think i figured it out....

[dodgegirl05]

with my brothers help.

took the caliper off and the top piston isnt moving, bottom one was fine but those little sleeves were the bolts go to hold the caliper on (or whatever there call) didnt have any grease! so now have to talk to the bf and see what he wants to do!

 

[The Assassin]

Kelly! You need to be more around here more! Well, at least you isolated the issue.

 

[dodgegirl05]

Can u just replace the piston?

 

[The Assassin]

Can u just replace the piston?

I don't believe so...but don't quote me on that. I've never heard of a single piston being replaced. But, I might be wrong!

 

[dodgegirl05]

I just think its weird that one is stuck open! My brother told me that u can take it out but I've never head of replacing it lol

 

[Torque]

In the 2003 repair manual, it says the calipers are rebuildable. It has instructions on how to remove the caliper from the truck, blow the pistons out with compressed air, inspect, and reassemble. I don't know if the calipers are the same from 2003 to 2005, but it'd be worth a shot. If you don't have a repair manual, search for 03DRM.pdf

 

[dodgegirl05]

In the 2003 repair manual, it says the calipers are rebuildable. It has instructions on how to remove the caliper from the truck, blow the pistons out with compressed air, inspect, and reassemble. I don't know if the calipers are the same from 2003 to 2005, but it'd be worth a shot. If you don't have a repair manual, search for 03DRM.pdf

Do u have a pic of what the 03's look like? Then I can tell ya if its the same!

 

[Torque]

Below is a screengrab of the PDF:

 

[Torque]

Just saw you have a 2500, here's another page from the manual

 

[dodgegirl05]

well told mike today and hes gonna replace it friday (i hope) lol cant wait to get it fixed, ive been wanting to take it to work, everyones been asking about it lol

 

[The Assassin]

Awesome! Let us know how it goes.

 

[dodgegirl05]

trucks all fixed! im so excited i can drive it again! lol

 

[03MopaRamman]

Thats Great!

 

[dodgegirl05]

well the passenger side is working!!! now the driver side is messed up!!! this truck hates me

 

[Torque]

Were you able to rebuild the passenger side caliper?

 

[dodgegirl05]

nah just replaced it! now gonna need the driver side. the damn thing was smoking today lol

 

[adamwilkes14]

Whenever you replace hydraulic components that share the same fluid resivoir, it is usually aways best to replace them in pairs...

 

[dodgegirl05]

yea kind of figured as much lol

 

[Redtruck-VA]

This is a bit late, but I have been off line with my laptop broken. But stuck brake pistons is rather a common event with motorcycles and we normally just take them apart, clean them up and re-assemble. But of course the good fix is to replace them. As previously mentioned in paires. Also when dealing with brake problems don't discount colapsed brake hoses causes the calipers to lock up or drag. Good luck and well done with the fix.

 

[03MopaRamman]

Just some other info to add...re...bad..luck..Don't know about the 2500 but the 1500 has two Bakelite Material-Type Pistons that tend to chip off at the edges. In extreme cold regions a re-conditioned Napa one for example can last as little as 4 months (sieze or leak fluid). I've been thru 2 of those in less than a year and luckely able to exchange them for another (before 1 yr warranty ran out). So I have no choice next time but to buy brand new at the dealer just like the 1/2 shafts (3 recons in two years and finally put Genuine Mopar in to solve that problem).