possible brake problems
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From: Goshen Ohio
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I6
I have not had the chance to look at it yet but I might be experiencing possible brake problems. Sometimes the pedal will be stuff feeling, normal for my xj and all the sudden I can push on them coming up to a stop sign the will be spongy. Don't make since to me cause if they were leaking it would be spongy all the time right? I'm not visibly loosing fluid. This is my dd so I need some possibilities thanks for all the help
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From: Goshen Ohio
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I6
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Start at your passenger rear wheel cylinder, bleed it until the fluid is clear and no bubbles. Close the bleeder. Then go to the driver side rear wheel cylinder and do the same until the fluid is clear and no bubbles. Close the bleeder. Go to front passenger side and do the same until the fluid is clear and no bubbles. Close the bleeder. Finally front drivers side do the same until the fluid is clear and no bubbles. Close the bleeder. Or...... Take it to a mechanic you trust and have them do it.
I am having a similar situation on my 93 grand cherokee its a ZJ Laredo model.. and the brakes uaually work great, but if im coming down a hill or a sudden stop sometimes the pedal will go all the way down to the floor and pretty much lock the brakes up to where its whiplash to the neck. Other times it dosen't do it at all.. It is not leaking anywhere on the cylinders and the fluid looks clean. Any ideas of what this could be? Maybe an ABS problem?
This is a good place to start. Check your flexible rubber hoses as well for cracks. These rubber hoses are the ones on the front connected to the calipers. Other possibilities are failing master cylinder or brake booster.
I am having a similar situation on my 93 grand cherokee its a ZJ Laredo model.. and the brakes uaually work great, but if im coming down a hill or a sudden stop sometimes the pedal will go all the way down to the floor and pretty much lock the brakes up to where its whiplash to the neck. Other times it dosen't do it at all.. It is not leaking anywhere on the cylinders and the fluid looks clean. Any ideas of what this could be? Maybe an ABS problem?
The strange thing with my jeep is it is not going through any fluid and all the lines look fine.. i checked that earlier today. It only does it when theres serious pressure applied or going down a steep hill.. it's weird.
What color is your fluid? It sounds like it might be your brake booster or master cylinder.
Brakelines can fail to be " tight " like a new vehicle, because of a condition referred to as, "volumetric expansion."
It happens with rubber lines after time. Especially where I live in the desert. Dryness and heat accellerate these problems with stock rubber lines. I went stainless steel braided on my GMC work truck, and never had a problem after. Hope this helps.
It happens with rubber lines after time. Especially where I live in the desert. Dryness and heat accellerate these problems with stock rubber lines. I went stainless steel braided on my GMC work truck, and never had a problem after. Hope this helps.
Brakelines can fail to be " tight " like a new vehicle, because of a condition referred to as, "volumetric expansion."
It happens with rubber lines after time. Especially where I live in the desert. Dryness and heat accellerate these problems with stock rubber lines. I went stainless steel braided on my GMC work truck, and never had a problem after. Hope this helps.
It happens with rubber lines after time. Especially where I live in the desert. Dryness and heat accellerate these problems with stock rubber lines. I went stainless steel braided on my GMC work truck, and never had a problem after. Hope this helps.


