Help Me Here, I Don't Know The Answer.....

[Don Hiltz]

Help Me Here, I Don\'t Know The Answer.....

The previous owner of my '03 had the brake calipers painted red. They look good; whoever did the job produced a great result.

Yesterday, A friend was looking at my wheels and asked why there is a second set of calipers on the rear wheels. I looked closely and darn if it didn't look like a smaller set on the rears, in addition to the regular ones. It felt like there were a brake pads too.

Are these the parking brakes or am I missing something that would be obvious to anyone with the slightest level of mechanical skills???

Thanks....

Don

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

Re: Help Me Here, I Don\'t Know The Answer.....

Hey don, havent talked to ya in a while. Hope you're doing good. You're correct, the smaller caliper youre talking about is the E-brake

 

[Finally got it !]

Re: Help Me Here, I Don\'t Know The Answer.....

parking brake....

 

[Finally got it !]

Re: Help Me Here, I Don\'t Know The Answer.....

Hey don, havent talked to ya in a while. Hope you're doing good. You're correct, the smaller caliper youre talking about is the E-brake

Hey, get off the Srt forum. I wanted to answer that question first.
You Gen I and II guys..........

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

Re: Help Me Here, I Don\'t Know The Answer.....

Sorry, we're just used to being faster so its an old habit

 

[Gerald]

Re: Help Me Here, I Don\'t Know The Answer.....

The extra set of calipers are kinda like a reserve chute that a skydiver uses. If you find your brakes not working due to overheating at the track, Dodge has built in a panic button under your "cupholder". Lift the cupholder out and depress the button and those 2nd calipers will kick in.



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