Table Of Contents - Chrysler Stratus RHD 1997 Interactive Electronic Service Manual

5 - 2 BRAKES
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
CHASSIS TUBES AND HOSES
FRONT DISC BRAKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
MASTER CYLINDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PARKING BRAKES
PROPORTIONING VALVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
REAR DRUM BRAKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
REAR WHEEL HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY . 8
RED BRAKE WARNING LAMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
STOP LAMP SWITCH
VACUUM BOOSTER
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
BRAKE FLUID CONTAMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . 19
BRAKE ROTOR THICKNESS AND RUNOUT
BRAKE SYSTEM BASIC DIAGNOSIS GUIDE . . . 9
BRAKE SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS CHARTS . . . . . . 10
DRUM BRAKE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTER
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PROPORTIONING VALVES
RED BRAKE WARNING LAMP TEST . . . . . . . . 19
STOP LAMP SWITCH TEST PROCEDURE . . . . 19
SERVICE PROCEDURES
BRAKE BLEEDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
BRAKE DRUM MACHINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
BRAKE FLUID LEVEL CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
BRAKE ROTOR MACHINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
BRAKE TUBE REPAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MASTER CYLINDER BLEEDING
PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
CHASSIS TUBES AND HOSES
FRONT BRAKE SHOES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
FRONT DISC BRAKE CALIPER . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
MASTER CYLINDER
PARK BRAKE CABLES
PARK BRAKE LEVER OUTPUT CABLE . . . . . . 54
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
FRONT DISC BRAKES
The front disc brakes (Fig. 1) and (Fig. 2) consists
of the following components:
• The driving hub
• Braking disc (rotor)
• Caliper assembly - single piston, floating type
• Brake pads and linings
The front disc brakes used on this vehicle are
Allied Signal Inc. double pin floating caliper assem-
blies.
BASE BRAKE SYSTEM
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PARK BRAKE LEVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
PROPORTIONING VALVE
REAR BRAKE DRUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
REAR BRAKE SHOES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
REAR BRAKE SUPPORT PLATE . . . . . . . . . . . 36
REAR BRAKE WHEEL CYLINDER . . . . . . . . . . 38
REAR HUB AND BEARING
STOP LAMP SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
VACUUM BOOSTER 2.0 AND
2.4 LTR. ENGINE
VACUUM BOOSTER 2.5 LTR. ENGINE . . . . . . . 45
WHEEL AND TIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
. . 14 BRAKE FLUID LEVEL SWITCH
BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
FRONT AND REAR DISC BRAKE CALIPER . . . 62
WHEEL CYLINDER REAR DRUM BRAKE
CLEANING AND INSPECTION
CHASSIS TUBES AND HOSES
FRONT DISC BRAKE COMPONENT
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
REAR DRUM BRAKE WHEEL CYLINDER
REAR DRUM BRAKES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
REAR WHEEL HUB AND BEARING
ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
ADJUSTMENTS
PARKING BRAKE ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . 71
REAR DRUM BRAKE SHOE ADJUSTMENT . . . 71
STOP LAMP SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SPECIFICATIONS
BRAKE ACTUATING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
BRAKE FASTENER TORQUE
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
BRAKE FLUID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SPECIAL TOOLS
BASE BRAKE SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
The front disc brake double pin calipers are
mounted directly to the steering knuckles and use no
adapter. The caliper is mounted to the steering
knuckle using bushings, sleeves and 2 guide pin bolts
which thread directly into bosses on the steering
knuckle (Fig. 1), (Fig. 2) and (Fig. 3).
Two machined abutments on the steering knuckle
position the caliper. The guide pin bolts, sleeves and
bushings control the side to side movement of the
caliper. The piston seal is designed to pull the piston
back into the bore of the caliper when the brake
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