On my 98 front axle the word Dana is stamped all over it. However, nowhere
does it say what model it is. It must be a custom job from chrysler and dana
because it has halve axles going out of each side of the pumpkin giving each
side independant suspention. It works well.
Joel
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Yates <j_hurricane_y@yahoo.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 7:56 PM
Subject: RE: DML: Lockers used with a manual trans
>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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