New member, new owner of 2000 Roadtrek camper van. Steering was garbage, saw this am about Redhead steering, ordered in a reman box and looking forward to that change, thank you forum. But, It does not seem that the brakes are working as I think they should.. had fronts replaced, rear at 80 percent, is this something like " its a Dodge thing" ? Front end shop is one I have been using for 50 years.

 

Front brakes do most of the work.. were the rotors turned/replaced? Or was it just pad slapped? Next question would be, are the rears actually DOING anything.

Welcome to DF. Moving this to the van section for ya.

 

If the rear adjusters aren't working well, then the rear brakes don't help that much when stopping. This causes the fronts to wear much faster than the rears.

 

Wouldn't hurt to flush all the old brake fluid out of the system. Probably not going to "fix" your issue, but it usually results in better braking.

 

This is a good plan, and a good place to start. Thoroughly flush the system, and make sure the rears are adjusted properly. See what that does.

 

Your rear drums should have a very slight drag when you rotate them. Otherwise they are out of adjustment and there will be a lot of pedal travel. Get out on a deserted road and back up and brake hard a few times. This is how they are designed to self adjust.

 

Assuming the self-adjusters are not frozen, which is often the case.