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2002SportDak
Dodge Dakota
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11/24/2004
16:42:17
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On rainy roads do any of you all notice that your dakota spins or slides on the pavement. I have noticed this with mine. Tires are good. Just on wet roads when Pulling out or going around a curve I can feel my backend sliding?
What could the problem be?
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ZoSo
Dodge Dakota
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11/24/2004
16:49:34
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Your problem is.....it's a truck that's what it does! There is no weight in the rear.
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furball69
Dodge Dakota
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11/26/2004
01:06:26
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And this is bad? I thought it was a selling point.
If you don't like it keep your foot off the gas.
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DakotaOwner01
Dodge Dakota
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11/26/2004
03:36:17
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I love the fact that I can punch it and slide the rain its fun, scares the wife too.
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caulk04
Dodge Dakota
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11/26/2004
14:27:52
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Heh...mine will cut a 'nut if I stomp it in the rain, dry pavement slides.
...I have stock good-fora-year RT/S that are about shot.
4.7 and LSD doesn't help either :)
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TexasTodd
Dodge Dakota
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11/28/2004
20:51:09
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If you have the limited slip, or LSD rear end,
it's much worse!!!! You think it'd be better on wet corners at first thought, but it's not.
This is basically for lower speed, tighter radius corners, as when you're leaving a stop sign or light.
why, as has been discussed somewhere before,
In the corner, on the gas a little, the outside wheel is going a farther distance than the inside wheel. So with LSD, the inside wheel then gets more power put to it, and on a wet corner, accelerating, it actually breaks loose and pushes the outside wheel around. The open rear are much safer on wet corners when acclerating.
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Hammerdak
Dodge Dakota
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11/28/2004
21:41:41
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2002sportdak,
..Your problem is mostly caused by the stock Goodyear RTS tires I'm assuming you have on your truck.
In a word ...their 5hit !
Get some Michelin LTX M+S tires all around and you'll be happier.
If this is your first pickup ..well you'll just have to become accustomed to counter-steering . It's part of pickup truck driving with a heavy foot.
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