Well, I finally found the banjo bolt after 2 hours of driving around
today from Napa store to Napa store until I found one willing to
actually look hard enough to find it as it wasn't listed in the computer.
I got it all back together except the top pin in the drivers side
caliper (the one that had the messed up banjo bolt), and found out the
reason it was loose to begin with - the hole on the steering knuckle is
completely stripped.
So now I'm screwed - all I can figure is that I either have to find a
pin with a larger diameter threaded end and tap the hole to that size,
or I have to helicoil it, or I have to replace the entire steering
knuckle. All because some idiot probably used an impact gun to tighten it.
Back to driving my Dad's '00 Merc Sable that eats sparkplugs and has
60psi compression on two cylinders...
M.B.
On 09/19/2010 12:23 PM, M.B. wrote:
>
>
> Only has that many because I replaced the tie rod ends, pitman arm and
> idler arm with greaseable moog ones... seemed like a good idea at the time.
>
> Then you try to grease all of them with the front skid plate on and you
> wish you hadn't. ;)
>
>
> On 09/19/2010 04:38 AM, MICHAEL CABE wrote:
>>
>> i wish my 02 had 12 zerk fittings ! any where
>>
>> --- On Sun, 9/19/10, M.B.<mailinglists@moparhowto.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: M.B.<mailinglists@moparhowto.com>
>>> Subject: Re: DML: $#@# Brakes
>>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>>> Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 5:56 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> Yup... and it has the stock "Sport" rims on it. (The chrome
>>> plated steel
>>> ones).
>>>
>>> The caliper bolt/pin that was loose was partially stripped
>>> too. I find
>>> all sorts of interesting stuff on this truck every time I
>>> work on it.
>>> Both doors are off an '88 Dakota, and metallic blue... on a
>>> red truck.
>>> But you only see it if you take the door panels off.
>>> And the mirrors
>>> are the "elephant ear" electrics... but the plugs don't go
>>> anywhere.
>>>
>>> I like it though, it has almost all the options I would
>>> want. Never
>>> mind the slow leak in the A/C, the steering box that goes
>>> ping, and that
>>> there are *12* zerk fittings that I have to grease every
>>> oil change just
>>> in the front end...
>>>
>>> M.B.
>>>
>>> On 09/18/2010 11:59 PM, Dave wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Except that the brake line is on the INSIDE of the
>>> caliper...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If we cannot afford to take care of Veterans, then we
>>> should stop making
>>>> them.
>>>> David C. Wilker Jr.
>>>> USAF (RET)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>>>> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]
>>> On Behalf Of Dave
>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 11:55 PM
>>>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>>>> Subject: RE: DML: $#@# Brakes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would guess at some time you had the wrong size
>>> wheel on, and the rim
>>>> rubbed it, maybe?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If we cannot afford to take care of Veterans, then we
>>> should stop making
>>>> them.
>>>> David C. Wilker Jr.
>>>> USAF (RET)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>>>> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]
>>> On Behalf Of David Gersic
>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 11:09 PM
>>>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>>>> Subject: Re: DML: $#@# Brakes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday 18 September 2010 23:22:22 you wrote:
>>>>> Then I went to take the caliper off to replace it
>>> and found this:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/brakes/bad_bolt.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> How the $#@$@# do you do THAT to a banjo bolt?
>>>>
>>>> Yow. Is that part of the bolt head missing?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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