OEM Chrysler Concorde Brake Caliper

Chrysler Concorde Brake Caliper Parts and Q&A

• Caliper Assembly, Front Driver Side
  5010033AA
  Q: How to Service and Repair a Front Brake Caliper on Chrysler Concorde?

  A:

  First, attach your brake pedal holding tool and press the brake pedal an extra inch which will seal off the master cylinder reservoir and stop the brake fluid from draining. Use jackstands or a hoist to lift the car and take away the assembly that holds the front wheel and tire. Remove the screw holding the brake flex hose to the caliper and make sure to pull off the two washers. Before you remove the guide pin bolts and caliper assembly from the Steering Knuckle, place the rail shims between the brake shoes and the machined abutments of the knuckle. If you need to, take the rotor off the wheel mounting studs by pulling it straight off the hub. Before installing, completely draw back the caliper piston into the bore. Then, if the rotor was taken off, attach it to the hub. Spread Mopar Brake Grease For Caliper Slides Lubricant or an equal product onto both machined knuckle abutments and then stack a rail shim on each with its tabs facing the abutments. Put the caliper and brake shoes against the rotor and put them on as you did when you removed them, remembering to avoid crossing the brake caliper bolts through the guide pins. Put the caliper guide pin bolts in and tighten them up to 22 Nm (192 inch lbs.) and next connect the banjo bolt to the flex hose, each side having one washer, then tighten both bolts to 48 Nm (35 ft. lbs.). Secure the wheel and tire with their nuts so that on the first round of tightening the nuts, you reach only half the torque specification and then do a second round to tighten them fully to 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.). Once any brake work is finished, always check that the brake pedal is firm before driving or moving your vehicle. Remove the tool that holds the brake pedal, drain the base brakes to get out any trapped air and use a road test to wear in the brake blanks and set the brake pads.
• Caliper Assembly, Rear Driver Side
  5011747AB
  Q: How to Service and Repair a Rear Brake Caliper on Chrysler Concorde?

  A:

  First, you should lift the vehicle with jackstands or a hoist and take out the rear wheel and tire sets. Then, get rid of both the caliper assembly to adapter guide pin bolts. Roll the top part of the caliper away from the adapter and then lift it from the bottom where it sits. Make sure there is no pressure on the rear flex brake hose as you remove the rear rotor by simply pulling it straight off the car's wheel studs. Before putting on the disc brake caliper, pull back the piston all the way into the bore and apply some oil to both adapter places with Mopar Multipurpose Lubricant or an alternative product. Drive the rear rotor so that it fits firmly and correctly onto the hub. Slowly put the caliper and brake shoes on the rotor's adapter so as not to harm the caliper guide pin bushings. Don't leave the guide pin bolts crossthreaded and tighten them to a torque of 22 Nm (182 inch lbs.) when you fit them. Put the wheel and tire on the hub, tighten the mounting stud nuts in the right order using a torque wrench at half specification and repeat the sequence to tighten them all with the final specified torque of 129 Nm (95 ft. lbs.). Don't forget to take the jackstands away or let the hoist down, keep pumping the brake pedal to test its firmness and drive around to let brake pads rub evenly.