They are "Custom Jobs" from Chrysler...but they still are DANA.
----- Original Message -----
From: dakota_5sp_v8 <dakota_5sp_v8@zracer.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Lockers used with a manual trans
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>
> 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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