The 2003 Dodge Ram uses a brake operation comprised of four-wheel anti-lock CD brakes. Arena the Dodge Ram on a commensurate stretch of course or driveway and turn the engine off. Pull the hood Proceeds lever to sincere the hood. Motion to the front of the Motor lorry. Scored or warped rotors should be replaced promptly.
Instructions
1. The brakes insert brake pads, brake rotors, and the calipers and caliper pistons that coercion the pads against the rotors. Chrysler recommends that you convert the brake pads every 50,000 miles. During the pad replacement, examine the rotors and convert them provided expedient. Rotors should be smooth and Apartment lodgings. Lift the hood and remove the skilled cylinder cap. The cap is located on the good side of the Ram's engine. Siphon half of the brake fluid from the reservoir with a poultry baster and settle the cap loosely over the adept cylinder.
2. Turn the lug nuts on Everyone trundle in agreement to Everyone brake designated for repair one plentiful turn with the lug wrench. Distance the jack under the frame in the front of the Motor lorry and lift the front tires off the ground. Domicile jack stands under the front axles to column the vehicle.
3. Remove the lug nuts and grip the front wheels off. Remove the caliper slide pins located on the back side of Everyone brake's caliper. Call a 13 mm wrench or socket and ratchet to loosen the pins before finishing the Emigration by labourer.
4. Lift the front calipers from the caliper brackets and rest them on the steering arm above the brake meeting.
5. Part the brake pads from the caliper bracket on the fitting circle hub. Remove the caliper bracket bolts with a 15 mm wrench. Lift the caliper bracket from the rotor and locate it aside. Spray chain lubricant on the back side of the rotor to loosen the bond of rust and brake fluid. Measure to the go circle hub. Remove the brake pads and caliper bracket. Spray lubricant on the back of the left rotor and repay to the hold water side of the Ram while the lubricant seeps into the shove bolts and steering knuckle (carry on the rotor).
6. Grab the rotor with two hands and pull it straight from the turn blooming. Share the dissimilar rotor from its packaging and Disinfected it thoroughly with brake cleaner and a cloth towel. Levy the CD (rotor) onto the trundle bolts with the raised centre abbreviate, admitted as the "top-hat decrease," facing outward. Transform the caliper bracket and screw in the bracket's bolts.
7. Exercise brake grease to the back sides of the dissimilar brake pads. Place the pads into the slots of the bracket on either side of the new rotor. Move to the left brake and replace the rotor. Return the left caliper bracket onto the rotor and screw in the bolts. Apply grease to the new brake pads and slide them into the bracket's slots.
8. Place the C-clamp onto the caliper piston and the back side of the caliper. Squeeze the piston into the side of the caliper to allow for the thickness of the new brake pads and rotor. Remove the clamp once the piston is fully depressed within the caliper and repeat the process on the other side of the Dodge truck.
9. Replace the calipers onto the respective caliper brackets and screw in the caliper slide pins. Tighten the pins on each caliper with the 13 mm wrench. Place the front wheels back onto the Ram's wheel bolts and screw on the lug nuts by hand. Lift the front of the truck with the jack and remove the jack stands. Lower the front tires to the ground and tighten the lug nuts with the lug wrench.
10. Place the jack under the frame in the rear of the truck. Lift the back tires from the ground and remove the rear wheels. Replace the brakes as described in steps 3 through 9. Move to the driver's seat.
11. Start the engine and press the brake pedal slowly to the floor. Hold the pedal in the depressed position for three seconds before repeating. The pedal will stiffen with each depression until the response is normal, signifying that the caliper pistons have been properly reset. Move to the engine compartment.
12. Remove the master cylinder cap and place a funnel into the reservoir. Fill the container with brake fluid as necessary. Remove the funnel and replace the cap. Close the hood.
