99 2500 TD 4X4 Brakes grab

From : dspencer77

Q: its not you......he will do jus fine. henry if it is a 4.7 or 318 i would rear gear rear axle with 4.56 gears do not let numbers scare you as od takes the bit out of it and it will pull it fine if you also add a aux tranny cooler. if it is a 360 try 4.10 gears with same aux cooler. are you insane re-gear a truck because of a 1-mile tow once a week is it me or is there an inordinate amount of over-thinking when it comes to towing in this group lately its a 22 boat not a d9 cat fer cryin out loud... hell be just fine with whatever he has. .

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From : nosey

hubmachineatgmail.com wrote i am in the process of buying a motorboat. i paln to tow it with my 01 1500 2wd ram. it does not have the factory tow package. what mods should i do to the truck to safely tow this boat 120 miles back to home and then 1 mile to the boat ramp on weekends thanks for your help. cliff hubbard -------------------------------- i realize this is a dodge group ive got a maxiwagon but for many years i pulled a 24 foot pontoon boat on a double axle trailer with a 94 astro van. just added a good hitch and a wiring kit. it was about a 50 mile round trip. you should be just fine with your setup. mark .

From : tom lawrence

the dc axle used in the 4x4 1500 is the same one used in the wheel drive and the dakota. the axle design itself is not bad it is the low quality bearings they put in them to save about $5.00 per axle. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving tbone wrote tea except for the pos rear axle that the dakota and 1500 series rams use. not sure which axle they use in a dakota but they use a pretty stout axle in a 1500 4x4s a lot stronger than a pos axle that gm uses in their 1500 series trucks which can be traced back to the 70s for use in midsized cars before that started puting then in trucks too around 79. -- 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-advice-buy-2001-4x4-ftopict124495.html visit topic url to contact author reg. reqd. report abuse http//www.autoforumz.com/eform.phpp=606463 .

From : henry

hubmachineatgmail.com wrote i am in the process of buying a motorboat. i paln to tow it with my 01 1500 2wd ram. it does not have the factory tow package. what mods should i do to the truck to safely tow this boat 120 miles back to home and then 1 mile to the boat ramp on weekends thanks for your help. cliff hubbard i would use a tranny cooler. personally i think just about every auto tranny car or truck should have one if you live/drive where it routinly gets over 80*; or if you do any kind of towing at all no matter where you live/drive.. go to the bone yard and get the stock parts for an easy install. that will be more than enough. i wouldnt bother re-gearing unless you really want to. if you dont have lsd you should consider that up grade. boat ramps can get a little slick. you dont say what engine you have. but as long as its not a v6 it should have plenty of power. -- ..bob 1997 hd fxdwg - turbocharged! 2001 dodge dakota qc 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 mustang coupe - daily driver 1966 ffr cobra - ongoing project .