Drum brake kit.

[robbie95]

Hey guys, gonna rebuild my drum brakes (both), never done it before and was looking at a kit on RockAuto ..

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=5912082&cc=1181764&jsn=433&jsn=433

Is that all I'll need? It looks like it's missing a shoe.

Any tips or tricks you guys have to make it easier?

[Pete M]

24 minutes ago, robbie95 said:

Any tips or tricks you guys have to make it easier?

 

swap in disks.      and I'm not kidding.    certainly not for a hundred bucks and to still have drums in the end.    

[Ωhm]

30 minutes ago, robbie95 said:

Any tips or tricks you guys have to make it easier?

 

Take pictures before you do anything. You'll be happy you did. Start with penetrating oil on both wheel cylinders, bolts and brake lines, one week before start of job. Find old mechanic and see if you can borrow his brake tools, ask him carefully, makes job easier.

As for the brake shoes, kinda looks like you'll get four (4) shoes, two (2) pairs, one (1) pair for each wheel.

[Pete M]

yup, pics and do one side at a time so you have references if needed.     autozone should have brake tools in the loan a tool program.  

[robbie95]

24 minutes ago, Pete M said:

 

swap in disks.      and I'm not kidding.    certainly not for a hundred bucks and to still have drums in the end.    

If I felt like I could, I would, but I think that's a little above my skill level right now lol

[Pete M]

it's about as easy as a conversion can get.  plus you can practice on the ZJ at the junkyard!   

 

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/rear-zj-disc-brakes-cherokee-xj-chrysler-8-25-a-57807/

[robbie95]

6 minutes ago, Pete M said:

it's about as easy as a conversion can get.  plus you can practice on the ZJ at the junkyard!   

 

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/rear-zj-disc-brakes-cherokee-xj-chrysler-8-25-a-57807/

awesome, that does look really easy.. I'll probably do that in the future.

[robbie95]

35 minutes ago, Ωhm said:

 

Take pictures before you do anything. You'll be happy you did. Start with penetrating oil on both wheel cylinders, bolts and brake lines, one week before start of job. Find old mechanic and see if you can borrow his brake tools, ask him carefully, makes job easier.

As for the brake shoes, kinda looks like you'll get four (4) shoes, two (2) pairs, one (1) pair for each wheel.

alright, will do, thank you.. I think I have a bad wheel cylinder on my passenger side, no matter what I do, I can't get air out of that line.. Wouldn't that point towards a bad wheel cylinder?

[Pete M]

are you bleeding it properly?  there's a specific method for bleeding the MJ.  should be a link to the factory steps in the link in my sig

[robbie95]

4 minutes ago, Pete M said:

are you bleeding it properly?  there's a specific method for bleeding the MJ.  should be a link to the factory steps in the link in my sig

yea, I followed the bleeding procedure, was actually talking to my boss about it the other day and he thought I was insane.. he told me it couldn't be that specific, and I was trying to explain it was lol.. air only comes out of the back passenger side bleeder

[87MJTIM]

I would jack up both sides at the same time.  Remove the wheels and drums on both.  While working on one side you have the second to reference.  Better than a picture on your phone.  You have a 3D model to refer back to.

 

Also, brake shoes are directional - one leading, one trailing.  I can not remember which is which.  

 

As you take the pieces off, lay them on the ground in front of you in the same orientation.  This will also help you put it all back together.