8.25 rear discs are happening. ZJ parts.
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imgur.comPosted Feb 11, 2020, 10:08 PM UTC
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imgur.comYou use rear breaks?
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*brakes
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We're talking about an xj here. They break not brake
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Theres a motor trend...or something like motor trend...review of the XJ on YouTube and the brake test is hilarious to watch. Dives like mad and doesnt stop for shit.
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Unfortunately I can not find it
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Easily the best mod I’ve ever done. Not only does it stop better but the parking brake holds like a vice.
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were you able to reuse the rubber of the parking brake pivot? i wasn't able to and i'm wondering if it will still work.
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Rubber pivot? Not sure what you're asking about.
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Basically the part where the cables pull in order to use the parking brake drums, is the pivot (the 2 pieces at the top right of the picture I linked), and there is a rubber boot (top left of the image) to prevent debris for going inside the parking brake assembly. When hunting for backing plates, I too found pretty rusty ones, and I wasnt able to "save" the rubber boot, it always just fell apart.
I'm wondering if you still use it, because I haven't installed my disc brakes yet and it's the only worry I have, that the pivot pieces wont sit in place without the rubber boot.
Hope that clears it up.
Edit: here is a better pic : https://www.rockauto.com/info/42/926-293-001__ra_p.jpg
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You're fine. Its just there to keep water and shit out of the brake. Pull the disc every so often and clean it up.
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Are you doing a write up? Or can you post a write up you are following?
It's silly easy. Grab everything from the axle flange out from a ZJ. Get new shit where possible/affordable. Get parking brake cables from a Liberty. Get proportioning valve guts from a ZJ and replace the guts in the XJ.
Use slightly longer wheel studs.
Bolt up. You're done.
Do you have any lift? I disc swapped but didn’t grab e-brake cables and I’m not sure what will work for a RE 3.5”
3 inch lift.
I try to wrench on my Jeep as much as I can, but there is only so much I can do. This sounds like outside of my limits.
If you can do a brake job...this is easier.
Well, there's some grinder action involve on the backing plate, but otherwise yeah stupid simple.
Forgot about that. Easy peasy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwi2g40ymL0
Yeah, definitely outside of my skillset.