Luckily calipers for the cherokee are only $20.
Rebuilding calipers?
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Well, I live in new England so it is very wet here. After I cleaned the old caliper up, I was particularly careful to thoroughly bleed all the brakes. Probably more careful than usual. Not sure about that though. I am convinced that moisture contamination is the culprit and I am trying to stick to a complete bleeding of all brakes on all my vehicles on a regular basis. Maybe 60K miles.
In the past I have regularly changed the brake fluid in the master cylinder reservoir. But that clean fluid never was able to work it's way all through the system because when I bled the slave cylinders the fluid came out filthy even though the fluid in the master cylinder was pristine.
In the past I have regularly changed the brake fluid in the master cylinder reservoir. But that clean fluid never was able to work it's way all through the system because when I bled the slave cylinders the fluid came out filthy even though the fluid in the master cylinder was pristine.
Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
I change out my brake fluid regularly and haven't had to replace a caliper since 1992.
^^ this.....in Cleveland they dump 000s of metric tons of salt annually.....PM is the key
I change out my brake fluid regularly and haven't had to replace a caliper since 1992.
^^ this.....in Cleveland they dump 000s of metric tons of salt annually.....PM is the key
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Originally Posted By: NibbanaBanana
Well, I live in new England so it is very wet here. After I cleaned the old caliper up, I was particularly careful to thoroughly bleed all the brakes. Probably more careful than usual. Not sure about that though. I am convinced that moisture contamination is the culprit and I am trying to stick to a complete bleeding of all brakes on all my vehicles on a regular basis. Maybe 60K miles.
In the past I have regularly changed the brake fluid in the master cylinder reservoir. But that clean fluid never was able to work it's way all through the system because when I bled the slave cylinders the fluid came out filthy even though the fluid in the master cylinder was pristine.
Try rinsing your wheels regularly in Winter. I do mine every 3-4 weeks at one of those power car washes.
Well, I live in new England so it is very wet here. After I cleaned the old caliper up, I was particularly careful to thoroughly bleed all the brakes. Probably more careful than usual. Not sure about that though. I am convinced that moisture contamination is the culprit and I am trying to stick to a complete bleeding of all brakes on all my vehicles on a regular basis. Maybe 60K miles.
In the past I have regularly changed the brake fluid in the master cylinder reservoir. But that clean fluid never was able to work it's way all through the system because when I bled the slave cylinders the fluid came out filthy even though the fluid in the master cylinder was pristine.
Try rinsing your wheels regularly in Winter. I do mine every 3-4 weeks at one of those power car washes.
The front calipers on the Rat became cores when I watched the barrel of the bleeder started to twist but it wasn't unscrewing. Stopping there saved me 20$ a pair on core charges.
Originally Posted By: andyd
The front calipers on the Rat became cores when I watched the barrel of the bleeder started to twist but it wasn't unscrewing. Stopping there saved me 20$ a pair on core charges.
I thought that most reman companies accepted cores back even with the bleeders totally twisted off and the threads stuck in the caliper??
The front calipers on the Rat became cores when I watched the barrel of the bleeder started to twist but it wasn't unscrewing. Stopping there saved me 20$ a pair on core charges.
I thought that most reman companies accepted cores back even with the bleeders totally twisted off and the threads stuck in the caliper??
Not that I know of, they frown on broken bleeders. That is if the parts counter monkey even bothers to look, most of the time you could sneak a brick in the box by them.
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