rgallardo

Is it worth upgrading to rotors on the rear? Have an 8.25 and need to do the brakes, new drums, shoes, kit. For the money it's about the same to switch to rotors/calipers from drums. At least the kit from summit is the same. I plan on going to 33" tires with a 4.5" lift and carrying plenty of camping gear. I can't really find anything on the site about this specific topic. I did see the ZJ upgrade, but mine is a little bit older a 1993.

roadraje

There are several threads about the upgrade, hit up member Big David, he hooked me up and it was one of the best and easiest things I've done to my rig. Change out your axle bearings while you're at it.

scooterc

yes it is worth it.did mine last summer.stops great.very easy to do so pull the trigger and
swap to rear disc brakes....

SatiricalHen

I did it and made a thread about it on this site, along with at least 3 more. Worth it for the upgrade for sure.

rgallardo

SatiricalHen, I found your write up and link. Does it matter mine is a 1993 instead of a 1994 or later? Seems like it might be fairly simple to do.

SatiricalHen

no, they're the same process.

Jeep Driver

Yes, beyond worth it........MUST do.


KJ is bolt on.

JK253

Just did mine with the G2 kit. Very easy to do and it feels so much more balanced now. Even with fresh drums and shoes, I would get some nose dive when any sort of marginal force was applied. Now I can give them a pretty good squish and it stays flat and smooth, even with the 35s.

rgallardo

Nice review. What size rims are you on? Will it fit the stock 15s?

JK253

I'm on 15"x8" Cragar Soft 8 rims with 4" backspacing. I think the stock rims are a little over 5"; 4.5" is the most that will allow a fit.

blueridgeman

I'm doing the same kit - quick question, did you change your proportioning value with the kit and have you had a chance to try locking down the rears to test stopping power?, some people suggest that with WJ disc swaps and wondering if I should look into that also with this kit.

Thanks!

JK253

I haven't done the prop valve yet, but the difference is still night-and-day from the drums; makes it feel like a modern car stopping. I have tomorrow off, so I plan on going to the junk yard in the morning and picking one off the '98 that just rolled in yesterday. Should be able to pop it in and give it a test this weekend.

Jeep Driver

I have the MJ metering block which is empty......no valve.

Perfect.

blueridgeman

Sorry - over my head, what is that?

Thanks!

blueridgeman

Thanks, I'm gonna plan on doing the same, brakes are pretty important to me and I plan on doing 2-3 hundred miles for trips getting to my destinations, don't need a bad situation on the interstate.