Changed rotor on passenger front along with the caliber. Brakes are smoking on that side and heating wearing pads and have damaged the rotor. What can cause this and is there a diagram for the braking system?
what is happening is your caliper is stuck,brake on all the time,you will have to change the roter and caliper also the pads,then check to make sure they are working good.
Please don't take this personally but Chrysler Corporation makes terrible brake calipers. I would suggest jacking both front wheels off the ground and put jack-stands under the uni-body. Start the car and slide the transmission into neutral. See how difficult it is to turn each front wheel by hand. If either one seem difficult to turn the brake caliper pistons are sticking or frozen inside the calipers. For monetary reasons Chrysler is famous for using aluminum castings and aluminum pistons inside the calipers. As you know aluminum corrodes easily and the rate of expansion is high. We see them sticking and freezing all the time in our shop. You most likely need two new re-manufactured calipers in the front before the new pads and rotors get wiped out. Always re-grease the caliper floater pins with *synthetic brake grease. It's available at any auto parts store. Hope you can solve your problem.
The flexible brake hose going to the caliber needs replaced. The brake hoses collapse on the inside. The hydraulic fluid is forced through when you step on the brake, but the fluid can't escape back keeping the brake engaged.
