On Feb 23, 2:48 pm, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Dave wrote:
> > On Feb 23, 2:02 pm, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >>> Mike, .. This is a 90-00 XJ knuckle, which looks similar to the one
> >>> I've got on my TJ..
> >>>http://www.jeep4x4center.com/prodinf...umber=52067576
> >>> It appears this is the knuckle from 84-89, that I assume you have?
> >>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jeep-...r-Drivers-Left...
> >> Thanks. Yup they made it all one piece, figures.
>
> >> Mike
>
> > And this now pisses me off too, because I didn't even think about the
> > possibility of my brake pads getting hung up on those
> > grooves. . . .Something tells me I'm going to be repeating this same
> > damned job soon, so I can weld and grind those grooves flat.
>
> > Damn.
>
> The notch in ours somehow managed to heat one pad or do something to it
> because it literally exploded on a highway corner as we are heading off
> into the bush for 2 weeks. The pad had shattered. Here is a photo:http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=4290636987
>
> Another Jeeper we didn't know stopped and took us home to see if he had
> a spare pad and when he didn't took me to a town about 30 miles away so
> we could get a set, then he drove me back to the Cherokee so I could put
> them on.
>
> Got the slide fixed soon after.
>
> Mike

Thats awesome. Its great to hear stories of people who are genuinely
nice.

I've heard similar stories of brand-camaraderie when I used to peruse
the Aircooled VW newsgroup, rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled (RAMVA as
they call it) .. my favorite was a guy who drove a Type I (beetle) and
he saw another beetle pulled over on the highway, so he stopped. It
was 3 young college girls whom he was more than willing to give a ride
to :)