Re: Questions

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 17 1998 - 22:44:43 EDT


At 08:09 PM 8/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 10:18 AM 8/17/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>1) Those who bought the JBA headers: Any of you have a 96? Did the
>>purchase include the Y pipe?
>>
>>2) Anyone with the two piece drive shaft: Any one experience a "bump,
>>bump, bump" sensation when starting from stop? (more pronounced with a
>>load in the bed). Anybody do a swap to a one piece drive shaft from an
>>earlier Dak?
>>
>>Thanks,
>> Jon H
>>
>
>
>To answer question #2
>
>I had more of a thumping noise for awhile, and something that felt like the
>drivetrain binding up. My front driveshaft busted 'cause of a little to
>much burnout action awhile later. I pulled the cover on my rear-end today,
>and suprise, trashed differential. I DO NOT think this is what you're
>experiencing, though. I vainly tried to get a custom built 'shaft for my
>CC. No one would build a 1 piece. A totally new two-piece from Inland
>Driveline was like $650 or something!! From my understanding, the 98 R/T
>CC has a 1 piece, but it is to short to fit 'cause the rear differential is
>larger.
>
>If you can find somene to build a 1 piece 'shaft, please tell me!!!
>

   Since your diff is trashed anyway, have you checked into using an
R/T rearend and an R/T driveshaft? (I've got a '96 CC and I'd like
to get a bigger rearend and driveshaft someday too. (a one piece,
hopefully))

                                               -Jon-

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