Alright thanks.. I guess the next time it's at the dealer I will have them
check it. I'm past due for trans service, and that's one thing I'm ok with
paying for since I really don't want to deal with all the trans fluid dropping
down.
It's only been to the dealer three times in it's life, once for the ball joints
and once for a new fuel sender unit the others a bit of a story. Guess I can't
complain to much after about 6 years of the truck.
The third dealer trip it got towed in, it was a cold morning and the truck was
cold (10 minute drive and in the teens outside), I was within eye sight of work
and I hit the throttle pretty good, was trying to warm the truck up before I
shut it off. When I parked it I smelled oil and saw steam from under the hood.
Opened the hood and saw oil everywhere in the bay, first thought is a rod or
something with all this oil. Had it towed to the dealer, about a 5 minute walk
down the road. I have a QuickD intake on it and the breather hose was
apparently kinked enough to shoot the dip stick out out of the engine from the
cold temps and likely high oil pressure. The warranty covered the tow and the
dealer pulled a dipstick from a truck on the lot and replaced the breather hose
and I was all set. On my walk to the dealer I found the dip stick handle but
not the dip stick..
Josh
In article <000101c85551$e6401350$b2c039f0$@org>, bernd@dodgetrucks.org ("Bernd
D. Ratsch") writes:
>
>
> On an open legged diff, I doubt it. The only thing that comes to mind is
> the side movement (tolerance) being a little out of whack - only way to
> check though is to measure it in the diff.
>
> From what you described though - it really doesn't sound like a problem.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: josh@stolarz.org [mailto:josh@stolarz.org]
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:30 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: RE: DML: RE: Differential Issue?
>
>
> I haven't heard any noises from the rear end at all. I also haven't opened
> the
> dif yet to check it out, I changed it out to Mobil 1 at probably 15k and
> it's
> been in there since (60k now). It's a open dif 9.25.
>
> Don't suppose excessive tire spin would lead to it? I have a hard time
> getting
> traction in the rain which leads to spinning if I don't feather the
> throttle.
> Only 15k on my highly rated tires and I can't get traction in the rain..
>
>
> In article <000001c85550$79e7d400$6db77c00$@org>, bernd@dodgetrucks.org
> ("Bernd
> D. Ratsch") writes:
> >
> >
> > Are there any noises while driving and/or under accel/decal? What about
> the
> > magnet on the bottom of the diff - is there any metal particles? What
> about
> > the LSD clutch retainers (if applicable) - are they all there or are there
> > any broken?
> >
> > - Bernd
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: josh@stolarz.org [mailto:josh@stolarz.org]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:19 PM
> > To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Differential Issue?
> >
> >
> > The passenger side doesn't have as much in and out play as the driver side
> > it
> > seems. My highly inaccurate guess from trying to figure out the play by
> > looking
> > at the movement with a feeler gauge puts it somewhere around .3 to .5 mm
> on
> > the
> > driver side.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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