Front Brakes

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Hi,

A friend of mine just got a great deal on 92 Club Cab. Found the front brakes causing a mild shudder.

I too had this problem back in the early days of my truck's history. After three turns of the rotors, new Mopar calipers, Wagner's Best (most expensive pads) and a lot of phone calls - I found the cure.

According to a Wagner Tech. - Dodge uses a fiber based piston in their calipers. Under load (towing) and heavy braking - the rotors, pads, calipers, and pistons heat up.

The culprit is the in the fiber pistons - they swell - and do not retract all the way into the calipers - thus causing a small amount of drag on the rotor. Little bit of water and Yikes -- Need I say more?

The Cure: New Rotors, New Pads, and New non-Mopar NAPA calipers with "steel" pistons. Haven't had a problem since!

Keep on Truckin!

Tim Whitney
a. k. a. - Data Brain

1992 Club Cab, Diesel, 145K, D250, Automatic

 

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I bought my 92 new and I have never had a fiber piston, all steel. I've found if you don't put a real light coat of lubricate on the slide points, it will bind up, they don't move much, but need to relieve the pressure.

I've done my own brakes and others for over 30 years, that my experience and 2 cents worth.