Hi:
As a follow-up to my post;
DML: Vibration in Chassis (very very long post)
I took the truck into the dealer (and all the info in my DML post) and
let them have a look.
What it comes down to is the tech spent a bit of time looking (listen)
at it and determined I needed a full diff overhaul. He gave me the
parts list and a quote for over $2400 (CDN) to do the work. He did this
without taking off the cover, so he didn't do a visual inspection.
I'm going to speak to the guys at a local truck driveline shop and get
their opinion on the situation. I already talked to them about the
drive shaft run-out and they indicated that 40 thou runout most likely
can't be balanced out but they could give me a better idea if I brought
in the shaft. They did say they could build me a new one for about $400
+/- $100 and have it done in a day. So did an out of balance shaft do
damage to the diff or was it the early years of pulling a trailer full
of dirt bikes around the country for 250000km do it?
Another option of course is to find a scraped truck (Dakota or Durango)
and get the whole rearend. Does anyone know what years are compatible
with a 1998 CC 4x4 3.55 LSD? Are the 1997 through 2003 all the same?
The part numbers I was given seems to bring up compatible parts for this
range of years on DodgeParts.com. Check out PN 52098778-AC at
https://www.dodgeparts.com/oe_parts_catalog.html
Maybe as my last resort, I get all new bearings, races, seals and crush
washer and use the existing gears (as long as there not wrecked). Maybe
re-slim the pinion put it all back together and drive till is blows up?
The LSD works fine right know.
Does anyone else have any bright ideas (other than the obvious, sell the
truck)?
Thanks.
Dale
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