Bob,
Though I haven't had that problem myself, I know 2 people who have. From what
I've been told by a friend who runs a junk yard, it may be a common problem
and Dakota axles are hard to come by.
Walter_Felix@MSN.COM
88' Dodge Dakota Sport 4x4.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/9219
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net On Behalf Of the bobster
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 2:35 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: rear axle
Hi List
We own a 92 V8 big cab Dakota that trashed the rear end. 50,000 miles
no warrenty.Second owners.
$428 put a wrecking yard assembly underneath and back on the road.
My question is: anybody else on the list ever have a similar problem?
It looks like the retaining bolt on the spider gear shaft broke and
allowed the staft to muck about breaking bits. The carrier was worn
almost to a figure 8 pattern.
The only symptom was a random harmonic viabration that was originally
thot to be a u-joint.
Does anyone make an 8 3/4 conversion for the Dakotas ?
In my 30+ years of maximizing Mopars' performance I have never seen
such a failure.
thanks for any feed back
bob
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