today was rear brake day for the dakota. i dont know if any one has had trouble but whatever the tech bulletin was changed the brake shoes, i guess. the only shoes i could find didnt have a hole in the place it needed to be for the top return spring.so they have the old hardware kits(new) but only the new(revised) shoes. i wanna kill some one soon.......i went to three places and same result in the end i was pissed off again so i just drilled a hole in the shoe.

every single thing listed on this site as a weak point of the dakota has been jacked on my truck. so after the test ride -im finally prepared to say im 100 percent done un****ing this truck

new lower ball joints
new axles
new hub bearings
new struts and lower bushing
new tie rods
new sway bar links and bushings
replaced exhaust gaskets
new brakes front and rear

i swear this truck wants to fight me every step of the way.

oh yea i got new siding today

 

Good work. Hopefully you are done.

 

No more painting the house, and maybe no more working on the truck.

 

i have found the complete t.s.b. about the brakes in pdf but the site wont let me post it. says excedes my space