This week we take some time to go through the XJS braking system. In this video we replace the rotors and front pads on our lovely 1996 XJS celebration. We will walk you through the experience and what we learned during the process and hope you find this helpful for when you approach this service on your jag!
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Great video and gives tons of info. I would have just liked it if you could have shown the caliper mounting pins before you started the removal. You do show a couple of seconds of when the completed caliper has gone back onto the rotor and mention then that there are two bolt lengths involved. I've gotta get these calipers off my 1989 V12 coupe and have no doubt that it will be the PITA of this job to get securely onto two pins as they are the hardest parts to get at. A better look would have helped . . standard socket – v long depth socket . . what's in the way etc as it looks very crowded back there. Still it has helped alot but I'll definitely have to have a good look with a mirror on a stick before I go in. Cheers
Man, parts geek sent me the wrong alternator for my xjs. Thanks for this video!
I've had a G reg 6 cylander for the last 20 years. I'm happy with it. V12's are far too complicated for the tiny increase in performance. My XJS has fuel injection so I've always got 35 miles to the gallon.
Thank you very helpful video I prefer my Straight six in my 1995 XJS Convertible best regards Andy Allen.
This definitely added knowledge to my mind, and being a female XJS, I REALLY needed this ONE!!
I'm a v12 man myself and have just completed overhauling the front sub-frame on my convertible. Just a couple of points though, I noticed that the calliper boots were split and not replaced this will only lead to problems in the future; you also re-used the old split pin, not a cotter pin please, both of these are bad practices. But in mitigation, you did at least remove the wheel nuts by hand and not an impact gun.
Car is a 1996 but what year is the engine? 95/96 was an AJ16 that is coil on plug. The engine in the video has spark plug wires. So is that an older AJ6?
Thank you for posting this.
Doing a whole front brake job on a 1979 XJS, video was extremely helpful! Your 96 is identical to the 79 with the exception of ABS.
The straight six Jaguar motor is kind of the British equivalent of a small block Chevy. Both are fantastic, robust engines that can be modified to your heart's content.
Can you do a video on replacing wiper motor please! I had bought a motor but the connector’s didn’t fit
Thanks for this video. Very informative.
Nice having some more xjs content.
This is so neato, it’s almost a burrito!