Dale; Where do you live in Canada?
Jim Knox , 91 Dak 318LA
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Schultz" <d.schultz@sympatico_NOSPAM_.ca>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject: DML: Follow-up to: Vibration in Chassis
>
> 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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