Hi y'all,
My 06 TJ under normal conditions drives just fine. My rotors are a little warped, but I'll be swapping them out along with the pads within the next couple weeks. Yesterday I had a scary experience on the highway when a RAV4 going very slow changed lanes and cut in front of me forcing me to hit the brakes hard. I do not have ABS, so instead of mashing them down I kept increasing pressure on the pedal until the tires started to squeal and then let off slightly.
The problem was, it seems like the driver's side tire locked up before the passenger side. I thought I'd have a little more brake pedal before lock up. I felt the back end get light and thought it was going to step out and send me into a spin. Luckily I didn't freak out and overcorrect because that would have definitely made me spin, but counter-steered very slightly and all was fine. (The RAV4 driver seemed completely oblivious to what had happened haha)
So anyways, my concern is that the left tire locked up before the right. The tires are in good shape, only a few thousand miles on them, and I replaced a lot of the suspension stuff (bushings, etc.) recently, so that's also in good shape, plus I'm bone stock with no lift or anything. This leads me to believe that my braking system could potentially have an issue? Or is it normal because of varying traction conditions that occasionally one side will lock up before the other? Under hard braking when the tires are not locked up, the Jeep does not pull in one direction, it brakes straight.
Do I have an issue here? I'm pretty sure my calipers are also original, and I have 180k miles about on the TJ.
My 06 TJ under normal conditions drives just fine. My rotors are a little warped, but I'll be swapping them out along with the pads within the next couple weeks. Yesterday I had a scary experience on the highway when a RAV4 going very slow changed lanes and cut in front of me forcing me to hit the brakes hard. I do not have ABS, so instead of mashing them down I kept increasing pressure on the pedal until the tires started to squeal and then let off slightly.
The problem was, it seems like the driver's side tire locked up before the passenger side. I thought I'd have a little more brake pedal before lock up. I felt the back end get light and thought it was going to step out and send me into a spin. Luckily I didn't freak out and overcorrect because that would have definitely made me spin, but counter-steered very slightly and all was fine. (The RAV4 driver seemed completely oblivious to what had happened haha)
So anyways, my concern is that the left tire locked up before the right. The tires are in good shape, only a few thousand miles on them, and I replaced a lot of the suspension stuff (bushings, etc.) recently, so that's also in good shape, plus I'm bone stock with no lift or anything. This leads me to believe that my braking system could potentially have an issue? Or is it normal because of varying traction conditions that occasionally one side will lock up before the other? Under hard braking when the tires are not locked up, the Jeep does not pull in one direction, it brakes straight.
Do I have an issue here? I'm pretty sure my calipers are also original, and I have 180k miles about on the TJ.
