Brake question..

Shift518 Automotive
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So I just did the brakes on my 2002 Jeep grand Cherokee. Suprisingly was the easiest brake job ive ever done… so of course something seems off…

None of the pistons were froze or hard to press back into place, glide pins had free movement. Took it on a 10 minute drive and when I got back the left side rotor had some bluing from heat, smoking a little, where as the right side still seemed brand new as the rotor just came out of the box. Did not appear to be pulling more to one side under braking or anything. The old rotors, the left side did seem more worn than the right but again before there was no pulling to one side…

Never really had this issue before after a fresh pad/rotor change… Possible it could be from contamination? I cleaned the rotors off pretty good before I put the pads in place and the wheel back on.

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Check brake hoses, its possible you twisted it when putting the caliper back on.

Did that last year when I was rushing to get my brakes done and had the same problem.

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A lot of times the oil on the rotor will do that till a few heat cycles burns it off . Best way to really tell is to use a laser heat gun and see temps

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Jon would that also cause it to be noticeably warmer when placing hand near the rotor as well? The lines don’t look twisted. No leaks or anything.

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No that won’t . Those calipers were good for hanging up and a lot of times won’t cause a pull . I would change it if the rotor is hotter that the other as its staying applied

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I have an infared temp gun if you want to borrow it.

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I have one as well man , swing in tommorow and ill hit it

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The caliper on the side that is discolored is hanging up. Even if it compressed when you did the brakes it’s probably holding a small amount of pressure. However you need to make sure that your brake line isn’t partially collapsed and causing your issue before replacing the line.

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If its not pulling and the caliper went back in I doubt the line has a collapse in it , normally when the line drops it holds it on or limits pressure causing the pull

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Thanks jon, won’t be able to swing up that way tommorow, a new caliper isn’t that expensive I’m just gonna throw a new one on tommorow when I get out of work. Thanks for the help fellas. Meat paws in gotta stop up and see you soon I know I’ve been saying that but shit is busy with me but I’ll see ya soon

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Normally yes however I have seen rust on the metal brackets that hold the brake hose to the strut put a small amount of pressure on the line causing this kind of issues. Granted it’s only happened maybe 2 or 3 times in the last however many years. However I didn’t want to suggest just throwing a part at the car. However if the brake fluid is flowing freely when he pulls the bleeder off the caliper then that rules out the hose.

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Keeps don’t have that bracket man , the dodge trucks do though lol .

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brakes are for pussys anyway. Just take them off, problem solved.

/BennyFozzle

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thats a stupid and unsafe suggestion, and doesn’t reflect well on your shop michael

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Bennys even got extra brakes in his dicktone rocketship.

thanks to hydrobrakebracketsbyrtrac1.com

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truuth

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I didnt say it you did.

didnt you notice the “/BennyFozzle”?

that means even though I said it, you really said it.

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I don’t know who that is

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i thought when you press the caliper piston backing into the caliper you needed to remove the brake fluid resivor?

also 2002 sounds like old brake fluid too. change that bitch

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You usually remove the cap so you aren’t compressing the piston against a closed system. I did the brakes on my GF’s old 97 grand Cherokee a year or two ago and everything was very straightforward.