Well I was gonna blame Brodie for his bad mojo after reading and replying to this thread..... https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/278521-hard-brake-=-blown-wheel-cylinder.html but im afraid thats not the case.
We went for a trail ride and on a steep ascent while having to reverse for a better line I was not confident in the brakes as it took all i had to stand on the pedal to hold the 80 in place. I had just rebuilt all 4 calipers in attempts to regain better braking after the move to 37's. So i was pretty bummed to see what looks like a puddle of brake fluid under the rear tire as i pulled into the drive last night.
Good news is its not the caliper rebuild workmanship
bad news is it looks like its time for a rear rebuild.
I just rebuilt the front axle (and then found records of the previous owner doing it < 30k miles ago
) so this will have me back to fresh builds front and rear and on the same time schedule.
We went for a trail ride and on a steep ascent while having to reverse for a better line I was not confident in the brakes as it took all i had to stand on the pedal to hold the 80 in place. I had just rebuilt all 4 calipers in attempts to regain better braking after the move to 37's. So i was pretty bummed to see what looks like a puddle of brake fluid under the rear tire as i pulled into the drive last night.
Good news is its not the caliper rebuild workmanship
bad news is it looks like its time for a rear rebuild.
I just rebuilt the front axle (and then found records of the previous owner doing it < 30k miles ago
) so this will have me back to fresh builds front and rear and on the same time schedule.
