Bruce,
I picked up the new drive shaft today. I talked to the manager and he said
that the D.S. had a whip in it at the front of the shaft. This along with
the fact that it was 40 grams out of balance makes for a lot of drive line
vibes. He built a steel DS which should take anything I can give it. I
installed it today and haven't taken it out for some high speed romps yet.
I am a little gun shy about blowing that rear seal again. BTW, the rear
seal was about $9.00 at Forest City auto parts and should be installed with
the proper installation tool, which I didn't have. I am pretty good at
improvising however.
I am planing some major modifications on my RT this summer that includes
Cam, M1 manifold drilled for injectors, 4 bbls TB, computer reprogram (if
possible) and rims and slicks. This thing should be getting down into the
low to mid 13's with this combination.
Later.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Bridges, Bruce <bbridges@alarismed.com>
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net' <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 9:27 AM
Subject: DML: RE: Rear trans seal on RT
>Dan,
>The guy behind me in line at the Dealers service center had a rear tranny
>seal that was leakin like a sieve! His trtanny was also making a very loud
>whirring noise in drive that said to me "game over"...Truck had 650 miles
on
>it...
>Bruce "not leakin yet" Bridges
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel Colucci [mailto:djcolucci@worldnet.att.net]
>Sent: Saturday, January 30, 1999 5:24 AM
>To: Dakota mailing list
>Subject: DML: Rear trans seal on RT
>
>
>yesterday I noticed that the trans seal on my RT was leaking like a S.O.B.
>I have taken the drive shaft out and will have is checked for balance and
>balanced if needed. I have the CC. Has anyone else had this problem?
What
>did you do? I won't take it to the dealer because they denied warranty
>before because I have a Vortech SC on the truck. Anyways, I trust myself a
>little more to do the job right. Later.
>
>Dan
>98 RT Vortech S-trim, JBA, 2 1/2 "Y" into a 3 inch exhaust.
>
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