If I were to plug off my left rear brake would it really effect the stopping power of the brakes?

 

Yes. You would be one brake short.

 

Would be OK if you don't mind stopping sideways!

 

Its just a temp fix till i get my next pay check and do a rear disk converstion

 

IMHO...cherokee's have terrible brakes to begin with. Lose one and your asking for trouble....

 

losing a rear brake wont really cause a noticeble pull.. now, losing a brake in the front will cause a pull so hard the steering wheel can be past 90* in most cases. been there done that & dont wanna do it again..

how the hell would u plug it off anyway? moderate stops from 50-0 can bring the fluid psi past 1200psi. if whatever u plug it with fails, u get 0psi, ur pedal goes straight to the floor and u have no stopping power even if u pump the brakes. the factory brakes are already bad enough when theyre working right.

fix the brakes or dont put it on the street, plain & simple.

 

There are two types of brake systems. Horizontally split and diagonally split. On a horizontally split system if the rears fail the fronts will still work (or vice versa). On a diagonally split system each bowl in the master cylinder operates one front and alternating rear so you will have front and rear braking in case of failure or leak. Older Xjs like mine are horizontal it would work on them but newer Xjs with ABS and diagonal systems I wouldn't recommend it. Its very unsafe.

 

the fix for you brakes is alot cheaper then the law suit when you hit somone

 

This quote would have saved me a lot of typing. Lmao

 

im getting old cant stay awake long enough to type long answers ..lol...zzzzzzzz

 

I had no idea how i would do it thats why i was asking....but im just gonna wait for the rear disk conversion to come it




This is why I'm not driving it at the moment

Thanks for the input guys

 

You have a 95 Cherokee? What rear end? If an 8.25 it's super easy and cheap to convert to discs without a kit.

 

True the 8.25 was used in other Chrysler vehicles too, just go junkyard and look around.

 

Just did the 94 to 98 Grand Cherokee rear discs on to an 8.25 Cherokee diff today. Easy. And, it works great!!

 

Its a d35 :-/