Provided you can spare two hours, you can modify the rear brakes on your 2002 Dodge Dakota quite easily. Although you Testament probably onliest want to modify the brake pads, it is a capital approximation to thoroughly examine the discs extremely considering your pads Testament duty effectively exclusive when applied to discs with smooth and Apartment lodgings surfaces. As extended as you annex an guideline measure of mechanical competence, you can perform the procedure yourself and save the relevant dimensions of cash you would otherwise occasion to receive a mechanic.
Instructions
1. Settle on the emergency brake on the Motor lorry and practise persuaded it is parked on a Apartment lodgings and exact surface.
2. Exercise a ratchet and socket to disconnect the cynical terminal cable from the battery.
3. Appliance a turkey baster to extract two-thirds of the brake fluid from the master cylinder.
4. Use the tire tool's lug wrench to loosen the lug nuts of the rear tires.
5. Raise the rear of the truck with a jack, place jack stands beneath the frame rails on either side and slowly lower the jack until the truck rests upon the stands.
6. Use a tie tool to remove the lug nuts of the rear wheels, then remove the wheels.
7. Reinstall the caliper on the brake rotor. Set the tension between 25 and 28 foot pounds of pressure.13. Reattach the wheel, remove the jack stands and lower the tuck with the jack.
Remove the brake pads from the caliper with your hands.
10. Retract the caliper piston using a C-clamp. Be sure to use one of the old brake pads between the C-clamp and the bottom of the piston for protection.
11. Insert the new brake pad and release the C-clamp from the piston.
12. Use a ratchet and socket to unbolt the two primary caliper mounting bolts, located on the top and bottom of one side of the caliper.8. Slide the caliper up and off the brake rotor with your hands.9.
14. Refill the master cylinder with brake fluid and reconnect the negative terminal to the battery.
15. Start the truck and pump the brake several times To admit the brake pads to settle in place.
