Brake Parts - whats good, whats bad

[RLCollins]

Who can tell me anything about brakes parts? like pads, shoes and calipers. I know the title caught your attention, you just wanted to see what this thread was about. I know you have something on your mind to be reading this thread. Your opinion on brakes would a help to everyone on this website. Are their certain manufactures or brand names that work better on JEEPS than others? :USAflag: Which products whould you stay away from? What type of brakes pads/shoes would you install on your JEEP? :popcorn: Why? What about the rebuilt brake calipers, good , bad or ugly? If there is a weak link in an MJ's brake system? what would it be in your opinion? :help: Now I have you thinking, well? :yes:

[knever3]

I bought Cryo-Stop rotors from Tire Rack for my Cherokee and they were excellent quality rotors. I didn't want to buy some Chineese crap like every place sells for $35 or so. The better ones are Bendix or Wagner, but they wanted $86 a piece for them. I didn't want to go as far as Brembo, so I settled on the Cryo-Stops. They are cryogenically cold treated and powder coated to prevent rust on the hats and vanes. I bought Hawk ceramic pads for them. If I would do it again, I would't buy the ceramic pads because they did not bite into the rotors.

 

As we all know the less effort we need to apply to stop the better. I would go with semi-mettalic pads to provide this.

 

That's my experience, to bad I traded the Cherokee in with the new brakes! :headpop:

[RLCollins]

thanks Knever3

You don't like your cermaics?

Robert :chillin:

[Oizarod115]

the best results generally come from factory parts...

that said, i've got the cheapest pads i could find on the front of my jeep and they are smooth and quiet. i think they were brake-best from oreilly's

 

on the rear i have mopar shoes/spring kit and it was very reasonable less than 100 bucks, and i turned the factory drums, no issues there.

 

i actually just looked up online, the first wholesale mopar place i found listed rear shoes for 43$ and front pads for 52$... the price on rotors was way out of whack since it listed it including bearing races... :roll:

 

so there you have it... factory brake pads/shoes for 100$ plus whatever you do for rotors/drums.(i think parts stores turn them for ~10$) can't go wrong.

[Eagle]

IMHO the weak link is the height sensing proportioning valve over the rear axle. Since most of us probably run empty or nearly empty most of the time, IF that thing is working, you probably have almost no rear brakes most of the time. If the rear axle has ever been serviced, there's a good chance the actuating rod has either disappeared or been reinstalled wrong and you either have no rear brakes, or no clue what the proportioning is.

 

Then there's the fact that when I had to pull a panic stop a couple of years ago, the height sensing valve in my '88 exploded. 1992 was the last year for the MJ, so the newest ones out there are now almost 18 years old. I don't trust them. You can't buy new ones. So I recommend eliminating the valve before it eliminates you.

[RLCollins]

Thanks Oizarod115

I agree, some of the factory parts are priced out of sight

With our everchanging owners of manufactures, you just don't know who makes good parts and who does not. CHINA has destroyed American Quality and pride in their workmanship. I have seen so much change in the quality of parts since the early 1970's to today, that one brand name vender you used to use, which had a well known name for quality, sells out to new owners and then turn what was once excellent produce into junk. Maytag, and kitchenaid are a few examples of what I am talking about. Everyone knows them.

Thats why I am asking the question about quality

To show my point here is my pilot bearing for my clutch

National part number FC66426 $8.49

Motormight part number 14657 $9.49

Dorman Part Number 690-044 $34.09

Dorman Part number 690.050 $25.89

 

Look at the price differences, they are all the same part

I'll bet they were made from the same manufacture,

I believe if you look each one of the above parts up through each one of there websites, what I found is Chrysler use all these parts as OEM in their new vechicles. I could not beleive it. Just look at the price difference for the same part. OUCH :brows: