I've only been through one rear and it was the fault of the person that
assembled it. the bolt heads that hold the ring gear on sheared off due to
reusing the same bolts instead of getting new ones like you're supposed to.
I still have all the origional internals including the factory LSD. I'm
running slicks and launching with alot of nitrous, no breakage. Is it
possible you rear isn't being set up right?
Joe W.
87 Shelby Charger 13.9
98 Dakota 13.1
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Smith <fast4x4@bellsouth.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 4:41 PM
Subject: DML: 8 1/4 axle
> I'm curious to know if those with the 8.25" and making a good bit of power
> have had problems with spider gears. I just had to replace the rear axle
> assembly, the previous spider gears turned to mush, and the metal flakes
> (according to the ferd dealer that worked on it...) wore the ring/pinon
> significantly, along with crapping out the bearings. These had been the
2nd
> set of spider gears, the 1st set were missing only 2 or 3 teeth as
compared
> with 2 or 3 remaining on this last set.
>
> Good news is I now have a SG unit (don't these still retain spider gears?)
> bad news is it was mighty expensive, and the dealer is basically trying to
> rape me on labor costs. I have the old axle assembly still, and am trying
> to find somewhere to get a Rockwell hardness test done on the spider
gears,
> hopefully to prove that the dealer used counterfeit parts.
>
> TIA
> ____________________________________________
> Jon Smith-Raleigh,NC-http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jdsmith4
> '95 318 auto CC 4x4: Accel Supercoil, JBA headers,
> dual glasspack, 14x3 FABM, F&B Stage I TB, !EGR,
> MSD 8.5's, self-moded intake, 180 degree thermo,
> ASP crank pulley, 16" Hayden elec. fan, MP SBEC,
> BEST: 0-60 in 6.3 & 1/4mi 15.5@87.5
> 207.2 RWHP, 276.2 RW ft/lbs
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