Also, do you put the bolt in like normal, or do you run it through the
hole in the knuckle once before installing it like normal?
Thanks,
M.B.
On 09/19/2010 08:27 PM, M.B. wrote:
>
>
> I saw the self-tapping one on Napa's website. Can you do the full
> recommended 28-32ft/lb on one of those? And I think they're single-use
> only...
>
> If it comes down to it I'd rather do that I guess and replace the
> steering knuckle whenever I have to do my ball joints, if I can find
> one. Too bad it doesn't just have bolt-on adapter brackets like all the
> Dodge FWD cars do.
>
> M.B.
>
>
> On 09/19/2010 06:37 PM, Brian wrote:
>>
>> You can buy oversized self tapping caliper bolts. Or just helicoil it.
>> Really up to you.
>>
>> brian cropp
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
>>> truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of M.B.
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 8:26 PM
>>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>>> Subject: DML: $#@# Brakes continued
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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