Gee, in my 30 years of working on cars I have never seen a bleeder on either a
caliper or wheel cylinder that was not near the top (when I say top that's when
they are mounted). If it wasn't, you wouldn't be able to get the air out.
On my 99 Dakota 4x4 the bleeders are at the top and the hose is attached at the
back of the caliber (3 & 9 o'clock when viewed from the side). And to make sure
I just walked out to my truck in the parking lot and checked.
If you have the bleeders at the bottom then the calipers are mounted on the
wrong side. Also, sounds like the caliper that is being ordered is either for
the wrong side or they got missed marked for the side they are to be mounted
on.
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
In article <s05ebaac.011@mail.dhs.state.il.us>, DHSPA58@dhs.state.il.us ("BARRY
OLIVER") writes:
>
>
> Is that a Joke? Like a metric crescent wrench or a quart of blinker
> fluid? I just had my '99's brakes apart and that is wrong, it's not put
> togeather like that. The bleeder goes down, the hose goes up. How
> would he have enough slack in the brake lines to turn his wheels if it
> attached on the bottom of the caliper? I think you just got stung by a
> secret shopper or something.
>
> >>> SilverEightynine@aol.com 03/20/04 09:47AM >>>
>
> Had a customer come in with a 1999 Dakota (verified by VIN number and
> build date on door sticker) looking for a drivers side replacement
> caliper. They kept coming in (special order) as being the wrong
> calipers. 98, 99, and 00 all show different caliper part numbers. When
>
> looking at his drivers side caliper piston oriented on the right side
> (as is when installed on the truck) the bleeder screw was at the top
> of
> the caliper and the brake hose attatched at the bottom. The calipers
> he
> was getting were the opposite. Anyone confirm when Dodge started
> messing with the calipers and what they did to them? I know they
> changed
> ball joints etc at some point and I remember people saying things about
>
> lift kits for Gen IIIs not working between older/newer Gen III trucks.
>
> I had the last two days off work so I probably won't know how this
> guy's
> problem turned out - but I was curious for my own knowledge.
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> "Why don't you ask me what it feels like to be a freak?"
>
> Terrible Tom -- AIM & Yahoo Name: SilverEightynine
>
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