We are seeing a number of distressed drivers calling into the 1-800-LEMON-LAW hotline complaining of brake problems in their 20 Dodge Journey models. Brake Calipers With Brake Pads. Loaded Brake Calipers (With Pads)Brake Performance Loaded Calipers are original equipment replacement brake calipers that provide unmatched quality and value. When installing Brake Performance calipers, you can be assured that you are receiving top quality products that have been engineered to meet or exceed the performance of the original part. Each component is specifically designed for each application and the attention to detail throughout the manufacturing and testing process ensures that each caliper will perform to the exacting standards of today's vehicles. Each Caliper is finished in the same way as the original from the factory. The Premium Semi- Metallic Brake Pads that are included will give you incredible stopping power, low dust, no noise with a high heat and friction level. Powder coating is also available in eight different colors at an additional cost. Features. Installed With Semi Metallic Pads. Includes Pistons, Guide Bolts, Pins, Through Bolts, Seals, and Boots. Includes Pad Clips for proper fit and reduced vibration. ![]() Guaranteed factory fit to original equipment specifications. Backed by a Warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. Meets or exceeds original equipment factory safety standards. Designed and tested for each Brake Caliper application. Guaranteed Fit And Installation. Brake Performance Loaded Brake Calipers are cast to the same fit and dimensions as your factory brake calipers. You can install them with no worries about factory fit or function. We recommend that you have a certified mechanic properly install them. Vehicle Recommendations. Recommended for any vehicle with Disc Brakes using Brake Calipers. If you have any questions or need assistance choosing the correct Brake Calipers for your vehicle call our brake experts toll free at 8. Caliper Core Returns. Our Brake Calipers include a core charge which is built into the cost of the product. The core charge is a deposit you pay until you return your old part that you removed from your vehicle. If your old core is not destroyed and fits the Core Return Guidelines, fill out the form included in each box and send it back with your old Core within 6 months to the address shown for a cash value. IMPORTANT, please drain all fluids from Caliper Cores before shipping back. Click here for the Core return guidelines. Core Redemption checks are usually processed and mailed within 3. Caliper core and form. If the form is not correctly filled out, a refund will not be issued. ![]() Brake Performance is not responsible for return shipping on Caliper Cores. To determine the core refund, ask our sales representative upon placing your order or contact our customer service department. Powder Coated Calipers. Replacement Calipers ordered from Brake Performance can be powder coated for an additional cost in your choice of eight colors. Each Caliper displays color squares including the standard color as well as the optional eight powder coated colors. Simply click on the color square you desire and the Caliper photo will change color along with the additional cost of the powder coating. ALLOW 1. 5 to 2. 0 WORKING DAYS MINIMUM TIME BEFORE SHIPPING for this process. Custom colors are available and quoted upon request by calling 8. Because this is a custom process, there are NO CANCELLATIONS or refunds on Powder Coated Calipers. All sales are final and actual product colors may slightly vary from photo shown. Casting surfaces can vary in texture and may or may not include stamped part numbers. Powder Coating Process. The high quality powder coating process used on these Calipers will not fade and will maintain their high- gloss appearance up to five hundred degrees Fahrenheit. The powder coated process we use is a far superior finish to zinc coating or sprayed- on paint. Road dirt and dust can easily be wiped off. Photo Disclaimer - The Product Photo is for display purposes only. Actual product may vary in size and bolt pattern. Returns and Cancellations. We allow our customers to return or exchange unused or defective items purchased from us as long as a request is made within 3. Once the request is made, the product must be shipped back within 6. If you are not pleased with your purchase, you can return it for a refund so long as you follow the guidelines listed below. Once item has been installed on vehicle, it cannot be returned unless it is defective. A refund or exchange of a product will be processed only if it is accompanied by a copy of the original sales invoice/receipt. 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We cannot accept any returned item that does not have its original included parts, is not in its complete and sellable original packaging, or has already been installed. Any items that are returned, damaged, missing parts, or in poor condition will NOT be credited and will be returned at the customer's expense. Customer MUST pay for shipping to return a non- defective item to us. We will not pay the shipping fees for any non- defective item to us. However, If the item was received broken or defective from Brake Performance, we will pay for the shipping by providing a prepaid shipping label. To obtain a return shipping label, follow the return procedure. Frequently Asked Questions. How long will my order take to deliver? For Performance Rotors, allow 2- 3 business days before shipping in. Custom Zinc Plating process. All other. products ship out the next business day. On our shipping page, you. UPS delivery times in the US. Can I select a faster shipping option? 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If you would like to sign for your shipment you must call us toll free at 8. How do I track my order? After placing your order, an email is sent to you containing a copy of your order and order. Brake Job. Brake Jobby Richard Atwell(c) Copyright 2. When your brakes aren't working well an overhaul of the brake system is order. Maybe you don't know how good the brakes can be in the first place? Baywindow Bus brakes (especially the 7. Although easy to adjust, there are a lot of components and tools so I've written a lot here to be thorough (badly needed pictures are coming, sorry). This article covers a complete overhaul so if you are just replacing pads you'll have to skip through as you read. Once you get started and make one change to your brake system you may not be able to stop (figuratively) because all of the parts are interconnected and the problem will often move to another part of the system. Brakes are adjusted rear first, then front and ALWAYS replace parts as pairs. Instructions below are for the adjustment of 7. I believe all of this info applies to 7. I've noted the exceptions as best as possible. Adjusting stars (4x)Front brake pads (set)Front brake hardware (4 backing plates, 2 springs, 4 pins)Rear brake shoes (set)Rear wheel cylinders (2x)Rear brake drums (2x)Rear brake hardware (2x)Rubber brake hoses (4x unique)Brake lines (set)Brake line grommets (8x)Parking brake cables (2x)Brake rotor (2x) Get Zimmerman or Brembo. Blue brake hose (master cylinder)Reservoir grommets (2x)Chemicals required: Tools required (mechanical): nitrile glovesfloor jackjack standshubcap removal tool. Tire iron (1. 9mm)crescent wrench. Brake spoon (Hazet 2. Deadblow hammerpliers. Brake pad puller. Brake caliper brush. Piston turning pliers. Piston spreader. 19mm socket and 1. Tools required (hydraulic): 1. Brake line bender. Brake bleeder (Motive Powerbleeder)If you don't want to pay those prices, you can buy them through ATE like I did (I forget the cost and it was so long ago the prices have probably gone up with the Euro which may mean they are now Kukko expensive): Description. Art No. List Price. Pad extractor. 0. NLA (see note)Piston Reset Tool. Piston Rotating Pliers. Note: only the really expensive slide hammer version is available now so buy this item from Kukko. Contact Rainer Wittich at The Brinson Company, Inc (brinsonco. ATE items by part number in the USA. Sometime it costs extra for shipping because an item comes from Germany. Put the transmission in 4th gear and remove all four hubcaps. Every VW comes with a two prong puller in the toolkit for doing this and you will need a tommy bar for leverage. If you use something else, try not to scratch the rim (or puncture the tire sidewall). Underneath the bus and behind the cab, back off the square parking brake adjustment nuts all the way on both wheels using a crescent wrench. Not doing this will affect the final adjustment and you will probably have a problem removing the rear drums otherwise. More often than not, the parking brake cables are too loose and require readjustment anyway. If you only have two stands, you will need to do the front brakes first and the rear brakes last. Jack up the rear by the swing arm support and remove the road wheel to access the drum. Jack up the front by the frame behind the jacking point. NEVER EVER trying to load or support the bus from directly underneath the jacking point. It will simply crush because the strength is in the frame above it which is what you actual contact with the roadside jack. Quite often adjusting the brakes affords the new owner their first opportunity to remove the road wheel. The lug nuts are 1. If you have the 4- way kind I suggest you use a cheater pipe to help you. A better tool is the so- called gorilla wrench. I suggest breaking torque on the lug nuts BEFORE you jack up the rear as the parking brake often isn't strong enough to keep the wheel from moving and the transmission only locks the rear wheels. After you've jacked the wheel off the ground you can remove the lung nuts completely. To remove the drums, first loosen the adjustment screws behind the backing plate with a screwdriver or better yet, a proper brake "spoon". The adjustment screws are behind rubber plugs to keep the water out (do not lose). If there are two sets of plugs (upper and lower), the upper plug is used to inspect the brake shoe lining so leave that one alone. The plugs go hard with age and the backing so if you try to pry them out with a hard edges tool you may damage the softened from rust backing plate. Turning the stars clockwise will press the shoe against the drum so go the other way. If you point your thumb axially with the stars (parallel to the screw that holds them) from the outside of the wheel then clockwise is the direction your fingers curl (right hand rule). Adjusting stars rust, so new ones might be in order. Move the stars 3- 4 teeth and note that you will be turning them in opposite directions (right hand rule). To remove the drum, you do not need a special puller as Bentley depicts because that's used to remove the wheel hub. However, there are two bolts that have to be removed with an 1. The drum may not want to come off because it may have rusted to the hub in the center. Look at a picture of a drum removed and you can see where it might seize (the inner circle). First use some penetrating oil, let it setup and give the drum a few whacks with a dead blow hammer and it will let you pull it off. Inspect the drums looking for out of round. You may want to get them turned but adhere to Bentley's spec because there is a minimum thickness that's allowed (max inside diameter 2. Secondly, what condition are the shoes in? New shoes have about 5- 6mm of brake material. Do they need replacing? Are they evenly worn because they tend to wear up at the tops? Shoe replacement is easy. Use some pliers to pry off the parking brake cable (aren't you glad you loosened it earlier!) and remove the spring holding the two shoes together. To remove the shoes you can pull them apart at the brake cylinder and wiggle them free of their obstructions. There is a separating bar that will fall down and some years have two pins holding the brake shoes to the baking plates. They are spring loaded and more difficult to install than remove. Since VW left them out on later model years so you might want to as well. Hardware behind the brake drum like springs and such need periodic replacement. You might as well do it all while you are in there if they look rusted and original. The hardware kits are universal and mid- 7. Is either rear wheel cylinder leaking and in need of replacement? Everything is easy to change with the shoes removed even though the hub is still attached. The brake cylinder is held on with a nut behind the backing plate. Use a 1. 3mm socket to remove it. Do the rubber hoses going from the brake lines to the wheel cylinder have the original x/YY (e. DOT year tag on them (the numbers change to match the production year of your bus)? If so they are original and the rubber is definitely beyond the end of its life and needs to be replaced because they swell with age and won't let to brakes release correctly. You'll need two 1. If your metal brake lines are leaking or heavily rusted you must replace them. Light rusting is normal but if your undercarriage is badly rusted your lines could fail in future. Get a complete set from Cohline and a two- handed brake line bender to shape the brake lines in the set to match the factory layout. Before reassembly of the rear drum you will want to use anti- seize compound in the barrels and on the threads of the adjustment screws so you won't have difficulty adjusting them in future. They tend to seize without it. If you've rounded the stars and/or they've heavily rusted you should replace them with new screws and stars. Whether you replace the stars or not, treat them and reset their position to prepare for adjustment. Also place a dab on anti- seize on the backing plate where the shoes rub against the raised nubs. Now is also a good time to check the parking brake cable. Do you need a new one? They typically last a very long time but if installed incorrectly they can rub against the hub. When everything is back together replace the drum and secure it with the two bolts using your 1. A little anti- seize on the hub where it contacts the drum will help prevent seizure in future. A little anti- seize where the rim contacts the drum is useful for the same reason. I like to use the slightest amount of anti- seize on the wheel mounting bolts. First clean the threads with a brass brush then no more than a pea sized amount of anti- seize on the threads. Wipe the excess onto the next bolt as you go.
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