Mini-Van Brake Shake

I have an 04 Limited Town & Country with a 3.8. For brakes I have disks all
around and the front is equipped with Brimbo non slotted and non drilled
rotors and Akabono ceramic pads. They usually work to perfection.

But on a recent trip coming down from an elevated area, I needed to use the
brakes to keep the vehicle down to about 60 mph. The vehicle would reach
close to 80 mph if I did not use the brakes ever 30 sec or so to keep me
legal. After several min of this use the front brakes started to shake the
front end significantly. The brakes did not fade but they sure felt strange.

Once it cooled down after coming down the elevated area the brake shake went
away. Anyone have a clue what is going on. Is this a case of too little
brake for too much vehicle?

Richard

Richard wrote:
> I have an 04 Limited Town & Country with a 3.8. For brakes I have disks all
> around and the front is equipped with Brimbo non slotted and non drilled
> rotors and Akabono ceramic pads. They usually work to perfection.
>
> But on a recent trip coming down from an elevated area, I needed to use the
> brakes to keep the vehicle down to about 60 mph. The vehicle would reach
> close to 80 mph if I did not use the brakes ever 30 sec or so to keep me
> legal. After several min of this use the front brakes started to shake the
> front end significantly. The brakes did not fade but they sure felt strange.
>
> Once it cooled down after coming down the elevated area the brake shake went
> away. Anyone have a clue what is going on. Is this a case of too little
> brake for too much vehicle?
>
> Richard

Possibly the binders in the pads got gummy/sticky from the heat. I had
a set of Akebono ceramics and had to get rid of them for an uneven
filming/vibration issue.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

you need to buy the high end rotors to fully realize the ceramics ability
i see it alot people buy the ceramics and do their own brake jobs using cheap
rotors and come in 6weeks later wondering why they don't stop good with high pedal
effort
and the china rotors are thin with a ridge on the out side
Bill Putney wrote:

> Richard wrote:
> > I have an 04 Limited Town & Country with a 3.8. For brakes I have disks all
> > around and the front is equipped with Brimbo non slotted and non drilled
> > rotors and Akabono ceramic pads. They usually work to perfection.
> >
> > But on a recent trip coming down from an elevated area, I needed to use the
> > brakes to keep the vehicle down to about 60 mph. The vehicle would reach
> > close to 80 mph if I did not use the brakes ever 30 sec or so to keep me
> > legal. After several min of this use the front brakes started to shake the
> > front end significantly. The brakes did not fade but they sure felt strange.
> >
> > Once it cooled down after coming down the elevated area the brake shake went
> > away. Anyone have a clue what is going on. Is this a case of too little
> > brake for too much vehicle?
> >
> > Richard
>
> Possibly the binders in the pads got gummy/sticky from the heat. I had
> a set of Akebono ceramics and had to get rid of them for an uneven
> filming/vibration issue.
>
> Bill Putney
> (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
> address with the letter 'x')

Not at all the case with mine. My problem was the pads.


philthy wrote:

> you need to buy the high end rotors to fully realize the ceramics ability
> i see it alot people buy the ceramics and do their own brake jobs using cheap
> rotors and come in 6weeks later wondering why they don't stop good with high pedal
> effort
> and the china rotors are thin with a ridge on the out side
> Bill Putney wrote:
>
>
>>Richard wrote:
>>
>>>I have an 04 Limited Town & Country with a 3.8. For brakes I have disks all
>>>around and the front is equipped with Brimbo non slotted and non drilled
>>>rotors and Akabono ceramic pads. They usually work to perfection.
>>>
>>>But on a recent trip coming down from an elevated area, I needed to use the
>>>brakes to keep the vehicle down to about 60 mph. The vehicle would reach
>>>close to 80 mph if I did not use the brakes ever 30 sec or so to keep me
>>>legal. After several min of this use the front brakes started to shake the
>>>front end significantly. The brakes did not fade but they sure felt strange.
>>>
>>>Once it cooled down after coming down the elevated area the brake shake went
>>>away. Anyone have a clue what is going on. Is this a case of too little
>>>brake for too much vehicle?
>>>
>>>Richard
>>
>>Possibly the binders in the pads got gummy/sticky from the heat. I had
>>a set of Akebono ceramics and had to get rid of them for an uneven
>>filming/vibration issue.
>>
>>Bill Putney
>>(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
>>address with the letter 'x')
>
>


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Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

I have a 2002 Grand Caravan. I too have noticed that when coming down
long hills that the more I use the brakes, I start to get shudder
(although in my case is think it is coming from the back).

Notwitstanding where the shudder is coming from...

I have stock equipment - regular rotors and 4 wheel disc brakes with
regular grade pads.

I have read before about the rotors with venting holes in them, but
know nothing about them.

At some point in the next year I expect that I will need to replace at
least 2 rotors.

SO.....

Who makes these vented rotors? Are tehy available in Canada?

Do they work well with regular pads?

How are they priced compared to regular rotors??

Anyone have experience with these??



On Wed, 30 May 2007 14:04:26 -0400, "Richard" >
wrote:

>I have an 04 Limited Town & Country with a 3.8. For brakes I have disks all
>around and the front is equipped with Brimbo non slotted and non drilled
>rotors and Akabono ceramic pads. They usually work to perfection.
>
>But on a recent trip coming down from an elevated area, I needed to use the
>brakes to keep the vehicle down to about 60 mph. The vehicle would reach
>close to 80 mph if I did not use the brakes ever 30 sec or so to keep me
>legal. After several min of this use the front brakes started to shake the
>front end significantly. The brakes did not fade but they sure felt strange.
>
>Once it cooled down after coming down the elevated area the brake shake went
>away. Anyone have a clue what is going on. Is this a case of too little
>brake for too much vehicle?
>
>Richard
>