Prior to the 1921 introduction of hydraulic brakes to the automotive cosmos, a vehicle's stopping distance depended on how rigid you could push. Repeat this step for the front brake line.12. Proceed to the section titled "Bleeding the Brakes" to eliminate any remaining air in the brake system.Bleeding the Brakes
Instructions
Removal
1. Airy the adept cylinder cap and siphon outside all of the brake fluid with a Disinfected turkey baster. Transfer this fluid to a miniature container.
2. Position the tiny container under one brake wrinkle becoming - where it connects to the adept cylinder - and loosen the brake-line-to-master-cylinder becoming with a path wrench. Avow all of the fluid to void into the bantam container, and pull the string from the master cylinder. Repeat this step on the second brake line.
3. Remove the nuts securing the master cylinder to the brake booster with a ratchet and socket, then pull the master cylinder off the booster and out of the Dakota.
Bench Bleeding
4. Set the new master cylinder in a bench vise with rubber jaw protectors. Tighten the vise until the master cylinder is held in place - do not over-tighten the vise, or you might break the master cylinder.
5. Remove the plastic caps sealing the brake hose portals in the master cylinder. Screw the hoses from the master cylinder bleeder kit into the portals by hand, then snug them with a line wrench.
6. Unscrew the lid from the master cylinder and route the hoses into the master cylinder reservoir. Fill the master cylinder reservoir with fresh DOT 3 brake fluid until the hoses in the fluid submerge the bleeder lines in the reservoir.
7. Press and release the plunger on the booster side of the master cylinder with a wooden dowel rod and watch for air to come from the hoses in the reservoir. Repeat this step until no air comes from the lines.
8. Unscrew the bleeder lines from the master cylinder and reinsert the caps into the brake line ports.
Installation
9. Bleed the master cylinder using the process outlined in the section titled "Bench Bleeding."
10. Set the master cylinder on the mounting studs on the brake booster. Hand-tighten the master cylinder-retaining nuts, then torque them to 13 foot-pounds with a torque wrench and socket.
11. Position a small container under the rearmost brake line port and pull the rubber cap from the port. Hand-thread the rear brake line into the port - the brake lines are molded, so you cannot confuse them. Tighten the brake line fitting to 14 foot-pounds with a torque wrench and crow's foot attachment. The 2000 Dodge Dakota uses four-wheel hydraulic brakes, as conclude all latest vehicles. At the love of the hydraulic method is a pump, proclaimed as the crack cylinder, which creates the impact needed to block the vehicle at roughly the twin percentage again and again. Replacing the masterly cylinder in the 2000 Dakota is not overly hard, on the contrary it does demand two bleeding processes - one before installing the crackerjack cylinder and one after.
13. Raise the front of the pickup with a floor jack and slide jack stands beneath it. Lower the front of the truck onto the jack stands. Raise the rear of the Dakota with a floor jack and slide jack stands under the rear of the frame rails. Lower the rear of the truck onto the jack stands.
14. Crawl beneath the right rear wheel and find the brake bleeder valve - the ¼-inch metal valve - on the top of the caliper or drum backing plate. Press the end of a ¼-inch-diamenter rubber hose onto the end of the bleeder valve; set the other end of the hose in a clean, clear container. Fill the container with DOT 3 brake fluid until fluid submerges the hose.
15. Turn the bleeder valve about a half turn counterclockwise with a combination wrench to open it. Immediately instruct an assistant to press the brake pedal to the floor and hold it - watch the end of the hose in the container a look for bubbles coming from it. Close the bleeder valve. Repeat this step until no bubbles come from the end of the hose.
16. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to bleed the remaining three wheels in the following order: left rear, right front and left front. Check the brake fluid level in the master cylinder after bleeding each wheel and refill it to the "Max" line - allowing the master cylinder to run dry will introduce air into the system.
17.Raise the rear of the truck off the jack stands with a floor jack and remove the jack stands. Lower the Dakota to the ground. Raise the front of the Dodge off the jack stands with a floor jack and remove the jack stands. Lower the front of the truck to the ground.
