RE: 1997 Dakota questions

From: Dave Clement-LDC009 (Dave_Clement-LDC009@email.mot.com)
Date: Wed Dec 18 1996 - 07:54:47 EST


From: elliott@serv.net@INTERNET on Tue, Dec 17, 1996 10:43 PM

>Don't know about the HD driveline, but the Dakota doesn't have "hubs" in
>the traditional 4WD sense. The 4WD hookup is located on the right front
>axle housing and is vacuum operated. A splined coupling slips over the
>outer piece of the right front axle connectiong the halfshaft to the
>differential. You can't forget to lock your hubs that's for sure.

They stopped using that set up around 93 which meant that the axles and
front drive shaft are always spinning. The article in in $WD Magazine
implied that the 97's now have an automatic locking feature built into the
hubs. Can anyone confirm this?

Dave clement
 



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