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Will Halina
Hi All:
I replaced all 4 of my pads/rotors on my 99T&C AWD.
And I replaced and adjusted the parking brake shoes (now they work
properly! - It seems the dealer never could make them function). What a
crappy design. The bearing and baking plate has to be removed to replace the
parking brake pads. I think it's impossible to adjust the parking brake
pads without removing the rotor, because the inspection plug is
inaccessable. If your parking brake is seized because the lever rusted, you
can't back off the adjuster to remove the rotor. Why couldn't they spend
the extra $1 to make the lever/actuator/rivet out of stainless steel. The
parking brake pads should never need replacing. ($175Canadian from the
dealer, $115 from NAPA)
So far so good. I decided it was a good idea to renew the brake fluid, (two
man method) so I went through about a liter of new brake fluid bleeding all
the wheel cylinders until I saw fresh fluid. However, after I was just
about finished with the right front, fluid stopped flowing out the bleeder.
In fact, the flex line doesn't appear to get pressurized when the brake is
applied and certainly that caliper doesn't move either. The other three
wheel cylinders are OK. Now I've got 3 out 4 wheels with brakes.
Any Tips? Would the pressurized flushing the dealer offers solve my
problem?
Thanks
Will
I replaced all 4 of my pads/rotors on my 99T&C AWD.
And I replaced and adjusted the parking brake shoes (now they work
properly! - It seems the dealer never could make them function). What a
crappy design. The bearing and baking plate has to be removed to replace the
parking brake pads. I think it's impossible to adjust the parking brake
pads without removing the rotor, because the inspection plug is
inaccessable. If your parking brake is seized because the lever rusted, you
can't back off the adjuster to remove the rotor. Why couldn't they spend
the extra $1 to make the lever/actuator/rivet out of stainless steel. The
parking brake pads should never need replacing. ($175Canadian from the
dealer, $115 from NAPA)
So far so good. I decided it was a good idea to renew the brake fluid, (two
man method) so I went through about a liter of new brake fluid bleeding all
the wheel cylinders until I saw fresh fluid. However, after I was just
about finished with the right front, fluid stopped flowing out the bleeder.
In fact, the flex line doesn't appear to get pressurized when the brake is
applied and certainly that caliper doesn't move either. The other three
wheel cylinders are OK. Now I've got 3 out 4 wheels with brakes.
Any Tips? Would the pressurized flushing the dealer offers solve my
problem?
Thanks
Will