but as i said i pulled it all apart yesterday did a full brake bleed and the problem is finaly solved!!! even when brake have been heated up though heavy braking there is no sticking!! wheeyy all thats left now is fit the two rear bumper plastics and one n/s rear plastic wheel arch!.. then back to the dreaded M.O.T station.. wish me luck! thanks for everyones help!
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