rjh44 (rjh44@adelphia.com) wrote on Monday 14 February 2005 12:32 am:

> I recently bought my first Jeep. A 1986 CJ-7 4 cylinder 4 speed. It does
> not have power brakes and it takes a LOT of pressure to get much braking.
> Does anyone know about brake pads and shoes that are higher in friction
> than
> standard? The tires are p235/ 75r15 on 7" wheels if that makes any
> difference.

The first thing I do when buying a car that old is replace every moving or
rubber brake component: master cylinder, wheel cylinders, calipers, rotors,
etc... About the only thing left is the steel lines (and those I look
over). The prices for brake components are relatively cheap on CJs,
especially versus -not- being able to stop.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

 

rjh44 (rjh44@adelphia.com) wrote on Monday 14 February 2005 12:32 am:

> I recently bought my first Jeep. A 1986 CJ-7 4 cylinder 4 speed. It does
> not have power brakes and it takes a LOT of pressure to get much braking.
> Does anyone know about brake pads and shoes that are higher in friction
> than
> standard? The tires are p235/ 75r15 on 7" wheels if that makes any
> difference.

The first thing I do when buying a car that old is replace every moving or
rubber brake component: master cylinder, wheel cylinders, calipers, rotors,
etc... About the only thing left is the steel lines (and those I look
over). The prices for brake components are relatively cheap on CJs,
especially versus -not- being able to stop.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

 

rjh44 (rjh44@adelphia.com) wrote on Monday 14 February 2005 12:32 am:

> I recently bought my first Jeep. A 1986 CJ-7 4 cylinder 4 speed. It does
> not have power brakes and it takes a LOT of pressure to get much braking.
> Does anyone know about brake pads and shoes that are higher in friction
> than
> standard? The tires are p235/ 75r15 on 7" wheels if that makes any
> difference.

The first thing I do when buying a car that old is replace every moving or
rubber brake component: master cylinder, wheel cylinders, calipers, rotors,
etc... About the only thing left is the steel lines (and those I look
over). The prices for brake components are relatively cheap on CJs,
especially versus -not- being able to stop.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891