Ok guys ..... I'm being haunted with gremlins somewhere in my brake system, and instead of throwing money at it like I have been for the past week, I wanted to run it buy a few more ears in case I'm missing something. I know we have some brake guru's in here.
At some point in the past year, I picked up a little wobble in one of my front rotors. It would shimmy and shake when I was coming to a stop. I finally broke down and replaced the pads and rotors about 2 months ago. All was well for a month or so, and I had 0 problems with them.
About a week after my last outing, which including a couple shallow water crossings, and trails, nothing serious, I was on the interstate and the jeep made a sudden, hard pull to the right. I could tell I had a caliper that hadn't released. Not sure of which side it was, I pulled the pads, calipers, and rotors on both wheels. I cleaned them, checked for foreign debris, and reinstalled them. Test drive seemed fine that evening and the 14 mile drive to work the next morning had no issue. On the way home, it reappeared, This time much worse. The brakes had almost completely seized.
After pulling the pads again on both sides, I noticed the left front had some wear on the pads, so I thought I had found my culprit. Thinking I had a caliper that had failed, I replaced both sides with new calipers. I bleed the brakes, saw no issue, and buttoned it all back up.
Fast forward another week, and on the drive home last night, I noticed that all to familiar smell of burning brakes. There was no sign of drag, the Jeep rolls normal, and there was no pulling to either side during braking or driving.
This morning, on the way in to the office, again I started to smell brakes at interstate speed, and began to notice the jeep wanting to veer to the right ever so slightly while driving. There is still no drag feeling, and no noticeable pull to either side when I brake.
I'm at a complete loss. Do I have a hose that's collapsing? Do I have a MC that's failing, or could I possibly just have trash in my lines? I don't mind just throwing money at it, but brake issues are a little scary when they keep popping up at random times.
At some point in the past year, I picked up a little wobble in one of my front rotors. It would shimmy and shake when I was coming to a stop. I finally broke down and replaced the pads and rotors about 2 months ago. All was well for a month or so, and I had 0 problems with them.
About a week after my last outing, which including a couple shallow water crossings, and trails, nothing serious, I was on the interstate and the jeep made a sudden, hard pull to the right. I could tell I had a caliper that hadn't released. Not sure of which side it was, I pulled the pads, calipers, and rotors on both wheels. I cleaned them, checked for foreign debris, and reinstalled them. Test drive seemed fine that evening and the 14 mile drive to work the next morning had no issue. On the way home, it reappeared, This time much worse. The brakes had almost completely seized.
After pulling the pads again on both sides, I noticed the left front had some wear on the pads, so I thought I had found my culprit. Thinking I had a caliper that had failed, I replaced both sides with new calipers. I bleed the brakes, saw no issue, and buttoned it all back up.
Fast forward another week, and on the drive home last night, I noticed that all to familiar smell of burning brakes. There was no sign of drag, the Jeep rolls normal, and there was no pulling to either side during braking or driving.
This morning, on the way in to the office, again I started to smell brakes at interstate speed, and began to notice the jeep wanting to veer to the right ever so slightly while driving. There is still no drag feeling, and no noticeable pull to either side when I brake.
I'm at a complete loss. Do I have a hose that's collapsing? Do I have a MC that's failing, or could I possibly just have trash in my lines? I don't mind just throwing money at it, but brake issues are a little scary when they keep popping up at random times.
