well... the stops are round rubber mounted to the frame above the axle. they
are about 3/8 in thick at the lower edge, have a ridge in the center and
taper to about 1/2 inch at the top. the center is hollow. they work
progressively as the axle is pushed closer to the frame they have more
resistance. They look like a half sized double convoluted air bag. I think
they would be too tall to work with the Hotchkiss suspension, but I will
know for sure as I will be installing mine soon....
As for the tranny I don't relate it to the towing, but the 5spd was replaced
under warranty at 35000 miles... about 10000 after the trip towing the car.
As for performance, it towed smoothe and had the power to stay in 2nd and
third so long as we kept the speed up in the mountains. I need to replace
one of the rubber pieces, it tore off where it mounts to the frame.
I think the truck had the power to pull more, I had many people on the list
and other places tell me it was too much... I wont pull it that far ever
again ( Wichita, KS----- Phoenix, Az--- about 2,300 mi)
greasy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Coughlin" <willcoughlin@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Dakotas towing-pics??
> That's a pretty good load. What do you mean by overlaod stops? Could you
> elaborate a little more on that? Sorry you dan't have any pics, that
> would've been a good one! Truck handles it ok? Didn't seem like it was
> struggling too bad? Did it feel like it could've pulled more? Got any
> tranny problems? Sorry for all the questions, but I'm trying to learn form
> other's experiences.Thanks,
>
> 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: "greasy" <gg428@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>
>
> I pulled a 4200lb 55 pontiac home from kansas on a 1200 traliler. This was
> with my 99 cc 5.2 5spd..
> now I did have to get some overload stops installed to keep the frame off
> the axle since the bed of the truck was full of parts.
> Unfortunatlu I dont have any pics
> greasy
>
>
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