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\nThe new MBC)))<\/p>\n
As I have noticed, this problem is a regular one according to numerous jeep-forums. Here\u2019s how we have fixed it.
\nJust as many other Babe\u2019s fixing stories, this is a long one )
\nWhen we had just gotten the car, we couldn\u2019t find the brake hoses and cables right away. We just changed the brake pads, washed the system through, and drove off.
\nThe adventures started in summer. It was +50C under the sun, and we decided to go to the river. We sat down and drove off))) In the middle of the route (luckily, it was in the city) the car started acting as if the fuel was out. It worked on the first two gears, but poorly, and totally refused to go on the third\/fourth ones. It didn\u2019t speed up, it didn\u2019t raise the RPMs and stopped at once if the leg was removed from the gas pedal. We paid a visit to the gas station. Filled it up to the top.
\nWell, it didn\u2019t help). So we stopped. And not a single tree anywhere in sight\u2026
\nIt was a middle of the day. We called the emergency service (Igor and Valera, that is))).
\nWe touched the disks and they were steaming hot. The front brakes were wedged. Completely. We managed to find the necessary screws that could help to defuse the pressure – and all of it was done via phone. Searching for the key around all of the nearby car services and the spare parts shops did not provide any success. No one appeared to have the 9\/10 key. We went to the nearest building shop, found it there and defused the pressure. Then we went to the river to have a swim, came back, and everything repeated again. To our luck, this was exactly the moment when the hoses were found, and after replacing them everything finished. After some time we found the parking brake cables as well. They were replaced, too – and everything seemed to have come to a happy end.
\nBut we were wrong)))
\nNow, the back brakes began to wedge. Moreover, they did it both simultaneously and one after another one – with absolutely no detectable system.
\nSometimes I was able to un-wedge them on the road (after having stopped, of course) by pressing and releasing the parking brake a few times. Then I went to the car service. The guys took it all apart and examined everything carefully – but with no luck. It was still a mystery about what had happened with the car. The back ones stopped working completely, and we only used the front brakes. Then we tried to explore everything one more time and found that the main brake cylinder was dying – the back brake circuit didn\u2019t work. It was decided to replace it with a new one.<\/p>\n
\nThe new MBC)))<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t tell ya what was wrong with it, but Igor rarely uses \u201cthrow it away right now\u201d recommendations, you know. Usually it means that there is absolutely no way to fix it. We found and installed the new one, and all should go back to normal. But that wasn\u2019t the case again.
\nThe back brakes kept on wedging. Once I was even forced to go under the car and play with the pad regulation wheels, in order to both un-wedge them and to prevent them from working until I could get back to the city, because it was literally fuming over there. Man, was that a pain! Trying to do all that through a tiny hole!
\nWent to the service again, took everything apart again – it looked as if all the staff was in the right places. And yet something was obviously wrong.
\nAnd that was when I noticed that the cable inside of the parking brake drum clinged and turned the pad adjustment wheel. We thought it could have been a good idea to cut a few rings off the cable. Having experimented a few times, we figured that it turned the same way on both sides. That meant it could not impact the wedge because it was not being used while stopping. I have no idea how that could have happened, since the cables were the original ones. Perhaps someone knows anything about this phenomenon?<\/p>\n
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\nThis is how it looked.<\/p>\n
We decided to change the back brake cylinders in case it would help somehow – since everything else had already been replaced. I\u2019ve found the original ones. So we tried them out. And – it came out that the previous owner had um\u2026.. inserted the cylinders from the VAZ-2108 Sputnik, and transfixed the tubes on one of the sides for it\u2026 The funniest thing was, that those cylinders were actually more expensive than the original ones. But as they looked absolutely the same – no one could suspect that something was wrong. Besides, the fastenings of the Sputnik\u2019s cylinders mirror the original ones. That\u2019s why the pad\u2019s corner had been cutting the groove in the cylinder while working, got blocked there, and the cylinder died.
\nAs soon as we\u2019ve replaced the cylinders with the new ones (the Sputnik ones so far, because we didn\u2019t have the time to find the necessary tubes while we were trying to fix some distributor and starter problems as well), and the inside corners of the new pads (the old ones simply fell apart because of the wedge and the following over-heating) have been altered so that they wouldn\u2019t cling the cylinders, – everything finally became great))))
\nMaybe this story\u2019s gonna be helpful for someone)))<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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