2002 Dodge Caravan SE brakes noise

"sunny" snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.ca wrote

The guide rails that the pads ride in have gotten corroded. Remove calipers and pads. Scrape rails clean. Apply a thin coat of brake lubricant(not regular grease) to the rails. Reassemble.

You may (or may not) need to replace the pads, but you can only tell by looking and seeing if they are worn.

StevJensen;

Rear brakes. Drums. No pads, Shoes. No rails, pivot points.

Rear brakes are probably in need of service and adjustment, or are glazed and may require replacement.

Sunny, do you "ride" the brakes?

StevJensen wrote:

Mike Behnke snipped-for-privacy@fnal.gov wrote

Really?? Drums *only* is an option on SE?? Mine has a drum & shoes, but it is only for the parking brake. NOT the main brake system which is disk and pads. Incidentally, I have had to fix this problem twice.

Rear drums brakes on the Se as an option? I don't think so. Instead they are standard equipment on the SE. At least that's what my SE has and it's what the factory tech manual says....

Doug

Doug snipped-for-privacy@pipeline.com wrote

I did not remember 4-wheel disks as being an option. Looking in the book, I got the 4-wheel disks with the AWD. They are not an option when you get the AWD setup. It seems you have to have the "Sport" or above to get the

My bad.