Named after the hood ornaments that appeared on Dodge trucks in the 1930s and 1940s, the Dodge Ram was reinvented in 1981 to compete with the Ford and Chevrolet counterparts. The full-size pickup is available in 1/2-ton, 3/4-ton and 1-ton models. It is too available in two- or four-wheel ride. The front brakes on a Dodge Ram chronicle for 80 percent of the braking dynamism for the Motor lorry. Seeing of this, it is big-league To possess the front brake pads inspected at confident milage intervals.
Instructions
1. Lift the front of the Dodge Ram with a jack and district it on a jack stand below the lower clout arm.
2. Remove the lug nuts using an force gun and a suitable socket. Remove the rotate.
3. Practice a pry baggage to compress the caliper piston by prying the outboard pad against the rotor. Involve the pry object into the front opening of the caliper and then position it onto the backing plate of the outboard pad. Pry against the rotor until there is side-to-side movement of the caliper. To compress the caliper piston Sufficiently to fit the distinct pads, keep up prying until resistence is felt in the piston.
4. Benefit a 3/8 inch share wrench to remove the upper and lower caliper bolts. Locate them aside. Remove the caliper from the rotor. While supporting the caliper, remove the outboard pad front by prying off the retaining clips from the caliper housing using the pry effects.5. Adoption a wire brush To cleanse the caliper and knuckle surfaces where the pads come into contact with them. Use a coat of high-temp brake silicone lubricant and spread it gone evenly with your finger. Clean your hands Disinfected with a shop rag.
Remove the inboard pad alongside by unseating the retaining clip from the caliper piston Muzzle. Hang the caliper to the suspension of the Ram using a wire coat hanger. Bend the hanger to bring about a suitable hanging Slogan for the caliper. Convenience a caliper piston factor to compress the piston into the Muzzle much extended whether cardinal to fit the current pads.
6. Install the dissimilar pads onto the caliper. Corner the inboard pad in first and then the outboard, making sure the retaining clips are seated properly.
7. Lubricate the caliper mounting bolts, collars, bushings and bores with the high-temp brake lubricant.
8. Place the caliper and pad assembly over the rotor. Align the caliper mounting bolts to the steering knuckle and tighten then with the 3/8 inch hand wrench. Use a torque wrench to tighten the bolts to 35-foot-pounds.
9. Repeat steps 2-8 for the other side. Install the wheels and then tighten the lug nuts between 120-140 foot pounds (refer to a torque specifications chart for your year Ram).
10. Pump the foot pedal several time to seat the brake pads to the rotors and then test-drive the Ram.
