Do all Cherokee brakes bring teh suck?

[Paul Gagnon]

The brakes on my 2001 Cherokee are terrible and they were just done on Saturday. The pedal feels firm and proper but I have a hard time stopping the vehicle. If I remember correctly the brakes on my last Cherokee (also a 2001) were just as bad. It almost seems like the rears aren't doing anything. I've drive 5 ton trucks that seemed to stop quicker. What's the deal?

[Drunk tank]

theyre just too small....

You should try and stop a 35 with those breaks! I give myself plenty of room for that!

[AaronC]

Now imagine the same pieces of shit in a Grand Cherokee. Yeah, welcome to my world. Does anyone know of some rotors that won't warp? Maybe if I wasn't using Autozone lifetime warranty pads.......

[Paul Gagnon]

Yeah but I have put thousands of miles on Grand Cherokees and they stop fine. My Jimmy stops so well compared to the Cherokee that when I drive it right after the Cherokee I find htat I am almost going through the windshield. Granted the my Jimmy has disc brake and so does my Explorer but even when I had 36" tires on the Explorer I could stop in a way shorter distance. The Cherokee brakes suck so bad that I sometimes find I overshoot the stop line even though I am pushing the brakes quite firmly.

[The Rockslut]

The brakes are sufficient but the power booster is two small on the XJ,MJ,ZJ models. TJ,YJ's all stop better in my opinion and they have different boosters.

[braxton357]

I drive one on 34's and I think they work fine. But that may also be because I'm used to driving a 4 corner drum eb. What about swapping a disk brake 8.8 in the rear?

[charlo]

I used to have horrible brake fade and never stopped well in my 95 xj. I noticed a HUGE difference now that I am using the ceramic pads from NAPA. They are outrageously priced at like $100 something but I feel they were worth it. I didnt even pay the $100 for them I got upgraded for free after napa tore up my rotots while turning them and I still think they are worth it. I agree it doesnt feel like the back is doing anything at all.

Charlo

[JEEPRZ]

Those of you saying that it feels like the back is doing nothing need to check your adjusment. Those rear brakes have the worst self adjusters.

[XJbasher]

hell i aint had no problems with my brakes. i think it has something to do with the fact that im running disk brakes all the way around. i just swapped in the axles out of an 01 wj. i also bought a better booster and larger capacity master cylinder and replaced everything after i broke my rear axle playing a little hard. i was told that the stock booster was just a bit weak for disks and if i was going to do it right id need the larger master. it might help im running 4 piston calipers, ceramic pads, and stainless rotors.