Uhhh...Western Dental??!! ;-P
Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
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From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of WOT or waiting at a
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 9:06 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Re: Chipped a tooth
Chris
Where do you take your Dak to have it serviced?
Patrick O'Day
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Ryan" <CSRyan@teleport.com>
To: "DML" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 4:38 PM
Subject: DML: Chipped a tooth
> When I changed my rear diff fluid the other day I found what looked like
> a piece of a gear tooth, about an inch long. Other than that it was
> clean, no grit in there or the old lube, the lube was actually pretty
> clean, a medium amber color. This morning I took the truck in to flash
> the new PCM and do the rear axle vent tube re-route. I showed the piece
> to the service manager and he in turn called over a tech that thought it
> was a piece of tooth that split off rather than wore or broke, he
> thought this was do to insufficient hardening of the metal when it was
> made. He said the gear should be replaced and since it's still under
> warrantee it shouldn't be a problem, so I scheduled the work for Friday
> and re-scheduled the other stuff for then too. I'm just worried that
> when they get it up on the lift and see the Rancho kit they're gonna say
> no warrantee deal, neither of them actually looked at the truck at the
> time. It's pretty obvious it's not an excessive wear issue, all the
> other teeth were fine, and the fluid was so clean. There's never been
> any irregular noise or vibration back there, always has been and still
> is very smooth, even smoother now with synthetic fluid and the new PCM.
> So hopefully they'll be cool about it, I'm not going to mention anything
> and just maybe they won't either.
>
> --
> Chris
> Portland, OR
> Black '99 Sport Plus CC 4x4 318 Auto.
> 3" Rancho Suspension Lift, 32"x11.5" BFG MTs, SnugTop Expo w/Yakima Trac
> System w/Fairing, Sea Kayak and Bike Mounts, GoRhino Grill/Brush Guard
> w/2 130W KC Spotlights and Tow Hooks, Westin Nerf Bars, WAAG Tail-light
> Guards, GTS Blackouts F & R, Mopar PCM, Taylor Pro-Spiro Wires,
> Autolites, 180 TS, Cold K&N, Flowmaster Split Rear, Mopar Chrome Rear
> Diff Cover, Line-X, Window Tint, Ventvisors.
>
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