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scary thing happend to me today!
CjDan

CjDan

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i was driving to my friends house to show him my jeep, and i guess the brake hose was rubbing on the tire and while i was driving by myself, me a 17 year old new driver who just learned how to drive stick driving by myself, so i was driving and all the sudden i step on the brakes to turn into his neighborhood and the brakes go all the way down,and dont work, so huh going 45 mph and brakes dont worrk (great!), i saw my life flash before my eyes, luckily i came to stop eventually with no one in front of me anymore so i was ok then, and yea thats my story, brakes did not work while i was driving, just my luck
 
CjDan said:
i was driving to my friends house to show him my jeep, and i guess the brake hose was rubbing on the tire and while i was driving by myself, me a 17 year old new driver who just learned how to drive stick driving by myself, so i was driving and all the sudden i step on the brakes to turn into his neighborhood and the brakes go all the way down,and dont work, so huh going 45 mph and brakes dont worrk (great!), i saw my life flash before my eyes, luckily i came to stop eventually with no one in front of me anymore so i was ok then, and yea thats my story, brakes did not work while i was driving, just my luck
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Did you try to use the emergency brake?:rolleyes:
The emergency brake is a mechanical device as opposed to your main braking system that is hydraulic. If neither your main nor emergency braking systems are functional it's time to start down shifting to use your engine to slow you down & or look for something soft to hit.;)
 
LongHorn said:
Did you try to use the emergency brake?:rolleyes:
The emergency brake is a mechanical device as opposed to your main braking system that is hydraulic. If neither your main nor emergency braking systems are functional it's time to start down shifting to use your engine to slow you down & or look for something soft to hit.;)
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Ok thanks for the info, i will defiantly remember that if it ever happens again
 
I think you will find that down shifting is more efficient and maintains better control is adverse conditions than using the brake. With the exception of coming to a complete stop.
I would not find the loss of brakes until I was in 1st or 2nd gear.
I have never completely lost brakes, loss of ABS causes the peddle to go almost to the floor and causes you heart to beat rapidly. :eek:
I had always thought that the duel chamber master cylinder would always insure that you would have front or back brakes when one was lost. You may have more problems than you think.:cool:
 
IOPort51 said:
I think you will find that down shifting is more efficient and maintains better control is adverse conditions than using the brake. With the exception of coming to a complete stop.
I would not find the loss of brakes until I was in 1st or 2nd gear.
I have never completely lost brakes, loss of ABS causes the peddle to go almost to the floor and causes you heart to beat rapidly. :eek:
I had always thought that the duel chamber master cylinder would always insure that you would have front or back brakes when one was lost. You may have more problems than you think.:cool:
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Funny you should mention the dual circuit master cylinder IO,
I have a war story from back in the day.
I was driving an old Jeep down the highway & turned into a little store.
When I went for the brakes the pedal hit the floor.:eek:
Down shifting & then the E brake saved the day.
I had hung a brakeline on the trail & ripped it off draining the fluid.
Of coarse it had the old style single circuit master cylinder.;)
 
And have you noticed that when that brake pedal hits the floor, the vehicle seems to go faster?:eek:

Good advice above - downshift if you have time, punch the e brake, and look for something soft.
 
Whew I wouldnt be able to poop for a couple of days after that :eek:
 
Have none of you ever heard of leaving it in gear/downshifting and shutting the ignition off? Unless you are headed downhill, the truck will slow once the engine is no longer running, and compression braking will eventually bring it to a stop.
 
mylittlecj5 said:
Have none of you ever heard of leaving it in gear/downshifting and shutting the ignition off? Unless you are headed downhill, the truck will slow once the engine is no longer running, and compression braking will eventually bring it to a stop.
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Of coarse locking your steering wheel on any Jeep newer than 75' or so.:rolleyes:
Which severely hampers the ability to find a soft target for possible impact.:eek:
 
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KenB said:
And have you noticed that when that brake pedal hits the floor, the vehicle seems to go faster?:eek:

Good advice above - downshift if you have time, punch the e brake, and look for something soft.
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I would agree.
 
LongHorn said:
Of coarse locking your steering wheel on any Jeep newer than &5' or so.:rolleyes:
Which severely hampers the ability to find a soft target for possible impact.:eek:
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I said kill the motor, that doesn't mean leaving the column locked long enough to crash...I have done this on many vehicles that the brakes went out on (not all mine LOL) and only crashed once.
That one was a '55 Willys pickup I had just bought and was driving home (too poor at the time to afford a tow truck, this was in HS). The brakes went out in a most unfortunate place, at the top of a very steep hill at a stop sign, above a very narrow street ending in a state hiway 2-lane and a drop-off into an orchard at the bottom.
Rolled it all the way to the bottom with no way to turn out, cranked the wheel hard over at the bottom and ended up doing a 180* on the Hiway. Tipped the truck on 2 wheels which blew the front tire out, causing the truck to flip over on its side.
Luckily no one was hurt, and I didn't hit another vehicle on the hiway, but it was close...
\Brakes are a very good thing to have! lol
 
Are we all agreed that the duel reservoir should have had the ability to stop the vehicle even with one broken hose?? The front and rear halves pump to diferent sides of the proportioning valve and then to the front or back brakes. the front would have a lot more stopping power than the back but but the peddle should not have gone to the floor.:confused:
 
I have found using the e-brake WHILE holding the e-brake release works pretty good, assuming its in a good spot to do so... that way the e-brake doesn't lock solid and brake too hard making you loose control, it's almost like using a regular no power brake...

Had to do this once. :eek: Just kept the release pulled and used the e-brake pedal to come to a stop (after downshifting once)

Deff one of those screaming like a girl moments! :eek:

Glad you were ok and all!

:chug:
~ JR
 
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