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Back to the dealer tonight. I didn't get any new papers, the woman at
the cashier's desk wouldn't let me leaf through them myself ("oh,
they're just our internal notes & stuff" - implying that no customer in
their right mind would ever need/want to see them - and didn't let me
see the actual prices that I had seen last night. I didn't want to push
it, I just wanted to get home and have this very frustrating week OVER),
but she did show me the tech's handwritten notes.
And, it's just as was on the paper I did get to bring home. The
clutches themselves were breaking apart. So, they replaced the LSD
unit, left my original ring & pinion.
Still shocked I never hear or felt anything out of the ordinary.
On 10/22/2004 1:40 PM, andylevy@yahoo.com wrote:
| OK, so if they replaced the gears entirely, I should probably be
driving per
| the usual "break in" procedures, right?
|
| I was told I didn't have to. Maybe I don't need the R/O...I'll drive
up there
| after work tonight and get copies of ALL the papers. I'm really
starting to
| wonder just what they did.
|
| In article <BAY9-DAV24Z14eBa1kg00001dbd@hotmail.com>, fasstdak@hotmail.com
| ("Bernd D. Ratsch") writes:
|
|>
|>It's the actual unit - gears/spiders/housing.
|>
|>- Bernd
|>
|>-----Original Message-----
|>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
|>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Andy Levy
|>Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 8:18 AM
|>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
|>Subject: Re: DML: RE: Got the truck back, need help understanding what the
|>dealer did (long)
|>
|>
|>Thanks Bernd. What exactly comprises the differential assembly? Just now
|>many new parts do I have in there?
|>
|>Left the R/O number at home, I guess I'll have to wait till Monday to get
|>the documentation. One of the service writers I talked to said she'd seen
|>"another truck" in with a similar problem, but didn't know the model or
|>year. "My" service writer had yesterday off, and no one really was
able to
|>give me any information (or even understood what had been done),
apparently
|>they lost the secret decoder ring my writer had used on the papers.
|>
|>On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 05:49:51 -0500, Bernd D. Ratsch <fasstdak@hotmail.com>
|>wrote:
|>
|>>
|>>5161549AA = The actual differential assembly
|>>
|>>If you want to find out what all was done, ask the service writer for
|>>a copy of the actual work order (R/O)...and a copy of the front and back
|>
|>of it.
|>
|>>For warranty (or any other work), we are required to write down what
|>>we found, the part and part number, and any pertinent information on
|>>the warranty repair (if we don't, DC won't pay for the warranty work).
|>>The back of the R/O is the most important part as the tech notes will
|>>be there. The front will have the "complaint, cause, and correction"
|>
|>information.
|>
|>>There have been some later model 9.25" differentials that are coming
|>>apart prematurely (or just wearing out prematurely) and this may have
|>>been the cause.
|>>
|>>Again, go back to the dealership and request a copy of the actual work
|>>order (front and back) - it's your right. I'll run all the numbers for
|>
|>you.
|>
|>>- Bernd
|>>
|>>-----Original Message-----
|>>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
|>>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of andy
|>>levy
|>>Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 6:48 PM
|>>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
|>>Subject: DML: Got the truck back, need help understanding what the
|>>dealer did (long)
|>>
| Backstory, since the DML's been wonky: Took my truck into the dealer
| Wednesday for a routine diff fluid change, front & rear. They called
| about
| 2 1/2 hours later and said "we have to keep it overnight to get parts,
| it's not driveable, the rear diff is bad." I pressed for more
| details, but the best I could get was a bad bearing & housing. Huh?
|
| Picked the truck up tonight, and they still couldn't tell me *what*
| was replaced, exactly. I leafed through the 1/4" stack of papers they
| needed 20 minutes to find, but didn't get copies to bring home (I may
| go back for these). I only have the receipt with everything listed.
| My original service writer wasn't in today, so people had to "figure out"
| what was going on from what was on the papers they had.
|
| Here's the full list of what was done for the rear end ('03 3.92 9.25"
|>>
|>>LSD):
|>>
| Customer Reports: SERVICE THE FRT AND REAR DIFFS Corrected by
| XXXXXXXX: (11) Work performed by (person's name) (178) Corrected by
|>>
|>>XXXXXXXX:
|>>
| Work performed by (person's name) (178) Installed 501347AA :SEALANT:
| RTV Qty: 1 Installed 3723149 :BEARING: DIFFERENTIAL Qty: 2 Installed
| 5161549AA (FP)
| :DIFFERNTL: DIFFERENTIAL Qty: 1 Installed 3723149 :CUP: DIFFERENTIAL
| SIDE BEARING Qty: 2 Installed 5161549AA :LUBRICANT: AXLE Qty: 4 UPON
| INSPECTION OF REAR END FOUND CLUTCHES COMING APART-TECH REPLACED
| BEARINGS
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