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braking question

Discussion in 'Intermediate CJ-5/6/7/8' started by trollins, May 11, 2011.

  1. May 11, 2011
    trollins

    trollins Member

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    ok i got a special jeep i got a 73 cj5 with chevy k5 blazer axles i got steel braided brake lines in today and adaptors to adapt the lines to the orginal jeep lines and mc . anything special i need to do other than bleed bleed bleed . yall always have the answers here by the way the new axles are disk in the front and drum in the rear . any help would great . thanks
     
    trollins, May 11, 2011
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  2. May 12, 2011
    DREDnot

    DREDnot Not new to JEEPS

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    I want to say you need to swap in a proportioning valve from a FSJ or similar with disc brakes.
    Something related to different amounts of fluid moving vs. the drum/drum system.
     
    DREDnot, May 12, 2011
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  3. May 12, 2011
    hudsonhawk

    hudsonhawk Well-Known Member

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    Its the residual valve in the master cylinder for the front brakes you need to worry about. the valve for the drum brakes is set to a higher pressure then for disks. It can cause the disk brakes to lock up when they heat up.
     
    hudsonhawk, May 12, 2011
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