Is anyone else having brake problems.

Greenwing7 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:11 pm

I had my right two brake calipers stick within 150 miles of each other and now my rear left has stuck within another 500 miles. Is anyone else having this problem?
2008 kk 124k Midwest vehicle that has been exposed to salty roads

I thought that this problem occurred independent of one another but now I'm concerned because it has happened on 3/4 of my brakes?
Thoughts? Ideas? Input? Others having this happen?
Thanks

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2014 6:25 pm

Ever have the brake fluid flushed? Between salt and ABS(aluminum parts) brake fluid is maybe good for 2-3 years.

Greenwing7 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2014 8:47 pm

2nd owner. Known fb take fluid change at 84k. 100k and when the first one stuck at 124k. Over about two and a half years. Would an excessive amount of mud or sand lead to this. Mostly interstate driver and car became second vehicle. Not daily driver.

JeepMonkey190 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:57 am

I just had my passenger rear caliper start bearing it's metal teeth into the disk over the weekend, the guy at les schwab said it could be a bad caliper but it was only over the phone, but if it is I hope that jeep will cover it

mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:22 am

just replaced mine yesterday. Ever since 20k miles my rear driver side caliper would randomly start sticking. It would always happen in the summertime when it was really hot. After going through 2 sets of rear pads without ever changing the fronts, which still are at about 50%, I discovered that the piston wasnt retracting back into the hole. Even with vice grips, the thing just would barely budge. New caliper solved the problem. Cost about $40 + $20 core deposit. Took me about 3 hours start to finish.

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JeepMonkey190 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:17 pm

[quote="mawlkrawler"]just replaced mine yesterday. Ever since 20k miles my rear driver side caliper would randomly start sticking. It would always happen in the summertime when it was really hot. After going through 2 sets of rear pads without ever changing the fronts, which still are at about 50%, I discovered that the piston wasnt retracting back into the hole. Even with vice grips, the thing just would barely budge. New caliper solved the problem. Cost about $40 + $20 core deposit. Took me about 3 hours start to finish.

Did you have to bleed the brakes when you changed the caliper?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2014 6:38 pm

JeepMonkey190 wrote:

Did you have to bleed the brakes when you changed the caliper?

Yes

JeepMonkey190 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2014 10:53 pm

Just took her in to Les Schwab and have to get 2 new calipers but I got lucky and I'm able to reuse the discs

Greenwing7 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:34 pm

All 3 of mine were still in spec. Both the discs and pads.

mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:41 am

JeepMonkey190 wrote:

mawlkrawler wrote:

just replaced mine yesterday. Ever since 20k miles my rear driver side caliper would randomly start sticking. It would always happen in the summertime when it was really hot. After going through 2 sets of rear pads without ever changing the fronts, which still are at about 50%, I discovered that the piston wasnt retracting back into the hole. Even with vice grips, the thing just would barely budge. New caliper solved the problem. Cost about $40 + $20 core deposit. Took me about 3 hours start to finish.

Did you have to bleed the brakes when you changed the caliper?

Yes you absolutely have bleed the brakes since you're disconnecting the brake line in order to swap out the caliper. I only bled the caliper I changed, however, some would suggest you should just flush out all 4 brakes when you swap out a caliper. Beyond that it's fairly simple. Everything's been running perfect since I did the swap

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JeepMonkey190 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:59 am

Took it to les schwab and had the 2 rear calipers replaced by them that way they are covered under warranty for 3 years

prplppleatr239 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:48 am **Posts:** 26

JeepMonkey190 wrote:

Took it to les schwab and had the 2 rear calipers replaced by them that way they are covered under warranty for 3 years

How much did that cost?

JeepMonkey190 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:49 pm

prplppleatr239 wrote:

JeepMonkey190 wrote:

Took it to les schwab and had the 2 rear calipers replaced by them that way they are covered under warranty for 3 years

How much did that cost?

$335 included full bleeding of the brakes, turning of the disks, and two new calipers with a full 3 year warranty on parts and labor

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