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2001 Dodge Ram 1500 with 158,000 miles, the front left brake has been overheating. I have replaced the pads ,rotor, caliper and brake hose. Im still having problems especially during stop and go driving. When they get hot they start slipping. someone told me maybe the proportioning valve is bad. I would like to know if it could be anything else before I replace it.

Did you replace all those parts on BOTH sides of the truck?

Are you getting any pulling either on or off the brakes?

Are the slide pins moving freely?

I only replaced those parts on the drivers side, it was pulling to the right before i replaced the caliper. now it is just overheating just on the drivers side, almost to the point of brake failure. I need some help on this one. I use this truck for work and family. I also live and work in the city so it is crucial that I get this fixed as soon as possible. If anyone has any idea of what could be wrong I would like to hear your feedback.


thank you

You can't expect equal braking when only changing parts on one side of the truck. I'm not saying that's your problem but it definitely wasn't repaired correctly.

why was it overhetin before I replaced everything

I replaced the master cylinder and did a full flush, now both fronts
are getting very hot. maybe proporting valve could be tripped? how do
I fix? is that the problem

It sounds like you may have had a contamination problem. Merely flushing won't resolve that. Every piece of rubber will swell and have to be replaced.

I wouldn't even begin to guess knowing the brakes were only done on one side of the truck. The timing alone points to an installation error but the problem could have been misdiagnosed from the beginning.

Just got a remanufactured brake caliper on my 01 dodge ram 1500 4x4 and when I hook it up to the brake line it leaks when I pump the breaks. Leaks right underneath that square nut thing that has the screw go through it which holds the break line to the caliper. Is there suppose to be some kind of special seal there because there wasn't one there when I took it off.

And the two bolts that go through the caliper to the caliper bracket, get flat and locking washers?

These should be standard fare out there. Solid copper and the seal is the grooves which will impregnate/squish the copper some both seal and lock it. That's why they say never re-use them. Never saw one intentionally to be also a lock washer but some method may be out there for that.

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Was just driving my truck when I noticed it was quickly slowing down when I took my foot off the gas pedal. Next I starting smelling the brakes, luckily I was driving in town and pulled into my driveway. Got out and looked at the front passenger side tire and saw the rotor was red hot and smoke coming up from behind the tire. Brake fluid was as it should be. Any ideas on this problem?

Probably a frozen caliper or bad brake hose. The normal thing to do is replace both caliper and both front flex hoses.