yea..figured it was something like that, thanks bill
Greg Conner
1996 RC
3.9 hybrid
>From: B1LLYW@aol.com
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: aol@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: Re: DML: gen 2 vs gen 3 8 1/4 axel
>Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 19:56:06 EDT
>
>In a message dated 5/1/2003 7:53:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>dodgeboy93@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > Hey List
> >
> > Have a 1996 dakota that I'm helping a local guy convert from a 2.5 to
>a
> > 5.2. I want to upgrade the rear axel from the 7.25 to the 8.25. What
>is
> > the difference in the axels from 96 to 97? I know the spline count
> > changed,
> > but are the spring perches and such in the same spots? Will this rear
>bolt
> >
> > onto the springs of a gen 2 dak?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
>The Gen III rear is almost 2 1/2" wider drum to drum. I measured my '02
>vs.
>my '95. I thought about finding a 9 1/4 out of a Gen III to swap to the
>'95
>but it would just be too wide.
>
>Bill White - http://www.bionicdodge.com
>
>'02 Dakota QC 4x4, SLT +, 4.7, 5 spd, 3.92 LSD
>'95 Dakota CC 4x2, SLT, 318, 5 spd, 3.55 LSD
>
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