yup upload it to imageshack and them there will be a box at the bottom that says for forums, and it will begin with [img] and end w/ [/img], copy and paste that into your post

 

srch,

Here's the link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/6193360...in/photostream

I'm curious about pictures I see posted here without links. How are good quality pictures uploaded in 19.5 kb or less?

Also, do you find Dodgeforum having serious server issues? I've had a heck of a time posting this puppy.

 

Or for those of us who don't like to follow links and all our information on the same page:

 

I have the same calipers. You can pop it out with a screwdriver

 

that spring on the outside will pop off w/ a screwdriver then the calipers come out easily

 

ya... as far as i can see it looks like that spring isn't connected to a pad correct? so you should be able to pop it off the caliper and then slide the caliper off

 

Right, they look like my 98 Cherokee, probably same brake system. The bar attached to the outside of the outboard pad is like a spring/tension clip. You slide the screwdriver in the bar and slide the tension clips out of that indentation one at a time.

HINT: For inner pads, and compressing the piston. Use a C- clamp and with one of the pads that is being replaced, turn the pad friction side against the piston and compress. You should be able to get maximum retraction of the piston which allows the most open area when you install mthe new pads....Remember the new pads are going to be a lot thicker and especially if you get new rotors you want the maximum open area to allow the new pads to fit over the new rotors. in the photo you fit the caliper and pads over the rotor. This gets the piston fully retracted and doesnt gouge the new pads.

HINT#2: Open loosley but do not remove the master cylinder servicing cap. There might be some slight fluid leakage but will ease the pressure on the piston and allow it to retract easier.

 

Sharps, going back the beginning of this thread I noticed the 03's are different. When I inspected or changed my brakes, the caliper came off first. There is a little bracket/safety cage that bolts to (lower control arm I believe) The caliper bolts to the cage. Part of this bracket acts a shelf and there are tabs on the pads that ride on the shelf. The caliper also mounts to this cage and the caliper slide over the pads and once the caliper is bolted down using Allen/TORX bits......(Sorry I couldnt resist!!) and the tension is created on the new pads. You have to seat the new pads......very easy, AFTER ENSURING the fluid is at proper level and roads are clear and dry. Test brakes a few times at slow speeds ( Not more than about 20 MPH) just enough to test braking and make sure no vehicles are behind you. Try this a couple of times then increase speed to about 40-50 MPH and then stomp on brakes this should seat the new pads.

 

the 03 should look something like this, iv worked on both designs of brakes, the old and the 03

 

Sharp/Search/Magic

My pads are in, the caliper is in its bracket, now, how to get the front spring clip back in. I messed around for a half hour and failed. I can get one side wing under the bracket and its prong in its hole, but I can't get the other prong in its hole with the other wing under its side of the bracket. Do I need a special tool to line things up and put the whole clip back in tension?

Also, I got two new rotors. When I took them out of their boxes, I saw that they have shallow crisscross patterns in their front and back faces...not smooth as I thought they would be. I cleaned the faces with brake cleaner but the patterns didn't rub off.

Several days earlier, I saw a video of a guy polishing a rotor with a hand tool. Are the new rotor patterns good to go, or do they need polishing?