Yea I thought the tire went flat until I took that turn and my tire kept going haha. That's what I was thinking may as well while I'm there.Had this happen to me once when I was 17 years old on my VW. Scary as hell since I was going 45 mph when it happened. Never seen sparks quite like that before!
Anyways, yes, I would rebuild the front end while you're in there and put in new ball joints, tie rod ends, unit bearings, brake rotors, brakes, u-joints, etc. Might as well!
May as well get it done while I'm there. Thanks for the input!In my opinion you definitely should as it will hopefully keep you from having to have the front apart again. Why take the front again for a second time down the road to where you can do everything now and enjoy the jeep for longer down the road.
May have been improper torque on the lug nuts . Where would one find a kit like that? I wouldn't mind something like that other than changing the calipers and bleeding brakes.What failed to cause that? Loose lug nuts?
A 15” brake kit would come with rotors, pads, calipers, and knuckles, and can be ordered with the unit bearings as well. Since you’re already doing ball joints and bearings installing it would be no additional work, except to install the new caliper
Yea I thought the tire went flat until I took that turn and my tire kept going haha. That's what I was thinking may as well while I'm there.
Thanks!
There is always lesson to be learned when wrenching and hanging out with friends lol.In my case, the threads on the hub were stripped out and the lug nuts worked themselves loose. This was due to a friend impacting the lug nuts on as oppose to putting them on by hand with a torque wrench.
Lesson learned!
It’s not cheap, but you would get far better braking performance. Worth it if you like to be able to stop quickly in an emergency. Cheaper than rear ending someone, that’s for sureMay have been improper torque on the lug nuts . Where would one find a kit like that? I wouldn't mind something like that other than changing the calipers and bleeding brakes.
Where would one find a kit like that? I wouldn't mind something like that other than changing the calipers and bleeding brakes.