Re: R/T Towing Capacity New Post

From: Richard A Pyburn (rap777@juno.com)
Date: Wed May 12 1999 - 18:29:59 EDT


Eric:
Sounds good. How 'bout the e-mail for that Lee Carducci (the manager of
Mopar Performance Engineering)? I'm sure there's a lot we could say to
him.

Thanks!

Richard

On Wed, 12 May 1999 17:23:50 EDT Rekker21@aol.com writes:
> I talked with the manager of the Truck Design Studio today. We were
>
>shootin the shit for a bit then I asked him if he knew why they
>derated the
>towing capacity of the R/T. He said it is because after they lowered
>it they
>never changed the pinion angle for the drive shaft, and when they were
>field
>testing several new ones towing, they were breaking rear gears and
>shattering
>universals. Personally, it sounds to me like they could fix that
>situation
>pretty easily instead of derating the capacity. I mean, how many
>people
>lower their vehicles and change the pinion angle? I think R/T owners
>and
>maybe even Dak owners across the board should UNITE!!! Force DC into
>a
>recall to fix the problem, not derate it. So, thats the jist of it.
>I went
>on to tell him what group that I belong to and how the sister site,
>the R/T
>list is considering a class action agains DC (us). He said he would
>seriously dig up some more info for me and when I get it I will let
>you all
>know. In the mean time!!!! Im going to get Mr. Stallkamps email addy
>for
>you R/T owners! Sound ok?
>Eric
>

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