99 Durango - rubbing brakes

[razor3299]

I replaced my front disc brakes and rotors. Now, after 5 minutes of driving, the brake pads rub on the rotor after braking. Sometimes it get loud and I need to drive with my foot on the brake petal to silence it. Could I have air in the lines or maybe on of the calipers is shot?

[TAKE A TOKE]

Originally Posted by razor3299

I replaced my front disc brakes and rotors. Now, after 5 minutes of driving, the brake pads rub on the rotor after braking. Sometimes it get loud and I need to drive with my foot on the brake petal to silence it. Could I have air in the lines or maybe on of the calipers is shot?

alot of the time the pads will rubs for maybe a min or two, but after that they should free up it looks like a caliper prob. Also check the obivious, fluids, ect.

[razor3299]

I should have explained more. It has been rubbing like this for a couple of months. I thought it would eventually stop but it hasn't. It seems to ease up when I jerk the wheel right and left slightly. I think this may be pushing the calipers back in a bit but it starts up again as soon as I apply the brakes again. Could this be caused by air in the lines? I'm not sure how air could have gotten in the lines. If it's one of the calipers, it's hard to tell which one it is. Any suggestions?

[thierry13aix]

Air in the lines should not cause this. Furthermore, you do not get air in the lines by just changing pads and rotors. The break pads should have come with a little tube of lubricant. This is to lubricate the 4 long shiny bolts (2 on each side) that hold the calipers in place. The calipers actually slide back and forth on them. So if thay are not properly lubricated, the calipers will have a hard time sliding back. Might want to try this

[t-bank]

I had the exact same problem on my 99 D this past summer, (145K at the time). Thought I would do it right so I went with premium pads, new rotors and calipers on the front end. Rright away I started having problems with the pads dragging real bad so I pulled everything back off, cleaned and lubed, put it all back together and guess what, same problem. I ended up replacing the calipers again but the problem still persisted. After about 1,000 miles, the problem simply went away. Guess the high-end pads were a little rough???

[n8zdogg]

Brakes on my 2001 do the same thing, and My dad's 94 Ram does it too. It's annoying but doesn't seem to to do much harm. (Thats only if your brakes aren't dragging and heating up. That CAN lead to boiling the brake fluid and getting air pockets in the calipers. Is your fluid really dirty or dark?- If so try changing it, lube the pins as described in above posts, and make sure the pistons in the calipers aren't sticking.)

[acoelho00]

I've heard that if you use cheaper break pads that the brake dust made by them will make them squeak constantly unless pressure is applied. Try buying better pads.