Metlic53

what do i need to do in order to take the rear drum brakes off my 90 XJ and leave them off. It is a MUD ONLY JEEP and gets trailered to all the trails, i hate getting down deep in the mud and hearing this grinding of grit coming from the rear brakes. The pads are completely gone and i dont need the emergency brake. What can i do to remove it, leave the drum on or off and have it where the line wont spray brake fluid when i pump the brakes? Is this possible?
Could i take the line completely off and weld that one hole on the master cylinder or, put something on the end of the brake line at the rear axle?
Thanks for the responses

xjfirefighter

There's probably going to be a bunch of people telling you not to but... I'm sure you can find pipe fittings to plug the T on the rear axle . That way you don't have to remove anything

caged

you have to take the cat off in order to pull your rear brakes.

Tylerzap

Rear disc conversion. Get ZJ donor parts and should be cheap and safer.

Metlic53

you think i have a cat?! HA!
it has no registration sticker, inspection or license plate, its registered to me under farm equipment and title only. doesnt need inspection, only gets trailered wherever it needs to go.
I'm not going to spend money on rear brakes, how is it going to be safer with rear brakes when i'm cruising through a mud hole? I'd rather just chunk all that crap in the back, doesn't need to be there on a mud buggy anyways, especially with no roof it will never drive on the roads.
i'll look into those pipe fittings

Metlic53

well xjtalk was a little more friendly and pointed me in the right direction, remove everything minus drums, put brass plug in master. Done.

hbracing13

I was goin to say the same thing just plug the master and remove everything else and your done

Atmos

this guy again?

Dan91

Also I thought that most ORV parks have rules requiring 4 wheel brakes. I could be wrong though

1976Mustang

This, just in case you need to stop in a real hurry. Since it's trailered i don't see an issue with removing them, but if i was you i would just covert them to disks. Remember, if you're hauling *** in reverse, your front brakes are virtually useless. All the weight will shift to the back and the front wheels will break traction very easy.

caged

sometimes it takes an accident to figure these things out.
hopefully it won't be fatal...


just wait till enough of these guys frequent the off road parks and they decide to do mandatory vehicle inspections.

XJ=mistress

Don't forget to fill your tires with rocks way better for the mud!!

Metlic53

I don't see the point in rear drums, it's safe to keep my drum brakes on when they don't work just like everyone else's at the places I ride? I've never hauled butt in reverse, that's kinda dangerous, is there a disc swap for the Dana 35? I don't plan to change the diff out, chromoly axles, trussed, welded

JerrytheJeep

Look up a zj disc swap into an xj

Metlic53

They have it for the Dana 35?