I have a 2000 Chrysler Concorde LXi that I bought recently (with 4 wheel discs & ABS). Having gotten it I discovered that the parking brake did not work. Thus I took off rear discs and discovered that somebody took out ALL the parking brake stuff (shoes, levers, hardware
-- only parking brake cables remained in place). Parking cables appeared to move freely and were NOT frozen in place.
Thus I bought parking brake shoes and hardware from a local auto parts store as well as levers from the dealer. Having put it all together, I discovered that the disc did not want to go back on because the inside was too rusted. Hence I bought new discs.
New discs went on easily, however, they slightly drag at one spot when I turn the wheel by hand on both sides. I was wondering if the parking shoes for the front and rear were different. As the box contained no instructions as to how to differentiate the shoes (front and rear), I visually inspected them and they looked the same to me.
I drove the car like this for a few miles at highway speeds and the rear discs were pretty hot (hotter than they normally are, though not extremely hot). I was wondering whether this is normal and the pads will simply "break in", or there is a problem.
NOTE: the starwheel adjuster is backed up all the way (i.e. smallest diameter of shoes possible). I used the shop manual for the installation -- it says that I have to get 117mm diameter of the shoes
-- I got it in that vicinity, but it is hard to measure because of the spindle getting in the way (and I really did not want to remove it). I also scraped as much rust as possible from all the points where shoes rub, and lubricated those points generously with caliper lube.
Just was wondering if anyone had any thoughts/suggestions.