UPDATE: 99 ram rear end noise
From : mac davis
Q: with regards to k&n all dirt issues aside most people forget all about volumetric efficiency with regard to an air filters cfm rate. does k&n outflow most paper filters hell yes. however a standard wix or purolator paper filter specicific to a particular vehicle is capable of delivering more air than the engine can use assuming 100% volumetric efficiency. since most gas engines operate nowhere near 100% ve most are closer to 60-70% the paper filters are capable of delivering more air than the engine can realistically use. so in comes k&n with its higher cfm ratings compared to paper and what do you have unuseable air. sure it flows more cfm but the engine physically cant use it assuming its naturally aspirated. that about sums it up. now toss in that extra 1% of dirt or 150% or angular velocity wtf were we talking about again oh yeah uhhhhh...........hmmmmmmm......... who remembers or actually who really cares does anybody really use a k$n and as ive also said before its a matter of amusing myself by watching tbone spin his ass into a tizzy trying to show us how much he knows. in this case while his basic idea might be one view his math sucks ass. you speak the truth good sir! you both do. roy doc /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. max dodge wrote no shit tom like i said a million times its 1.5. yup expressed as a percentage thats 150% soooooo 3% / 2% = 150% or 50% more than the original amount. sooooo if the original amount was 2% of the whole and we now let 3% of the whole its 50% more. the only thing fuzzy here is t-bones ability to look at whats being measured. and what is being measured started with a value of 100% but you are attempting to use new values to make your point. 2% is only 1% more than 3% when the denominator of all three points is the same. youve been listen to gary blabber so long your starting to believe him. jerry .
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From : mac davis
on sat 25 jun 2005 001104 gmt fred fxxallen@shaw.ca wrote hey mac! i have a 99 with lsd as well....would really appreciate some info on your problem...how many miles on your unit...service history etc. fred fred.. we got it new to us with 58k on it so we dont know the service history only that it wasnt serviced at our local dealer.. at about 64k it started making kind of a whining noise... got worse and worse and they were finally able to track it to the differential after inspecting and replacing the u-joints... they thought that the noise was u-joints but that didnt help.. well it helped us since it was warranty work mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : fred
ron stitt wrote i have a 1996 dodge diesel 2500 2wd and i am in the process of changing the ball joints. the truck is jacked up on the frame in my garage and i have the nuts off the upper and lower ball joints. how do i get the spindle or axle or what ever is the correct term for it off i have a jack under the lower arm and when i raise it it also moves the upper arm. does it just take some heavy hitting to break it loose i have the press to remove and replace the ball joints after i get the spindle off. do i use the press to force the spindle off. any help would be appreciated. ron if it aint broke fix it until it is. they way i do it is to use a fork splitter and seperate the upper ball joint stud from the upper connections first if both joints are being replaced then split the lower one. it is a fork designed to pop the tapered studs out and any good parts shop or discount tool place would carry them. they come in a few different sizes and you need to get the right one or a set of about 3 of them will take carry of your current and future needs. -- 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-ball-joint-expert-ftopict126053.html visit topic url to contact author reg. reqd. report abuse http//www.autoforumz.com/eform.phpp=614358 .
From : snoman
sounds like a ball joint idler arm pitman arm or tie rod end. in that order. steve or intermediate steering shaft. i have the same problem in my ram. .
From : mac davis
on sat 25 jun 2005 193519 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote on fri 24 jun 2005 132128 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote i know what you mean. each time you look at all those names it is so sad. i still have a hard time with it. finally was able to find and touch the name of a bro i was real tight with guess that is a step. the tribute that was done for the nurses was real moving wasnt a dry eye there. hell bro i dont know how anybody can look at the wall and not shed a tear. you would think that the boys in washington would learn. roy yeah this last visit i took a couple of the grand kids with us.... tried to explain to then that every name on that wall was a real person that was taken away from their family... these 2 understood they lost their dad 3 years ago tried to get them to imagine all those people most of them teenagers that will never come home... its hard because when you have almost 60000 names i have a hard time wrapping my mind around it... yeah it really is a fucked up deal. just gotta do what ya can so it never happens again. it would seem that the country has learned that although you disagree with the policy you have to back those in the military who carry out that policy. saw a thing on the a month or so ago some gis in uniform moving through a airport civilans waiting to board stood and applauded the gis. that was a real nice change. roy .
From : mac davis
i bought a 2001 dodge dakota cc 2x4 slt and i love it but there was no owners manual you can get a manual for $10 from http//www.techauthority.daimlerchrysler.com .
From : roy
i never said that i know everything and unlike you i can and do admit to error. no you dont hence the long thread trying to get you to figure out math when using precentages long lol perhaps you should read and comprehend the twisted path you and your butt buddy made out of the thread. while the thread was long my input as far as the math itself goes was short. segueing back into why k&n filters arent the good idea they look like and going further back to... that was not me again this time it was you. i simply said that you and gary use the percentages in a misleading manor and the only thing that really matters is what each filter lets in relative to the total volume of dirt and if it is within specifications of the engine not to each other. i never said if the k&n was either good or bad. well almost anything you talk about the latest example being o2 sensors. once again continuing to distort the facts to suit your needs. most people will go back and look at facts you whine till someone proves it to you. while this may be true both you and gary continue to whine and spin even when someone does prove it. unfortunately unlike the legal system being honest means finding the proof yourself. bullshit what it really means is that you never intend to back up any of your bull. even if i were the transmission expert that you claim to be never claimed to be a trans expert. thats a title people including yourself have labelled me with. how would i know the answer to that without even seeing it sadly you often give answers based on not seeing the problem. as do you! sorry max but your question and example are as usual pointless. thats only because you command of the language and the art of conversation are so lacking that you are the only one missing the point. only in your tiny little troll mind. real mechanics and technicians encounter real problems that need real solutions not bullshit slingers such as yourself..... unless of course you have the answer instead of a notsosmartass question to ask in return. nice spin but no dice. this is not a question about real mechanics and their skills. this is about people you and gary who think that they know everything and then try to hide when they get something wrong. if it were about that do you really think i would have posted in an open forum that im having a difficult problem with a ford trans sure you would even experts get stumped and saying that you cant figure something out is not admitting to error. the evidence against your claim is the very post you are replying to. lol not even close. and of all the people to talk about slinging bull hell you are a self admitted troll even in this thread and that is the primary function of a troll to sling bull. yes in this thread that is exactly what im doing. and its working very well. this and just about every other thread you post to but it not working as well as you think or at least not in the way that you think. now how exactly do you get a linear force out of a lever well a lever puts out the same type of force that is put into it the rest should be easy to figure out. hint location of the fulcrum is everything. hint you still dont know wtf you are talking about and the fact that it has a fulcrum proves it cant so once again you lose!. so have you got the answer i asked for or just more running off at the mouth yep i have no idea why it is acting that way just like you. however unlike your buddy i do know how a tc works. see i knew you couldnt answer the question without a lame bullshit line. it is not a bs line it is a fact. you do so well at looking up other stuff i figured you could look up my problem as well. i probably could but so can you. stop being so damn lazy and look it up yourself. care to try again sure making you look like an idiot and watching you dance for me is always fun. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : roy
wrong again asshat whats the matter gary still upset over the torque converter an o2 sensor outputs high volts when the difference between inside and outside o2 levels is maximum zero volts when they are the same you are wrong as well asswipe. while you are correct on the response for oxygen content it does not compare the outside to the exhausr stream. it looks at the % content of oxygen in the exhaust stream only. bullshit dickweed the sensor has to have a benchmark to compare the exhaust gas o2 level to here read this oxygen analyzers - principle of operation zirconium oxide sensor the sensor used in meecos oxytek ppb oxygen analyzer is made of the solid state oxygen ion conducting electrolyte material zirconium oxide. due to oxygen vacancies in the ceramic lattice at temperature over 450 degrees centigrade oxygen ions are mobile in the solid material. it is this property that enables the measurement of oxygen in a gas of unknown composition. when two gases of differing oxygen concentrations are on opposite sides of a zirconium oxide membrane each side with a conductive platinum electrode material a dc voltage is generated that is a function of the difference in oxygen concentration. in practice one side of the membrane is a known reference gas typically air and the opposite side is the unknown sample gas to be measured. more at http//www.meeco.com/pages/apop.htm#zirconiumoxide my mistake what i read was talking about the sensor looking for 2% o2 in the exhaust stream and never mentioned needing oxygen on the other side of the sensor element. now i know something i didnt know before. maybe someday you might learn something ah hell who am i kidding. so high volts would mean there is no o2 in the exhaust stream hence it is running very rich already not always. if the senssor is always high or high as in above expected voltages the computer will flag it as a problem which in this case it did and go into open loop mode which just about always results in lower mileage although sometimes in more power as well. bullshit again it will stay in closed loop as long as cts is reading above the ecms programmed level bullshit. the computer flagged a code stating that the o2 sensor is not operating properly and the op also stated that his mileage has gone down and that the engine may be running rich which is also a sign that the engine is remaining in open loop mode. why would the computer depend on a sensor that it knows ihas failed why is it that even when you are right as rare as that is you have to be an asshole to the point of making yourself wrong again ........................................... you really dont understand do you far more than you do pinhead. i warned you this would happen id kick your ass every time you fucked up take it like a man once again gary you really should follow your own advice. now are you going to admit to your error on converter fluid flow or continue to be a little pussy -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : tbone
see his exceedingly brilliant reply where i point out that the ratio between 75% and 25% can be expressed as a percentage............ yeah. what kills me is a common calculator like mine that is pushing 30 years old can tell you the proper percentage and they all think its going to prove their point. maybe new math is to blame..... -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. are you still trying to pass of your stupidity as math........ a percentage is a certain proportion of a particular value. it always relies on 100% as the complete value and 0% as the non-existent value. therefore 200% is twice the complete value. to explain this an alloy may be 25% steel and 75% copper. therefore there is 3 times as much copper as there is steel. if an employee had a 200% increase in salary his salary would be 3 times as big. this is because he would have twice the complete value on top of his original salary. must not be able to find any little old ladies to rip off lately....... truly brilliant in the hypocrisy of it all. jerry whines about me coming just for an argument and then goes off and jumps in one for himself. must be a friggin amusement park. only i dont deny my motives. -- max see his exceedingly brilliant reply where i point out that the ratio between 75% and 25% can be expressed as a percentage............ .
From : snoman
tbone wrote the thing is that changing the gears especially the pinion add a whole new level of difficulty that most would rather avoid if possible. it is only as difficult as you make it. it is actually easier to setup new gear with new bearings than old gears with new bearings. i know as i have done it both ways. when you setup a old gear with new bearings you need to get the exact pattern as you had before whether it was right or wrong to begin with because gear is worn in and it may be noisy or become noisy if you do not get it back to same point. i guess that depends on what bearings you are replacing. if you are just replacing just the carrier bearings it is very easy to get the pattern back and unless the gears show signs of wear i would leave them alone but if you are replacing the pinion bearings then it would make sense to replace the gears if they have any mileage on them. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : roy
yeah rattling is a classic symptom of a bad cat expecially in reverse and backing at slow speed but not many realize it. everyone just thinks somethings loose but when they look under the truck theres nothing obvious unless you happen to kick the cat. glad to hear you got yours replaced under warranty. t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com writes mine bombed out at 79800 and started to rattle. i was real lucky that it started making noise when it did or i would have been paying out the big bucks. i brought the truck in for the hood latch recall and asked then to check it for me and they replaced it on the spot. i was surprised and impressed and if i still lived in nj that is where i would be buying my next car. .
From : tbone
internal friction what exactly is frictioning how about the fluid both itself as well as its contact with the tc internals. youve got to be kidding me. 50 points to you if you can answer correctly 100 bonus points for explaining the path of the fluid path of the fluid lol now who is trying to change the subject to spin away from error. ill just add that 50 points to the thousands you have already gave me. looks like you cant answer either question. hint the fluid starts in the pan he he he. looks like you dont know wtf you are talking about. as for the friction part please explain how the converter gets hot when under load here is a tip fluid viscosity. as far as the fluid flow he is asking about the flow path inside of the converter such as from the impeller to the turbine thru the stator and back to the impeller.. wrong again braniac from impeller thru stator to turbine then repeat hahahahahahahaha you got it backwards shit for brains. you claim to know about this stuff and even an admitted complete amateur me knows more than you do how sad. you do know that the stator has a one way bearing right. if the fluid went into the stator first why would it need one and come to think of it why would the trans need the stator then come to think of it how would it amplify low end torque if it received the fluid ahead of the turbine it looks like you dont even know what the purpose of the stator is some transmission expert. were you the guy in the aamco commercial many year back with the garden hose that claimed to rebuild the same transmission 17 times you just cant help yourself can you not when you make it this easy. face it gary you blew it. despite all your spinning and modified header changes when it comes down to actual knowledge you really dont know shit. now lets see if maxi is dumb enough to try and back you up on this. http//auto.howstuffworks.com/torque-converter.htm/printable perhaps this link may help you out. after you learn how a converter actually works we can talk again but until then you lose hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : snoman
why dont you look at the purpose of the stator and then you will see where it gets it name. what it does and how it does it can be two very different things. hey heres a good chance for oyu to redeem yourself i have no need to redeem myself. you on the other hand... explain the function of the stator where it is physically situated how it is held in position............the whole works show your stuff bonehead....................you keep implying that you know all this stuff impress us ! 500 points if you get it correct -250 if you pull your usual chicken-shit change-the-subject crap again lol talk about trying to change the subject. what does me explaining the internal workings of a tc have to do with you errors oh yea nothing. just another lame attempt of yours at trying to change the subject again and then try to accuse me of it. hey youre the one that said it produces torque true but not the only one to say that and neither you or max have been able to prove otherwise. max showed that he doesnt even know what a lever is or how it works with his linear force bs and you proved beyond all doubt that you dont know how a tc operates with your backwards fluid flow and no idea what the stator actually does so i can see how you simply dont understand how it can produce more torque. just thought id give you a chance to tell us how............... actually i think that it is more in line with you wanting me to expalin how it works so that you can understand it. but your reply to another post proves you know jack shit about tc no suprise beekeep is right it must really suck to be you. you accuse me of not knowing jack and then give completely wrong information on a subject that you claim to be an expert on so who is the real asshole come to think of it jerry has you pretty well pegged too shadetree. this was fun but it is getting old so im done here but im sure that we will start again... -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : mac davis
the self diagnostic code was 1 2 5 5the fuel pump souds like its workingany other suggestions .