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  1. Bill Crowell

    What caused inboard front disc brake pad to score the rotor?

    Chrysler large single piston front calipers. I'm trying to figure out why the inboard pad kicked its shim halfway out from behind the pad (until the shim hit something and could go no further) and scored the inside face of the rotor. Did the shim let go first and cause the pad to do weird...
  2. Bill Crowell

    Thin steel shims behind brake pad fell out

    On my Dodge van with the Chrysler single-piston front disc brakes, two of the thin steel shims behind one of the brake pads fell out of position, got all bent up, and were dragging on the inside of the rim. So I removed those dragging shims and re-installed everything, hoping that the shims...
  3. Bill Crowell

    Question re: poor line pressure at rear brakes

    May I please ask you guys about the rear brakes on my '77 B200 mid van, which are basically very similar to, or the same as, the brakes used on all Chrysler products. The rear brakes were working poorly so the fronts were doing almost all of the work, and the stopping was poor. I disconnected...
  4. Bill Crowell

    Bit of a rant about single-piston calipers used on mid-sized and big Mopars

    The calipers I am talking about are the single-piston sliding-caliper units, where the outer brake pad reacts against the inner pad via the machined "ways" in the mounting adapter. I thought my old calipers were dragging too much, so I replaced them while also cleaning and lubricating the...
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