Suspected Sticking Front Brake Caliper
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jeeeep
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if you live in a winter state or if the Jeep came from a winter state, it's common - same goes for any car in winter states.
Check the slider as recommended and also pull the wheel and take a look at the caliper pistons
this may help:
http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?...eizing-sticking/page2&highlight=brake+caliper
Heavyhaul07
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When you check your brakes. If the inside pad is worn way more than the outside pad it's a good indication that u could have a sticky caliper. If the out side pad is worn more than the inside significantly than its in the caliper slides. Do not use antisieze on brake parts as it gets hard under the heat of the brakes and gums up and causes things to stick. I've have been having good luck with sil slide from Napa. I lubed the caliper slides and also the brake pads where they slide on the caliper mounts.
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Rhameolution
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Not sure how relevant this is, but we had the same issue on our 08 KK after 65k miles. In traffic and heat our front left caliper would stick - uneven wear on the inboard and outboard pads. I ended up changing all brake pads (they all needed it anyways), replaced both front calipers and bled the entire system. Works like a charm now - the local shop quoted us nearly $2,000 for an entire new brake system (rotors and lines too) but I feel like I got away with murder only spending about $200 and my blood sweat and tears.
When I took everything apart Sunday I found that all of the lubricants for the braking system had either dried up or were washed off during the make ready prep for putting the Jeep out on the car lot. Pad wear seemed even. I took everything apart cleaned and lubed them and then went for a short drive. Everything seemed ok. I plan to make a little longer drive this weekend to see if lubrication of the moving parts solved the problem. Thanks for all of the input!
Finally had a chance to take a longer drive after taking the system apart and lubricating the system. Things seemed better but I think the front brakes are still running a little warm. I have searched here didn't find anything and even googled it, but was unable to get consistent information. What kind of rotor temperatures are you guys seeing after a 30 minute mixed city/highway cruise?
jeeeep
Hooked
you're measuring your rotor temperatures?
I though I was OCD but guess I'm not lol, what type of braking issues were you having to make you think to measure rotor temperature?