Drum Brakes

[wrangler]

Hi guys...i am an idiot. I got a strange vib after going wheeling in the pines. Changed every fluid with no avail. Latter found out i had mud in my rear drums and it ate away at my shoes. So basically i am posting as a warning to other new wheelers. Taking off and cleaning the rear drums is very important if u want to keep ur shoes. I was lucky..i saved them before to long and i got the drums cut. I f I let them grind any more I would have needed new drums. As it was i needed new shoes. Well, $30 dollars latter i learned my lesson lol.

-Cody

[Freebird01]

yep been there done that...usually i manage to run through enough water that it washes out most of the dirt.

you should look into the 8.8 swap for the wrangler...you can get a rear from a mid 90's ford explorer with posi and rear disks for not a whole great amount of money...

im eventually going to go to rear discs on the samurai

[XEON]

Just spray them down. You can hear if you got sand and junk in there even when not pushing on the brake. Just take a hose and spray and you will be set :). I have new drums in mine and I have not had a problem since :).

[wrangler]

thanks for the info...the prob was i drove an hour and a half home from the pines with them like that

[XEON]

thanks for the info...the prob was i drove an hour and a half home from the pines with them like that

Usually when you hear weird noises liek that stop and take a look. I didnt have that problem because we were playing in the water all day Sunday and washed it out by the time we left :).

[wrangler]

yea.. i thought it was my diffs wich i was gona change when i got home..i'll know for next time

[XEON]

Diffs really dont make noise. If there is a problem you will know... haha because you wont be moving.