OEM 2000 Dodge Dakota Brake Pad

2000 Dodge Dakota Brake Pad Parts and Q&A

• Q: How to Effectively Service and Repair Brake Pads on 2000 Dodge Dakota?

  A: You should begin by removing the reservoir's filler cap and cleaning the inside, after which you drain about 1/4 of the brake fluid from the master cylinder. Lift and hold up the car before taking out the front wheel and tire assemblies. Pull the caliper pistons all the way in with the C-clamp, putting the clamp frame behind the caliper and the screw facing the outer brake shoe. With a screwdriver, lift the caliper spring at the back and take it out, then remove the caliper slide pins, caliper and brake shoes. Pop open one side of the spring at the caliper, lift the shoe up and turn it out to remove. Rotate the inboard brake shoe away from the caliper, wait until the retainer spring clears the caliper piston, then hold down the caliper with hooked wire from a suspension part, making certain that the brake hose is not bearing the caliper's weight. Install your engine by removing debris from the adapter's leading edges, covering them with high-temperature grease and inserting new slide pin bushings as needed. Secure the inboard shoe, putting the retainer spring in position within the caliper piston and then attach the outboard shoe, making sure its retainer spring fits into the caliper as it should. Set the caliper and brake shoes above the rotor and into the adapter and fix the slide pins at 30 Nm after you start them by hand so you don't get them twisted. Insert the caliper spring under the adapter into one hole of the caliper, then use a screwdriver to hold the spring in place and push the side without the spring into the next hole to properly seat all the spring. Following that, attach the wheel and tire assembly, lower the vehicle with the support removed, raise the pedal to seat the brake shoes, add brake fluid to the reservoir and check if you can dependably press down the brake pedal before driving away.