OK OK I gotta chime in. My brakes had a vibration shim platebehind the pad.
It worked its way loose and landed against part of the rotor where it cut a
perfect slot all the way around the rotor hub part where the wheel lug
studs go through. It almost chopped the disk off! I really should have taken
a picture.
KH

"Jim Kelly" <corndog__@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:gkd5b.257696$Oz4.68071@rwcrnsc54...
> I showed up for a rotation in my 94 XJ once and the mechanic came into the
> waiting area and asked me if I "knew I was missing a brake pad". Right
> passenger was completely missing. Just bolts and rotor.
>
> Jim Kelly
> 94XJ
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:3F54E73E.2DAB5590@sympatico.ca...
> > Anyone ever heard of a pad disintegrating on a Cherokee??
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>

 

Depending on the type of hose you have....doesnt stainless = vice grips (in an
emergency only).



On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:41:51 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>>Man, mine screeched like crazy when the whole part disappeared, pad and
>>backing plate.
>>
>>The caliper piston was on the rotor.
>>
>>The 'pad' can just mean the friction pad, not the backing plate.
>>
>>I couldn't see it not peeling off a rotor really fast and then jamming
>>up in the cast vents!
>>
>>I had visions of having to limp to camp only using the gears because one
>>emergency brake cable snapped a couple weeks ago and I have no money to
>>fix it until the insurance kicks in with weekly money from an accident I
>>was a passenger in.
>>
>>I was contemplating some hose clamps to try and hold the one piston in
>>so I would only have 3 brakes. It might have worked with 4 or 6 of
>>them. Might not have too....
>>
>>I also might have been able to find a bolt to plug that brake line at
>>the proportioning valve below the brake master. I have done that before
>>on another vehicle.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>Jim Kelly wrote:
>>>
>>> I showed up for a rotation in my 94 XJ once and the mechanic came into the
>>> waiting area and asked me if I "knew I was missing a brake pad". Right
>>> passenger was completely missing. Just bolts and rotor.
>>>
>>> Jim Kelly
>>> 94XJ
>>>
>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:3F54E73E.2DAB5590@sympatico.ca...
>>> > Anyone ever heard of a pad disintegrating on a Cherokee??
>>> >
>>> > Mike
>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

 

Depending on the type of hose you have....doesnt stainless = vice grips (in an
emergency only).



On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:41:51 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>>Man, mine screeched like crazy when the whole part disappeared, pad and
>>backing plate.
>>
>>The caliper piston was on the rotor.
>>
>>The 'pad' can just mean the friction pad, not the backing plate.
>>
>>I couldn't see it not peeling off a rotor really fast and then jamming
>>up in the cast vents!
>>
>>I had visions of having to limp to camp only using the gears because one
>>emergency brake cable snapped a couple weeks ago and I have no money to
>>fix it until the insurance kicks in with weekly money from an accident I
>>was a passenger in.
>>
>>I was contemplating some hose clamps to try and hold the one piston in
>>so I would only have 3 brakes. It might have worked with 4 or 6 of
>>them. Might not have too....
>>
>>I also might have been able to find a bolt to plug that brake line at
>>the proportioning valve below the brake master. I have done that before
>>on another vehicle.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>Jim Kelly wrote:
>>>
>>> I showed up for a rotation in my 94 XJ once and the mechanic came into the
>>> waiting area and asked me if I "knew I was missing a brake pad". Right
>>> passenger was completely missing. Just bolts and rotor.
>>>
>>> Jim Kelly
>>> 94XJ
>>>
>>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:3F54E73E.2DAB5590@sympatico.ca...
>>> > Anyone ever heard of a pad disintegrating on a Cherokee??
>>> >
>>> > Mike
>>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's