Hi Rodney, the Gen-I/Gen-II(87-96) leafs are the same dimensions, but the
Gen-III(97-01)'s are different.I'm not quite sure what the difference
is.There are also other differences, such as payload packages resulting in
varying spring rates,reg/club/quad cab I would think could be different,and
the 4x2's are spring under,4x4's are spring over.All Durangos are spring
under,and I'd bet that they might have different spring rates.Not for sure
on the varying spring rates,There may only be 4 sprngs that they use-light
payload 2wd,heavy payload 2wd,light payload 4wd, heavy payload 4wd???? I no
longer have a gen-II close to measure and tinker with.I do have my truck
lowered with Hotchkis suspension, which includes new leaves. So I have my
stock 2000 leafs in the shop outside-I could easily measure anything you
want off of them. Just let me know the specific measurements you need and
I'll be more thatn happy to do it! Hope this helps. If you have anymore
questions,please feel free to ask-
Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
'00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
----Original Message Follows----
From: Rodney Lewis <rlewis@nicorenergy.com>
Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
To: "'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Subject: DML: Rear leaf spring info?
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 12:25:46 -0600
Hi...short-term subscriber here. I hope to add a Durango to the stable in
the next year or two, but need to pay off my van and finish my two Jeps
first. On that Jeep note, I have questions regarding the rear springs on
Dakotas (and do Durangos use the same springs?). Hope one of you guys can
help me out. I've been told that early-90's Dakota rear springs are around
54" long eye to eye and wanted to verify that and see if maybe I could get a
year range on that, like are they the same length on the newer late-90's &
early 00's that seem to be prevalent on this list? Also need to know the
inner diameter of the larger main spring eye. Looking for suitable main
leaves to use as the basis for the front spring packs on a my custom Jeep
CJ-8 Scrambler. I picked up some rear S-10 springs then found out that one
of the main eyes was broken, so I've got to go shopping again. Might even be
interested in buying the stock leaf springs from one of you guys who has
lowered their Dakota (I'm guessing that the lowering kits come with new rear
springs?). Thanks
-Rodney
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