Rear Description; Shock; Specifications; Torque Chart - Dodge dakota 2002 Service Manual

DR
REAR (Continued)
CONDITION
SPRING SAGS
SPRING NOISE
SHOCK NOISE

SPECIFICATIONS

TORQUE CHART

DESCRIPTION
Shock Absorber
Lower Nut
Shock Absorber
Upper Nut
Spring Clamp U-Bolts
Nuts
Spring
Front & Rear Bolt & Nut
Spring
Spring Rear Shackle Nuts
Jounce Bumper
Bolts
Auxialiary Spring Bumpers
BUSHINGS
REMOVAL
(1) Remove the spring from the vehicle.
(2) Make small relief cuts in the flared up end of
the bushing metal being careful not to cut the spring.
Use a punch to bend the flared bushing metal down
for push out.
(3) Position the spring eye in a press.
(4) Press the bushing out with an appropriate size
driver.
SPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER
POSSIBLE CAUSES
1. Broken leaf.
2. Spring fatigue.
1. Loose spring clamp bolts.
2. Worn bushings.
3. Worn or missing spring tip inserts.
1. Loose mounting fastener.
2. Worn bushings.
3. Leaking shock.
TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS
N·m
135
135
149
163
163
40
41
1. Replace spring.
2. Replace spring.
1. Tighten to specification.
2. Replace bushings.
3. Replace spring tip inserts.
1. Tighten to specification.
2. Replace shock.
3. Replace shock.
Ft. Lbs.
100
100
110
120
120
30
30

INSTALLATION

(1) Press new bushing into the spring eye with an
appropriate size driver. The bushing should be cen-
tered in the spring eye.
(2) Stake the outermetal of the bushing in a mini-
mum of six points to retain the bushing.
(3) Install the spring on the vehicle.
REAR
CORRECTION
In. Lbs.
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