It is my understanding that it is not the actually chain that is the
problem. I was told that the gears are in fact the problem due to a coating
they have on them....I believe it was called Magna-flux (can someone confirm
that??) Anyway, the coating sometimes wears too fast and chips away. This
causes slack in the chain which produces a rattle or slapping sound. I
would assume that if the slack became large enough, and the gears became
weak enough, the gears could strip.
--Aaron--
95 DSRC 4x4 V6
www.geocities.com/adakota4x4_95/
>From: Y2KDakuda@aol.com
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: update friend needs help
>Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:30:10 EDT
>
>He went and looked at it, the Bottom gear stripped, the belt didn't
>break. So what happens??? the lower end crank keeps turning,,,, but the
>valves don't, so all the valve rods are bent and the pistons are damaged.
>AUGH!!!!!!
>He also wanted to know what it would take to replace it with a V-8 if he
>ends
>up paying for it.
>
>Chris Lambert
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