1994 Dodge Dakota turn signal/brake lights issue
From : vic
Q: tom lawrence wrote no - you leave your pinion alone and re-use the ring gear. when you buy the lsd also order a master install kit. this is a complete set of bearings both carrier bearings and pinion bearings which you wont use shims again which wont be used new ring gear bolts which should be used and marking compound. it will run around $100. give this to your installer along with the lsd unit and he should have everything he needs to complete the job. whoever you have do the job make sure they understand what theyre doing. another friend had a professional driveline shop install a new set of gears for him and they obviously over-torqued all the ring gear bolts probably just ran them down with an impact wrench because more than half of them wound up shearing off inside the housing. that made for quite a mess to clean up. thanks tom appreciate the detailed info. between your detailed post tbones detailed post and the other responses they are all helping me understand this differential mess that even the dealers dont know 100%. glad i posted. gotta love the groups! anyway i checked out that website posted earlier. i didnt see where to order the master install kit. i emailed them for instructions and price for the kit. i assume it doesnt matter for the ratio since thats based on my own ring and pinion gears. also youre saying i wont need the carrier and pinion bearings i thought everyone was saying i should replace them with aftermarket bearings unless that meant just the axle bearings ill be getting the dealer where i bought it to do the work. i think that will be better to keep it in the trucks records. is there an lsd for the front or should i just leave that alone the truck has the electronic awd option and figure that doesnt mean anything anyway other than the transfer case keeping all 4 well almost 4 going all the time. what bugs me is whats the difference between awd and 4hi which are the selectable options on the dash ace .
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From : vic
hi! i have never tried it - will do that tomorrow if it is helpful. thanx bob .
From : henry
thanks for the link. ive ordered a prodigy from them with an extra harness got 2 dodge trucks and an extra mount. hopefully i can just move the controller back and forth as needed. yep - i do it with mine. .
From : tbone
on sat 21 may 2005 210550 -0600 nathan w. collier montanajeeper@aol.com wrote i finally had someone coming to buy my 01.5 cummins 4x4 quad cab http//utilityoffroad.com/dodge and he brought cash. we got in it to take a test drive and the 4x4 light kept blinking. scared of buying a lemon the buyer walked. - i get the truck back home and start looking and found that my damn dogs 5 month old austrailian shepherd breeder pairhad chewed up the black and red vacuum hoses that engage the front drive see http//7slotgrille.com/images/forumpics/fds.jpg for the picture. any idea what im looking at here how much for the oem replacement hoses can i just buy the hoses any reason why generic hose from an autoparts store wouldnt work what is the exact name of this part im beginning to think that fate is trying to tell me not to sell this truck! thanks hmm... he thought it had gone to the dogs huh any quality vacuum hose should work.. mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : henry
trey wrote trey wrote lena <lenagainster@gmail.com> wrote in message op said he wanted truck for occasional weekend use trips to the airport. doesnt need 4wd for that. what if he needs to pull a loaded grain wagon out of the field and plow snow thats laying on top of an inch of ice on the way to the airport i the old j20 i have started life as a farm truck with my father inlaw and was used to pull grain wagons and trailers weighing up to 23000lbs out of the field and it has no locking diffs and i bought it off of him 16 years ago when he bought a new truck also with open diffs. i pushed snow with it for over 11 years in all kinds of conditon including a blizzard once and never got stuck in all those years. i also have a 2000 k3500 with open diffs that has been stuck twice once when it slipped of of a lane with all tires slipping and once on a country lane and when it did all 4 tires spun on the icy under snow and a locker would not have done anything. i pulled it out with the j20 with its open axles. if you really want good preformance on thick ice you need studded tires or chians and some weight not a locker because you want positive directional control with no fishtailing which a locker will do on ice most of the time. i run 4 studded tires on one of my trucks and it is nice in ice especailly when transporting or speading salt on ice coverd lots directional control is paramount when plowing snow. i plan to restore j20 someday as itis now retired to sitting in barn though it still runs well. when i meet my wife i had a 72 3/4 t gmc with a 4 speed and open diffs and we used to have contests to see who could pull the biggest loads out of field and up to mill. it was about a draw. after he sold his 3 year old 2wd ford with a locker and got the j20 when he or i would get bogged down we were spinning all 4 tires and we could disconect and drive away and use a tractor to pull out wagons that were sunk in too deep to pull out with truck. when i ran with 3 to 4000lbs of grain in bed it never got hung up and rarely did without it. there are some instances where a locker will help but it is not the must have that some make it out to be with a 4x4 and if i bought a new 4x4 plow truck tomorrow it would have open diffs. with a 2wd a locker does tend to be more helpful sometimes. sure a locker is not 100% required but there are some areas i have taken my truck where i had a wheel in the air and the other three on the ground. the adjacent tire would just spin. i also know that in the rain the limited slip in my truck makes the truck fishtail a lot quicker then an open diff. a friend of mine was parked on the side of the road in his 4x4 excursion. the two driver side wheels were on pavement and the passenger side wheel were in the dirt/mud. he put it in 4wd and the passenger side tires just kept spinning and didnt go anywhere. i guess if you have enough weight to overcome any traction issues with the hp output then the locking diff would not be all that helpful. i think the best setup would be a selectable locker lockable on demand that is a open diff otherwise as you would have no surprises and could lock it if when you want it locked not when it wants to. i would try one of them i think if it was a oem option on a new truck. maybe someday it will be widely availble instead of on a few select vehicals. one more thing if you are looking at making/configuring a plow truck pay attention to front axle weight and capacity because a plow will add about 1000 to 1200 lbs or more to it for offset leverage and weight. get the stiffest springs possible and i prefer gas engines because they weight a lot less so there is less weight on axle with a plow than with a diesel. my k3500 weighs 3300lbs up front without plow and 4300lbs with it in carry and gawr is 4800 so i am in limits for warranty. with a diesel it would be over and that wht gm generally does not warrant plows on diesel p/us. dodge upgrade axle in o3 to 5600lbs or so because of problems with d60s with cummins and plows. even still a truck that weight over 5000 lbs on front axle with a plow mounted and 3000lbs or less in the rear is not going to be the most stable thing on slick pavement. -- posted using the http//www.autoforumz.com interface at authors request articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards topic url http//www.autoforumz.com/dodge-help-decide-pls-ftopict121296.html visit topic url to contact author reg. reqd. report abuse http//www.autoforumz.com/eform.phpp=590482 .
From : henry
i finally had someone coming to buy my 01.5 cummins 4x4 quad cab http//utilityoffroad.com/dodge and he brought cash. we got in it to take a test drive and the 4x4 light kept blinking. scared of buying a lemon the buyer walked. - boy this weekend did suck for trying to sell vehicles.... i was trying to sell my car it runs fine but when first buyer comes to look at it....... clickclickclick dead battery throw the battery charger on it and the first guy that came to look sunday pulled out the cash and drove off happy. anyone got a cheap dodge truck to sell in sw arkansas........ time for another truck in my life .
From : mightyyall
is that even legal to hunt them absolutely. montana is a sportsmans paradise. -- nathan w. collier http//7slotgrille.com http//utilityoffroad.com .
From : tom lawrence
tom lawrence wrote anyway i checked out that website posted earlier. i didnt see where to order the master install kit. i emailed them for instructions and price for the kit. i assume it doesnt matter for the ratio since thats based on my own ring and pinion gears. this is correct. also youre saying i wont need the carrier and pinion bearings i thought everyone was saying i should replace them with aftermarket bearings unless that meant just the axle bearings ill be getting the dealer where i bought it to do the work. i think that will be better to keep it in the trucks records. actually what he is saying is that you will not need the pinion bearings if the pinion is not touched but you will need the carrier bearings. the master install kit will have all of the bearings needed as well as some parts that you will not need. if the installer knows what he is doing you may want to ask him what it will cost to replace the pinion bearings with the high quality ones included in the install kit since dc used shit bearings there as well. is there an lsd for the front or should i just leave that alone you can ge them but unless you are doing some serious off-roading i would leave the front diff alone. the truck has the electronic awd option and figure that doesnt mean anything anyway other than the transfer case keeping all 4 well almost 4 going all the time. what bugs me is whats the difference between awd and 4hi which are the selectable options on the dash a transfer case that has awd capability has a diff inside of the transfer case to allow the front and rear axles to turn at different speeds which they do when you are turning. in awd this diff is operational but when you put it into 4hi the transfer case diff is locked locking the axles together like a part time unit does for maximum traction. iow dont use 4hi on dry roads. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .