That's what I suspect, they were only 5 months old.. I drive hard, but not
hard enough to powderize a set in that shot amt. of time, this is why I'm
trying to prove the dealer at fault (and why I have an old axle sitting on
my porch (-: )
This new axle was from a junkyard, so presumably the factory has been the
only one's that have delt with the gearing.
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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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----- Original Message -----
From: nosdakota <nosdakota@email.msn.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 7:27 PM
Subject: DML: Re: 8 1/4 axle
> 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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> >
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