STEP BY STEP: Grand Caravan REAR disc brake pads & rotors without special tool (2007-2013)
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2014
- Replacing the rear brake pads and rotors on my 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan. I conducted this repair without the Chrysler Special Tool 8807 used to rotate the caliper piston back into the caliper. This video may not demonstrate proper safety or technique. It is up to you to ensure the safety of yourself and your vehicle.
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Thank you for the video. Have a 3 yr old caravan and was advised that it needs a break job. Dealer quoted me at around $1000. After watching this video I can't believe how easy it is to do it yourself. I now have the confidence to do it my self and save a lot of money. Thank you again!!
Thanks for the tip on cycling the parking brake. My pedal felt a bit spongy when I finished so I cycled the parking brake about fifty times and now everything's back to normal.
I got into changing the brakes before I knew about the "special tool" -- You saved my bacon!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!
One important step you might have left out. Make sure you clean the bracket under the clips before you reinstall clips. Rust buildup under these clips will sometimes cause the brake pads to stick. I leaned the hard way as I thought the caliper was frozen which it wasn't.
I love You Tube....because of people like you who take the time to help people like me who are not 100 percent sure of "how" to do it.Thanks!
Great post Do Sumpthin!! Been changing brakes for 30 years and I learned Sumpthin from you. Didn't know about turning the piston clockwise (was trying to compress). Also saved me some money with the needle nose trick. Thanks for the help!
Thank you for the comment on the need to adjust the parking brake after changing rear pads. I've had a low pedal since changing the rear pads and you provided the solution.
Nice job! A you answered all my questions with clear diction, excellent lighting, and and clear video shots. Thanks!
Thank You for 2 very good videos (front and back brakes). Thanks to the comments below, I remembered to check the caliper, lubricate as needed and clean the hub during my brake job. I look forward to more of your helpful and informative videos.
Be nice people. You will get more out of life if you try...
Thank you very much. Emergency brake cable on our 2005 Grand Caravan snapped this morning -- I had it on while jacked up to replace the power steering line. I couldn't back up out of the garage but needed to run an errand. For some reason, with the cable snapped, the back wheels weren't 'releasing'. I backed up a little and they've seemed to let off. Another maintenance job to look at when I replace the rear disc pads and rotors. Continued success. Nicely edited and produced.
Excellent video. I used both your front and rear brake videos to do my 2010 Dodge Caravan. It's clear and I was able to do my first rotor/brake replacement ever! Thank you.
Fantastic video I very been driving myself nuts trying to get the piston back .Excellent tip thanks so much Dale
Great help. Never seen the rotating piston design before.
Something for DIYers to keep in mind.
Those anti-rattle clips, might cause some problems. The ones on the after market brakes I installed are actually stamped into two different shapes. An upper clip and a lower clip.
If you find that you can't put the pads in with those clips installed, make sure you installed the correct clips on top and bottom.
I was not initially aware of this and was about to throw the clips out before I noted the two different shapes.
That said, once the right clips were in, the fit was still fairly tight but doable by hand.
Very good video. Glad I watched it before I started my brake change.
Just changed the pads and rotors on my 2011 and the needle nose pliers worked like a charm. Thanks so much! I saved $300.00 doing it myself.
This is the best video on doing brakes I have ever seen! I have been working on cars for over 30 years.
Ima Carnut Thank you very much!
Very well done video! Something I found on my 2011: I would also suggest that people check are the pins the caliper slides on. In my case the pins on the passenger side had taken in water, and therefore rust, and were binding. The rubber boot on the slide pin was in place and had no tears! I ended up replacing the caliper bracket also because they were so bad. Hope that helps someone...
Great video.....this is also my first ever front and rear rotor and brake pad replacement attempt.....and because of your clear and very easy directions on both your videos.....everything went great.....brakes work perfectly.....Thank you
Thank you so much for making this video! I was changing the brakes on my minivan for the first time ever and could not figure out how to get the piston to retract. (A fact I only realized once I had everything torn apart, LOL.) Thanks to your help I was able to complete my project. I really appreciate your help, man. Cheers from Iowa!!
DoSupthin just watched both front and rear brake replacement and it was probably one of the best video that seen on youtube. Very precise and easy to follow and understand will check out your other videos. Great JOB
Just wanted to tank you for this great video. I did my rear ones a week ago and everything went great, nothing went wrong. Thanks...
This video was great. Besides watching my dad as a little kid this was my first attempt and doing the brakes. Took about an hour 15 minutes for the front. Thanks again saved probably $100 by not going to mechanic!
You probably saved more like $300 to $400 by doing it yourself....just for the front!
Great help video, I went to Auto Zone and bought the special tool to rotate back in the caliper everything went great..thanks to you
I've done the brakes on the wife's van once before and I wish I had seen this video then. Lubing the pins is also a great idea. Neglected that ONCE n the wife's Pontiac Grand Am and she STILL hasn't let me forget the repair bill when the brakes wore out in about 1000 miles because the pins were rough and rusty.
thank you very much man, i bent my brake piston tool trying to push the piston back in not knowing you have to screw it. after watching this i gave it another go and still couldn't do it lol but thumbs up for this simple yet effective video.
This worked beautifully for my VW. Thanks for posting!
This is the best video ever on changing brakes and I want to thank you very much have a good day
I still haven't changed my brake pads tried it two times but now this video help me thank you so much .
Another superb video! My son and I did the front brakes which went quite quickly and easy. The rear brake job was equally easy. We decided NOT to get the special tool and used a pair of needle nose pliers. It was simple and went off without a hitch. Well, we did install both pads without the metal low pad indicator pin on the first side we did and we didn't discover that until we couldn't get both pads on the second side. Whoops! It did add about 10 minutes to the whole job, so not a huge deal. Overall it was a simple job, pads and rotors. Thank you so much for making this video!
Thanks for posting this video, I have changed disk pads on many vehicles but for some reason I wanted to check out a video for my 2010 grand caravan. That screw in piston would have caused me no end of grief and I may have broken something if I had not watched your video. Thanks for posting
Outstanding video, going to save me alot of money following your videos for front and rear pad replacement! Thx, keep up the great work
Looks easy if not even more easy than doing on a 2014 grand cherokee, but I'm watching both of your videos (for the front and rear) just to make sure sure, very great and helpful content you got here
Thanks for the video, it helped loads in fixing my 2013 grand caravan. I did not have the 13 mm bolt for the parking brake installed on my model. Thank you for the video and next time I have car issues I will refer to your channel.
Great Vid, Thanks for the help. I didn't want to buy a tool to do a one time brake job. You saved me a good chunk of money.
Thanks for sharing. I agree with some other comments about cleaning also checking and lubing the slider pins.
However you put together a great video that was a pleasure to watch. Great job and thanks again. Warm Regards, Joe
Very helpful, thank you much from California. Glad I watched till the end with the E brake advise. Keep up the good work.
thank you for taking the time to do this
Thanks for the video I appreciate the insight my pops and me tried for hours to compress the caliper, who would of known all you gotta do it twist it in.
thanks for your video. dealership wanted over 600 just for the rear. done brakes before but not on this vehicle so it was nice to know what I am getting into this weekend. THANKS!
Thank you for these videos. That was a brilliant work around.
Thanks, just did my rear brakes with the vise grip method. Worked great.
This is a great video! Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Thanks a ton for this. That alternative method to spin and compress the piston was very helpful.
I cant wait to do this myself, I changed my coolant return pipe, only thing in that video it never stated to grease up the rubber 1st as it makes it easier to insert. lol Love your step by step guide and look forward to be doing more. (so much cheaper than the garages)
Thanks for making the videos, very well detailed is very helpful.
A much better video than most. Thank you.
Best video EVER!
Thanks a million
Never saw this twist in caliper deal before. Thanks for the video! Wish I'd watched it before I spent two hours trying to figure out why the piston wouldn't compress...
Thanks for the great video saved me a large headache
Thanks for sharing this video. Next time I will replace brakes and pads by myself.
Great! Awesome! I learned so much! Thanks for a excellent video. Make more for us all!
thanks for taking the time to do this!
I just did the rear brakes on a 2012 caravan using the needle nose method and it worked great.
Thank you for clear , understandable, nice video angle and light, conversation without any unrelated topics to replacing brake pads.
I just wanna make point in my experiences with an issue, when i was using autozone Duralast brakes, that was lasting about 5-9K miles , which is really bad,
i used them a lot, because of their replacement warranty,
then i switched to other better brands that started lasting 20-35K miles ,
Great attention to detail is what I love about your videos. I have had issues with rear discs on cars and I really don't think that the average car really needs discs in the rear. I find that drums last longer and have a lot less problems. Drums are more trouble to change but in my experience they are pretty foolproof. When chev put rear discs on their trucks they had problems with rock getting in them and causing a lot of grief. The design of the parking brakes and other details to me make the rear discs more prone to problems. As for shorter stopping distances, I find that more a function of the brand of vehicle than the type of brakes.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR 2012 GRAND CARAVANS BUILT AFTER 03/12: So apparently there was a change made to these back brakes in March of 2012, I went to get pads and rotors for my van and they asked me if it was built BEFORE 03/12 or AFTER 03/12. Mine was built in May 2012, so it was after. Got the pads and rotors, took off the wheel and started disassembling the calipers when I noticed I did not have the mechanical parking brake bracket you encountered on your vehicle in the video. So, if you are doing the repairs on a 2012 GC that was built AFTER 03/12, you probably won't have that bracket to worry about either. Otherwise, everything was exactly as you said and I was able to get my pads and rotors replaced in just a few hours.
Great video, thanks again!
Thanks. I noticed the same issue with mine. However, the parking break line did not have enough slack to get it in position in the caliper bracket. Any idea on how to get some slack in the parking break?
Thank you for the video! I noticed a lot of people don't clean their car before maintenance. I wash mine a day prior to scheduled maintenance.
Nice video, thanks it was very clear and easy to follow.
Couldnt figure it out, video was awesome thanks
Very helpful, great work!
Thank you for this video! You really de-mystified everything for a novice like me!
Excellent! I have to agree with Ima Carnut down below (above?) and all the others. Best (and clearest!) brake video I've seen. Thank you for not trying to hold the camera with one hand while doing the job with the other - like so many YT mechanics try to do. Great job :)
Great video; helped a lot. A couple of things though 1) after fumbling around 20+ minutes trying to get the new pads in for the first side I decided to remove the caliper slide pins, thus splitting the whole assembly in two. I was then able to put the pads in at my workbench where I had more room to work. On the second side I took the pins out first, and that made life so much simpler. 2) Where do you live that your rotor came off with a few bangs from a rubber mallet!? Mine is so rusted on the hub that only a sledge will get it off, and since I didn't need to replace it I just left it. This made compressing the caliper a bit harder, but oh well. 3) Speaking of compressing the caliper, if your town doesn't have a store that will loan you the tool, and you don't want to buy one, there's a disc brake tool that looks like a cube that you put on the end of a ratchet; works a lot slicker than needle-nose. 4) Lastly, when compressing the caliper make sure the boot doesn't bind; if it does you'll have to crank it back out and do it again.
Thank you for this, I found it very helpful. The E-brake would have confused me never having dealt with that set up before. This got me through it.
Couple improvements:
Instead of turning the plunger till it bottoms out as suggested I turned it till it was just open enough. I measured the new stack-up of the rotor plus pads and I used a depth gauge on the caliper to get it right on. Once installed I only had to push the brake twice to set it and the e-brake 5-6 times.
Also I found the rubber boot on the plunger stuck bad on the first one I did, making it difficult to turn and have it stay. It also started to do some damage to the boot before it finally let go and aloud the rotation to happen. Knowing this going to the next side I used a very small flat head screw driver to break the boot loose from the plunger, making turning the plunger so much easier.
excellent video,good clear camera work
thanks a lot very clean and informative video..keep postings more please
GREAT vid! GOOD WORK!!
Excellent work!
Thanks.. This just helped me alot!
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great video...really helped..thanks!!
thank you for the help. spent an hour on the caliper, frustrated. In the end I used a gardening rake.
Great video. Helped me out big time.
Very clear and well done video. Thanks.
Thanks very much. Needle nose vice grips worked great.
hey! very good video highly descriptive! i have use your trick with plyers for one side... didnt find it efficient and looked for another solution... i have come up with a power grinder disc locking key... comes with all grinders, standard size.. probably buyable in any tool shop... very very efficient!
Fantastic Video, Nice job
Thank you, extremely helpful!!!
who needs to go to college when u have youtube to learn everything lol
College is the biggest waste of money, supplies the Marxist with money used to destroy this country
Thank you very much. Very helpful.
I will like to add something because I have to do it in order to be able to screw the caliper piston down
So you need to release the pressure on the caliper piston by opening the purger valve, of course use a self one (homemade) purger container that way they will not be air on the lines. Same apply for the front and rear
Decent video. I bought that caliper piston tool like ten years ago and do not regret it!! Also you should grab some caliper hooks. They are super cheap and another tool I use a lot.
Helped a lot, Thanks
1 thing that I do is crack open the bleeder plug before pushing the piston in, it makes it go back in much easier plus it keeps you from putting back pressure on your ABS SYSTEM.
Great information. Thank you.
That rotating cylinder threw me thanks for the video!! Also need the smaller vise grips, big ones wont fit.
Very informative. I would advise anyone attempting brake work on this model to watch this video. I'm going to make a brake tool now.
Thanks
great and simple..Thumbs up
Great Video, I have a problem with my parking brake, the dealer set the pedal so tight that I can barely push it down but the parking brake doesn't engage. Upon inspection I found that the return springs are missing as well. They adjusted the pedal when I complained about them not testing the brake. Any ideas on how to reduce the tension on the pedal so I can get the parking brakes back to normal and adjust them properly? Thanks.
Great Video
an you tell me how to adjust the parking brake on a 2008 Town and Country, engine 4.0, thanks
Excellent video.
Dio I need to remove the cap on the reservoir or can I push it in without removing the cap
Thanks very complete!!
i have a 2001 Dodge Caravan 2.4 , i use Rear Brakes drums , can i change these brakes like to the front ones?
The needle nose tip is awesome!
bruh it saved me today doing the rears on my boss's 2013, loved it !
I know this video is from 4 years ago. But I have the pedal sinking problem right now after replace the brake pads so Waht is your recommendations to fix the problem.???????
Your video is most helpful, EXCEPT for the main surprise. Expand it just a little and show us how much fun it is to get an old rotor off - when it's been rust-bonded to the plate behind it. Whoosh! What fun.
I second that! I ran into the same problem, I never had to beat a rotor with a sledge hammer so much in thirty years of doing brakes like I did to get these off! Terrible engineering by the kids at Chrysler-Dodge.
Awesome, clear to follow video!
I tried this exact approach, and doesn't matter how much I turn the piston, which is free, it doesn't retract back in. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
TY, much needed info ....
Great video !! It helped me alot ty , ....I just did new calipers and rotors on my 13 caravan today ,.. is a scan tool is needed to activate the abs pump to bleed the system completely....lmk and again , thanks for the help today ...