So you like your '95 better off road than your '98?
Anyway, thanks for the info. Damn that link you provided
has a sh*tload of stuff on it. That guy has no life. ;)
Oh, and someone else wrote me and told me the '98 front
drive train is a modified Dana 35--is that not what you
heard? I think it jives with previous 'rumors' I have
heard, but I certainly aint no 'pert n'ither.
Thanks,
JY
--- Jason Bleazard <jbleazard@home.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On
> Behalf Of Jason Yates
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 2:32 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: Lockers used with a manual trans
> >
> <snip>
>
> Oh yeah? Well, my '95 Dak 4x4 is even more the best!
> :-)
>
<snip>
> > so I was wondering if anyone could explain the concept
> of a
> > locker to me. Also, I have the LSD and how does that
> work
> > with a locker?
>
> I don't claim to be an expert, but from what I've been
> able to pick up, a
> locker is more aggressive than an LSD. Where the limited
> slip uses clutches
> to try to send some power to the stuck tire rather than
> the spinning one, a
> locker will actually lock the axle solid so you get a
> 50-50 torque split.
> An LSD will still let one tire spin if it's up in the air
> and the other one
> is completely stuck (although in practice you don't get
> anything this
> extreme).
>
> The LSD is smoother on pavement. I believe a locker
> actually leaves the
> axle locked a lot of the time, then unlocks when it
> somehow figures out
> you're turning.
>
> Like I said, I'm no expert, so I could be way off base.
> I found a good page
> on these once, let's see... where is that... okay, found
> it. Check out
> http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/main_4x4.htm, he has
> links to a lot of
> good info under the tech stuff section. Too much rice
> burner content, but
> if you can get over that fact there's much to be learned.
>
> > What about the front drivetrain--any way to
> > improve this? Oh, and what is the front drivetrain?
> Is it
> > like a Dana something or other? Just need someone to
> sit
> > down and explain this stuff to me.
> >
> > A curious wheeler,
> > JY
> > Vegas '98 5.2L 4x4 CC
>
> The front axle is a Chrysler 7.25" (at least that's what
> it is in the '95).
> No Danas on this truck. Since you can't unlock the hubs,
> it's not a good
> idea to try to put a locker or LSD in the front axle. An
> ARB or something
> else you could completely disable at will would work
> okay, but I don't know
> of anything available for this axle.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Jason Bleazard jbleazard@home.com Toronto, Ontario
> current: '95 Dakota Sport white 4x4 Reg. Cab V6/3.9L/5spd
> current: '98 Dakota Sport black 4x4 Club Cab V8/5.2L/Auto
> RIP: '95 Dakota Sport black 4x2 Club Cab V6/3.9L/Auto
>
>
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