tom lawrence

Metal to metal is never good - how worn are your front pads? Unless it
happened once and you parked the truck, your front rotors are probably
pretty scored. Most of the time, rotors aren't worth turning anymore. At
any rate, get a look at the front brakes ASAP, check the rotor for scoring
or warping, and if needed, either have them turned (if possible), or better
yet, replace them (can be had for around $100 for the pair - it's the labor
to change them out that's the big hit - but it's the same labor to
disassemble them for turning).

As for what I did on my '99, new slotted rotors up front, rear-disc brake
conversion, new proportioning valve, SS braided hoses all around, and some
electronic tweaks to the ABS system to allow it to deal with the 38" tires.

It's much better than it was, but I'd still tear it all out and swap in the
braking system from the '03s if I could... it took 'em a LONG time, but
Dodge finally figured out brakes

joe blow

tires.

http://www.egrbrakes.com ? or something else? I'm only running a 33"
tire, so I don't think I need the "tweaks".


me too...

Thanks,

john86

I've owned lots of Chrysler vehicles in my past but never will buy another Grand Caravan again. At approx. 17K miles we took the vehicle in to the dealership and was told they weren't under warranty and it would cost $250 to replace pads. Took the vehicle to Just Brakes to have the work done because I was fumed at not being covered under warranty. The replaced the pads and machined the rotors which at this point were below spec. A few weeks later the dealership asked me to bring it back in and they ended up replacing the same pads and the rotors at no charge. I still could not get reimbursed for the work from Just Brakes. I just had to take the car in again (10K miles later) and they had to replace the brakes and rotors again. 90% of the driving done with this car is highway driving. I only have 6K miles left on the warranty (yes-we do a lot of driving!) and am afraid I'm going to be replacing brakes often!

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