My 88 has a 7 1/4 in front and I thought Tom Fawcett said he also had a 7
1/4" in the front of his late model Dakota. The rears are 8 1/4" and I
think an optional 9 1/4" in later years. I don't recall there ever being a
8 1/4" front, but I may be wrong. Anyone else know?
Walt Felix
88½ Dakota Sport 4x4, 2000 Ram 1500 QuadCab Sport 4x4 and a 67 Barracuda
Coupe 340/4Speed
Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.COM
http://WWW.Walt-n-Ingrid.COM
http://WWW.MoparsinMotion.COM
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:16:21 -0700 (PDT)
>From: brett burford <brettburford@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: DML: 89 dak 4x4 with 9" of lift PICS UP! sorry, long!
>
>the 89 does have leafs in front and from the arch you
>can see probably hasn't got the best ride in the
>world!
> re: your 7.25 diff. is that because of the year
>model? my 93 has a 8.25 IFS unit and i can get up to
>4.10 gears from Dodge and 4.56 thru 4wheelparts. and
>the ARB air-locker should be on the market by now! if
>you don't want to go thru the joy of conversion (to
>solid front diff.) you do have alternatives now. i am
>(probably) going with the 44 because i fit in the "if
>you ain't breaking parts, you ain't playing hard
>enough!" mentality when it comes to 4wheelin.
>Brett
>93 rc 4x4 3.9 sport
>- --- Walter Felix <walt_felix@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I didn't notice it until now. I would say that's a
> > Toyota axle. One of the
> > reasons I've been thinking about a Dana 44 setup is
> > because of the wide
> > variety of gears, carriers and other stuff you can
> > get for them. I would
> > think it would be harder to get accessories for a
> > Toyota axle though not
> > impossible. At least it's better than a 7 1/4"
> > Chrysler diff. I'm in the
> > process of installing the 4" Trailmaster kit on my
> > premag 4x4. I decided to
> > change to lower gears to compensate for larger tires
> > and the lowest gear I
> > could find for the front is a 3.90. And that was at
> > the dealer. I couldn't
> > find anyone else who made a ring and pinion set for
> > the front.
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