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Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: straight 6
Originally Posted by bopeep94
When a wrongler drives by your house and your little brother tells you "that Jeep is soo gay! Your Jeep is way better!!!" 
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From: Allentown, Pa
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO
The braking in my Xj sucks in anything wet. The problem is that they are pretty much all front brakes. You've got to put a lot of peddle into it to get it to stop and by then your front tires lock up.
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From: 813
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 str8 6
Originally Posted by XJeepWerks
The braking in my Xj sucks in anything wet. The problem is that they are pretty much all front brakes. You've got to put a lot of peddle into it to get it to stop and by then your front tires lock up.
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From: Lansing, MI
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Take a look at those rear brakes, maybe they just need adjusting, or maybe a wheel cylinder is leaking.
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From: Allentown, Pa
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO
Originally Posted by 77olds
Take a look at those rear brakes, maybe they just need adjusting, or maybe a wheel cylinder is leaking.
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From: Lansing, MI
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
They're properly adjusted, wheel cylinders are good, and the shoes/drums all have about 20k on them. I'm doing a disk brake swap as soon as I get the hoses and cables for it. I looked into my rear brakes for months but couldn't find anything. Talked to several people driving Xj's around my year and they all said the same thing.
You know you drive an XJ when you replace the hatch struts, and your girlfriend comments on how she didn't hit her head when she got something out of the back.
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From: Frederick, MD from Cleveland, OH
Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6
YKYDAXJW your new poly bushings say "We recommend that these components be installed by a professional mechanic," and you roll your eyes.
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From: Randoph ohio!
Year: 98
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Originally Posted by -Dom-
When you get waves from motorcycles.....Or is that just me?
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From: Randoph ohio!
Year: 98
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
YKYDAXJW your new poly bushings say "We recommend that these components be installed by a professional mechanic," and you roll your eyes.
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From: Randoph ohio!
Year: 98
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Ykydaxj when you finally realize you own a "light duty vehicle" and the thing starts to fall apart because you took it wheeling 1 to many times...
I realized that jeeps can take a little beating but once you go over that **** starts to go like I realized that where my powersteering bolts up to the frame at isn't looking so solid anymore and I hear that's common for xjs
im pissed cuz once I break it the xj is going to the scrap yard there is no fixing it unless some jeep god wants to pm me and tell me howto reinforce this asap damn jeep makes me wanna cry
I realized that jeeps can take a little beating but once you go over that **** starts to go like I realized that where my powersteering bolts up to the frame at isn't looking so solid anymore and I hear that's common for xjs
im pissed cuz once I break it the xj is going to the scrap yard there is no fixing it unless some jeep god wants to pm me and tell me howto reinforce this asap damn jeep makes me wanna cry
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Wen u drive down the road at 45 mph and front end starts shaking BAD . and my wife is flipping out and I keep coasting seeing if itll correct itself before I slow down and her still flipping out and I got that smart butt look on my face lol
