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Old 07-21-2020 | 08:04 PM
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Default 1999 RHD XJ Caliper issues

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I've owned plenty of LHDs, but I purchased an RHD for work and I was going to rob a caliper off one of my part jeeps, but that won't work as the caliper bolts for the one off the RHD (and the space in the knuckle) is significantly larger than the ones for the caliper I took off my LHD jeep.
Has anyone else encountered this and do you have a recommendation on where to get a caliper?
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Old 07-22-2020 | 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by KaeLynn
Hello!
I've owned plenty of LHDs, but I purchased an RHD for work and I was going to rob a caliper off one of my part jeeps, but that won't work as the caliper bolts for the one off the RHD (and the space in the knuckle) is significantly larger than the ones for the caliper I took off my LHD jeep.
Has anyone else encountered this and do you have a recommendation on where to get a caliper?
Thank you!

1999 Jeep Cherokee RHD
have you tried Rock Auto...they had "postal Jeeps" in USA which are RHD

otherwise, you could buy them from Australia, and do what us poor suckers do if we order from Rock Auto, which is pay International freight
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Interesting. I never compared the two, but always thought brakes for LHD and RHD would be the same with the only difference being the hardlines to the calipers.
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Interesting. I never compared the two, but always thought brakes for LHD and RHD would be the same with the only difference being the hardlines to the calipers.
the OP should certainly download the Factory Parts Manual from this site...calls out LHD/RHD part nums.

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Originally Posted by fb97xj1
Interesting. I never compared the two, but always thought brakes for LHD and RHD would be the same with the only difference being the hardlines to the calipers.
I figured it out, so what I did was took the slides from the caliper that came off of it and put them into the new caliper and just rolled with it.
Lol, I thought they would have been the same as well, but after putting them side by side they are slightly different, which my parts jeep is a 1999 and my RHD is a 99. Oh well.
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