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wdTom

07-15-2003 17:19:46




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Have a 86 dodge van. Used it Sunday for a one hour trip and on stopping it pulled to the right pretty good, and when I got out I smelled hot brake on the left. Left side was dragging,and had faded. I have pulled the caliper and made sure it is free to slide side to side, it seems to be able to retract if you pry with a screwdriver. There is somekind of proportioning valve that all the brake lines connect to, it has a valve stem that moves as it should I think. Have had one of theose stick and the brakes will drag, but I don't think it is the problem this time. The other brake seems to do the same thing but not as bad, both rotors get to hot to touch when just driving and not using the brake, coasting to a stop. Are my callipers worn out and sticking too much to retract easily enough and far enough? They are original I think with 140,000. This vihicle has had a lot of long distance driving so they have lasted, sometimes driving for hours at a time on the freeway without using the brakes, that sort of driving. What do you guys think? I am leaning towards putting calipers on it at this point.

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wdTom

07-16-2003 17:30:20




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 Re: Disc brake question in reply to wdTom, 07-15-2003 17:19:46  
Thanks for the advise. Stopped at MAPA this afternoon and picked up calipers and will let you know, when I get them on, how it goes. May not be till the weekend.



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max

07-16-2003 07:18:31




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 Re: Disc brake question in reply to wdTom, 07-15-2003 17:19:46  
tom
DOT 3 break fluid has a boiling point of 365 degrees, no good after the breaks heat up. Use DOT 4 or 5.
If you remove both calipers, put them on your work bench, and compress them one at a time with a hammer handle or something, and compare them you will usually find that the one hanging up will be much harder to compress. Use compressed air with the regulator set to about 5 lbs., to extend them back out, but be carefull doing this as the pistons will shoot out sometimes.
If you find that you have a bad caliper or need new rotors ,replace them with ones from a good Quality parts store, not franhcise parts stores.
Before installing new calipers bench test them too, as they will be remanufactured, and can have the wrong piston tolerance, and hang up just like the old ones. Sorry for all the rambling. Hope ya get it figured out.

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dave

07-16-2003 12:22:42




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 Re: Re: Disc brake question in reply to max, 07-16-2003 07:18:31  
Got a question about this quote

"If you find that you have a bad caliper or need new rotors ,replace them with ones from a good Quality parts store, not franhcise parts stores."

what are you considering a "good Quality parts store" and a "franhcise parts stores."?

where does napa, big a, carquest fall?



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max

07-17-2003 08:01:35




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 Re: Re: Re: Disc brake question in reply to dave, 07-16-2003 12:22:42  
Dave
To me a good quality parts store has good parts, not the kind that you constantly return parts to.



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Mac

07-15-2003 18:50:16




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 Re: Disc brake question in reply to wdTom, 07-15-2003 17:19:46  
Lots of miles on these. My honest opinion would be to replace the calipers, replace the flex hose as these collapse with age, from the inside and act as a check valve. Rotors are probably warped also. Maybe they can be turned and maybe not. For a good brake job, I would replace the rotors with a good quality rotor, have found the cheepo's are not to reliable. I would put out the extra $ and flush the entire brake system at this point.

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