Actually, I thought it was a bit weird. i checked and because we have a C clip
on the axles, the axles are designed to move in and out a small bit. They guy
doing tech has a vette. Totally different type of rear end. He is not familiar
with it.
On the other hand, a lot of hard turns under acceleration like i was doing (and
Steve!) might take a toll on the clutch packs in the LSD.
Jim
Ronald Wong wrote:
> So Jim,
>
> You feel that hard cornering will give our axle bearings a short life?
>
> Ron
> 00 SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
> For modifications see my DML Profile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
> jdharmon@earthlink.net
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 10:34 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: AutoX report
>
> Don't feel too bad. mine too! Good thing I have that spare 9.25 in the
> garage, sans axles.
> Jim
>
> "Steven T. Ekstrand" wrote:
>
> > I forgot to mention. I got a surprise during tech inspection. He shakes
> > my left rear tire and it rocks pretty good. He figured the bearings are
> > bad. Anybody have the axle bearings go bad on their 9 1/4 axle. Only 10K
> > miles!
> >
> > The axles have already been out once to R&R the backing plate that gouged
> > the heck out of the brake drum.
> >
> > -STE
> > "The Wabulous Wobbly WunderSLT"
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