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Old 07-19-2013, 07:38 PM
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Vic: 95 Cherokee Sport 4.0 inline 6 2wd

ok, so i have to go play army for the weekend (in about 11 hours i have to leave!) but my brakes are all screwy

two days ago, i was driving around and my brakes suddenly died, they bit towards the end of a full brake stroke and the entire time i push the brakes i hear a hiss....

i bled the brakes and replaced the brake master cylinder (i assumed that the hiss was the brake booster kicking in....) and the issue still persists!

what am i missing here?!
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You have a leak somewhere. The hiss is fluid escaping
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Did you bench bleed the new MC before installing it and bleed the brakes after?
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Did you bench bleed the new MC before installing it and bleed the brakes after?

Good catch, I didn't notice he replaced the MC.

ALWAYS bench bleed the MC first!
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Dont replace parts without a proper diagnostic first.

Sounds like you havea broken brake line somewhere. Are you still loosing fluid?
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not losing fluid, bench bled prior to installing.... i'm able to stop it now, i replaced the rear brakes (also bled all the lines after, still good) but i'm starting to write this one off as a torn diaphragm in the brake booster....

i wanted to replace the MC either way so the 56 dollars i spent on a new one (yay military discount!) dosnt bother me

Edit: never lost fluid to my knowledge other then the brake bleeding i did to check for air bubbles, my rear brakes were pretty damn thin, i replaced the fronts about 2 months ago because they started squeaking on me.... i ran out of time to replace the rears and jsut now (last week) got around to replacing them

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Need more information.

Did the Jeep become harder to stop during this problem, or did it stop fine and the pedal was just acting funny?
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