DementedXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Dayton, ohio
So my brakes started feeling like crap last week and i talked to my buddy and he said we'll look at em and see what is going on. So we tear into the rear drums and find a broken spring, trashed rear shoes, and a leaky wheel cylindar. after finding all this i figured well that has to be why my brake pedal is getting lower. So we replace everything! wheel cylinders, shoes, spring kit, drums, adjusters, everything. So we bleed the system, adjust the rears and i take for a spin. Hmm the exact same crappy pedal.
So i then figure well it has to be the Master cylinder. The pedal feels low and if you are holding the brakes and lift up on the pedal a little then push it in again and keep doing it you can almost work the pedal to the floor. well last night i pulled the MC and swapped in a new one ( after i cleaned the reservoir which was disgusting, looked like someone poured a cup of mud in it). Well now im 800 deeper into my XJ with all new brakes, new MC, new Hub bearings and it still has the same crappy pedal as before. One thing i found while bleeding the brakes is the front bleed as they should but the rears just dribble a couple little bit of fluid out each time. So something is clogged or something. I opened the line at the proportioning valve and it shot fluid out as it should so i moved further down the line to where the rubber line and the hard line meet and did the same. it also shot out fluid correctly. now im really confused unless the block on the rear end is clogged. any ideas??
So i then figure well it has to be the Master cylinder. The pedal feels low and if you are holding the brakes and lift up on the pedal a little then push it in again and keep doing it you can almost work the pedal to the floor. well last night i pulled the MC and swapped in a new one ( after i cleaned the reservoir which was disgusting, looked like someone poured a cup of mud in it). Well now im 800 deeper into my XJ with all new brakes, new MC, new Hub bearings and it still has the same crappy pedal as before. One thing i found while bleeding the brakes is the front bleed as they should but the rears just dribble a couple little bit of fluid out each time. So something is clogged or something. I opened the line at the proportioning valve and it shot fluid out as it should so i moved further down the line to where the rubber line and the hard line meet and did the same. it also shot out fluid correctly. now im really confused unless the block on the rear end is clogged. any ideas??