100K-mile Jinx

[yellocoyote]

On my way home for lunch today, at a stop light (thankfully), my brake pedal went instantly from normal resistance to the floor. I had to pull the e-brake to prevent myself from hitting the car in front of me. So I chose to drive it home because I was closer to home than to work. I drove no more than 20mph all the way home with the hazard lights on. Got it home okay. I've got a sizable leak on the front passenger side that I'll need to attend to after work today.

Work was so *gracious* enough to send someone to pick me up and bring me back...

It figures too... my Libby just over 100,000 miles.

 

[Atrus]

time for stainless steel flex lines?

Hey, at least it happened while at a stop, no damage done!

 

[kj924]

Brake caliper piston pop out of the bore?

 

[yellocoyote]

I don't know what it is yet. I had enough time to get it home, grab some lunch, let the dog out and go back to work with my co-worker. I'll find out more tonight.

 

[maverick7321]

You probably just need to get a set of Cross Drilled Brake Lines to fix the problem.

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[indieaz]

Holy crap...I can think of a few trail situations I've been in where that happening could very well have ended in death.

 

[yellocoyote]

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This is exactly how the brake line looked when I pulled the wheel off for repairs. It could have been really ugly for me if I were at interstate speeds or on a severe decline instead of just sitting at a stoplight.

The front right is fixed, and the new hose for the front left is being shipped here and will be replaced then. The crimping in the hose rusted through - it was still a factory part. All is well again.

 

[desertkj]

That's the first time I have ever heard of that problem, but since mine is at 105K, I am definitely going to have a look at those lines this weekend. Glad to hear you reacted fast enough to avoid a very bad situation.

 

[Jeep dawg]

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This is exactly how the brake line looked when I pulled the wheel off for repairs. It could have been really ugly for me if I were at interstate speeds or on a severe decline instead of just sitting at a stoplight.

The front right is fixed, and the new hose for the front left is being shipped here and will be replaced then. The crimping in the hose rusted through - it was still a factory part. All is well again.

Well at least your CV's are now greased. HaHa
Glad to hear it did not break on a down hil.
That happend to me in my 97 TJ, after some heavy fun I was headding home and just as I was appreaching a down hill on the highway I tested my breaks like I always do and good lord I had none!

Thank god for the M/T i had and I was able to down shift my way to a safe stop.

 

[yellocoyote]

The left side brake line came in today. Looks like I have a project after work.

 

[offrovering]

damn, hope my 100k luck is better. will be there very shortly, miles keep adding up!

speaking of that. are these trannys picky about having fluid changed when they are older? I would like to get another fluid replacement going, but do I drain and refill or should I slowly introduce new fluid over a period of time?

 

[2003KJ]

It might not hurt to do a few drain and refill's on the ******, with a filter change on the last drain and refill....a very slow, but good ****** flush if you will.....with out the risk of having any crud that may be in there break loose in a normal ****** flush that a shop would do.