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Drum brakes service on 2003 Dodge Stratus
I need to replace the shoes on my 2003 Stratus that I got last year. I bought a subscription to Alldata, and it recommends removing the rear hubs, as it will *make the job a lot easier.*
Is this really necessary? I changed the shoes on my 2000 Chrysler Cirrus, and it was not bad having to work around the hub assembly. Are the hubs on the 2003 harder to work around? I have not taken it apart to look. If I do remove the hubs, the nut holding it on, has to be torqued to 185 ft. lbs. I am guessing that I would need an extension on my torque wrench to be able to tighten it that much. KM |
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Drum brakes service on 2003 Dodge Stratus
try doing one side without removing the hub and judge the difficulty before
doing the other side. a 3/4 drive torque wrench is best in these situations. "greybuck" > wrote in message news:21461598.229.1330630318250.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcr5... >I need to replace the shoes on my 2003 Stratus that I got last year. I >bought a subscription to Alldata, and it recommends removing the rear hubs, >as it will *make the job a lot easier.* > > Is this really necessary? I changed the shoes on my 2000 Chrysler Cirrus, > and it was not bad having to work around the hub assembly. Are the hubs on > the 2003 harder to work around? I have not taken it apart to look. > > If I do remove the hubs, the nut holding it on, has to be torqued to 185 > ft. lbs. I am guessing that I would need an extension on my torque wrench > to be able to tighten it that much. > > KM |
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