Ok im tired i just finished a front brake job on a damn 4wd dodge. Did ball joints and everything at same time, was about to just snap off. the hubs were stuck, got that apart someone had used all wrong internals before so that was a mess. Anyway yeah i think i like working on the vert a lot more now, a new apriciation of the simplicity of everything.

 

i drove a didge last week and didnt like it, i cant imagine working on that poile of crap

 

Something about Dodge trucks and ball joints. A friend had a new Dakota and it needed a new front end by 20k miles. I think they've had a recall or two about it.

 

Yeah, and now that im done with it a new problem arises on the brakes.. It pulls to the left. Just so happens that the left side did wear all the way thru rotor and the pass side still had 1/4 pad left. So now im thinking theres a problem in the brake lines somewhere. Unless i can find the rubber hoses are collapsing inside ill probably have to remake the hard line. The truck has seen its share of offroading...

 

caliper?

 

My Dodge runs fine, its a factory freak.

 

shouldnt be the caliper, i figured with this being a dodge theyd be seized anyway so i put new ones on.

I drove it around a little yesterday found a problem no one told me about(this truck is fucked up cause they dont fix anything they just "live with it"). Go over quarter throttle truck starts bucking and popping. Now i may be wrong but in my exp if your not getting enough fuel just feels like your stuck and rpms wont climb. This isnt like that so im wanting to say ignition. I can see it has newer wires so probably spark plugs to. Problem may be in distributor then? Ill look at plugs later and see how they are.. This is a nightmare that never ends!

 

This from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:





Main Entry: dodge

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): dodged; dodg·ing

intransitive verb

1 a : to move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course <dodged through the crowd> b : to make a sudden movement in a new direction (as to evade a blow) <dodged behind the door>

2 : to evade a responsibility or duty especially by trickery or deceit

transitive verb

1 a : to evade by a sudden or repeated shift of position <dodge tacklers> b : to avoid an encounter with <celebrities dodging the media>

2 : to evade (as a duty) usually indirectly or by trickery <dodged the draft by leaving the country> <dodged questions>

- dodge a bullet also dodge the bullet : to narrowly avoid an unwelcome, harmful, or disastrous outcome or occurrence <coastal towns dodged a bullet when the hurricane veered out to sea>







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