You have to measure them.
When making changes to the brake system of a car, it is important to have a diagram to compare work. For a 1991 Dodge Dakota a rear brake assembly diagram can be found in the maintenance manual.
your wheel cylinder is leaking,you will need to buy a rebuilt or new whl cylinder also new brake shoes and a can of brake cleaner.
Remove the tire and wheel. Remove the brake assembly spring. The brake shoes will come off. Reverse the process to install the new brake shoes.
i replace my rear brake shoes on 2001 dodge grand caravan and my emergency brake is still not working
this link is dodge Dakota rear brakes on autozone.com http://www. autozone.com/AZ/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/0f/fb/66/0900823d800ffb66/repairInfoPages.htm
Remove the tire and wheel. The brake shoes are held in place by a spring. Remove the brake shoe spring. The brake shoes will come off. Reverse the process to install the new brake shoes.
The brake pads are actually shoes. The emergency brake relies on the rear brake shoes being applied by tension on the emergency brake cable against the rear drums to hold the car stationary. In other words, the rear brakes double as the emergency (parking) brakes.
YOU would actually have to remove the brake drum and measure them ,the width of the shoe then measure across the diameter of the drum .
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there are brake shoes in the discs too . just remove the discs and you will see them. they are applied by a cable.
the rear brake hose? it connects up on top of the frame on an L-bracket, which goes into a hose, and the block is mounted on the rear axle.
Remove wheels Remove drums (Make sure parking brake is released Loosen and remove brake lines Remove mounting bolts Slide wheel cylinder out (may have to separate brake shoes slightly) Re-install new cylinders and Bleed new cylinders