Re: Dakota's with 8 3/4"

From: Mark Kuzia (flyboy01@mediaone.net)
Date: Fri Oct 12 2001 - 01:32:23 EDT


Good luck!

Mark Kuzia
flyboy01@mediaone.net
http://people.mw.mediaone.net/flyboy01/home.html
1995 Dakota 13.79 @ 102.45 mph "Fastdak"
~360ci, 5-spd, 8 3/4 rear / 3.90-SG
1994 Dakota 15.36 @ 91.56 mph
~318ci, 5-spd, 3.90 LS (bone stock, no mods)

----- Original Message -----
From: <Fast4x4Dakota@aol.com>
To: <aol@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 1:38 AM
Subject: DML: Dakota's with 8 3/4"

> In a message dated 10/10/01 8:04:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> willcoughlin@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > Cool! Now I feel like quite the fool for not remembering that an 8 3/4"
> > housing is steel. Just wanted to be sure and cover everything. Hope
> > everything goes well-TTYL,
> >
>
> Jeez, I'm sorry if I made you feel that way, I wasn't trying to be mean or
> condecending, just lettin ya know :o) Anyway, I have all the sh... stuff
in
> my basement right now, I have my redrilled drums all painted up with
POR-15
> semi gloss black and looking pretty, the backing plates are all painted
and
> pretty, as is the axle housing with the exception of where I'll be
removing
> the factory spring perches, and welding new ones on, as well as where I'm
> putting my shock mounts. The 3rd member is currently painted too but
isn't
> assembeled yet, that will come tomorrow night, the pinion is already set
up,
> all I have to do is bolt the ring gear to the carrier and torque it down,
> then set up my back lash and carrier bearing preload and my 3rd member
will
> be ready to put in, also on the to-do list for tomorrow is to install all
the
> brake stuff onto the backing plates so all I have to do once the axle is
in
> is put on the backing plates, slide in the axles, and drums and bleed the
> brakes, should save me some down time with the install. I still have to
buy
> U-bolts, gear lube, new shocks while I'm at it, spring plates since the
mopar
> performance ones I bought are wrong, the center pin hole is HUGE, maybe
some
> more pinion preload set up shims just incase I don't like how much preload
I
> have in it right now and I lost all the shims in the year since I first
set
> it up, oh yeah I need to pick up a 3/4 pipe plug for the fill hole too
(don't
> mind me I'm thinking outloud!) I think that's about all I should need,
> hopefully things will go smooth, the 8 1/4 is getting the torch taken to
it
> friday night after work so wish me luck LoL!!! I hope everything turns
out
> ok cus I have a 1000 mile trip I'd like to take the truck on the following
> weekend if all works out OK. Man I hope things go well! Excited and
Nervous!
>
> Luke
> Dakota with a blown up 8 1/4"
> Coming this weekend come hell or highwater! E-body 8 3/4" 3.55 SureGrip,
10"
> brakes, and 6 lug Moser Alloy axles!
>



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