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I drove my Jeep to work today for the first time in a while and a little girl that I coach in pole vault told me my Jeep looks like a pavement princess 
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Next time she goes for a jump, give her a "flimsy" stick and watch it break for revengeI drove my Jeep to work today for the first time in a while and a little girl that I coach in pole vault told me my Jeep looks like a pavement princess
Nothing to fix except my expectations....... I didn't know what a quality braking system should feel like until I had one.
I thought my factory brakes were enough to stop my TJ on 35" tires until they weren't!
What's the saying "You don't know what you don't know until you know" ?
Excellent suggestion. About how much would you charge to do that?
Nothing about that is excellent but you're looking at about 1500 out the door if you already have steering and brakes.
Yeah, they are NOT touchy, in a good way. Basically only as much power is there as you need.
When I first got mine years ago I was expecting to just set my foot on the pedal and immediately go flying through the windshield (that’s the impression I got from everyone else about how powerful they were). Don’t know why I pretended to want that but the actual results were perfect especially once broken in.
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When doing a full brake bleed last week I could not get all the air out of the brakes. It took me a lot of pumps to get what seemed like most of the air out. I was not satisfied with the pedal responsiveness. To fix this I ordered Blaine’s shuttle valve lockout tool. I just did a full bleed again with it and wow was that easier. Got a couple little bubbles out on the first pump of a few corners, but after the first pump the fluid came out like glass. The pedal now feels noticeably more responsive.
Here’s the tool. It locks the shuttle valve in place to keep the flow equal between the front and the rear circuits while you do your bleed.
Just unplug the connector right under the master cylinder and unscrew the plunger switch.
Here’s the exposed hole with my shuttle valve stuck sideways. You can see the indent isn’t centered in the hole. Mine gets stuck off center every pump of a manual bleed. Pump the brake pedal a couple of times until the indent is centered with the hole. This is also indicated on the dash with the key turned on. If the brake light is on, the valve is off center. If the brake light is off, the valve is centered. Be sure your parking brake is off, or that will illuminate the light.
Screw the lockout tool in by hand and do the manual bleed as you always would.
Here’s the tool. It locks the shuttle valve in place to keep the flow equal between the front and the rear circuits while you do your bleed.
Just unplug the connector right under the master cylinder and unscrew the plunger switch.
Here’s the exposed hole with my shuttle valve stuck sideways. You can see the indent isn’t centered in the hole. Mine gets stuck off center every pump of a manual bleed. Pump the brake pedal a couple of times until the indent is centered with the hole. This is also indicated on the dash with the key turned on. If the brake light is on, the valve is off center. If the brake light is off, the valve is centered. Be sure your parking brake is off, or that will illuminate the light.
Screw the lockout tool in by hand and do the manual bleed as you always would.
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I would have given him one if he didn't make me ship knuckles back and forth so many times because he kept ordering the wrong parts.
If you want to send his to me, let me know. Otherwise I’ll pick one up next bleed.
OP
It really was pretty inconvenient for you to keep fucking up my order wasn’t it
Borrow mine!If you want to send his to me, let me know. Otherwise I’ll pick one up next bleed.
OP
I can only imagine your amusement answering my call each time with “what’d you fuck up this time?” You know damn well what’s fucked up
That's just how I answer the phone.I can only imagine your amusement answering my call each time with “what’d you fuck up this time?” You know damn well what’s fucked up
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