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bob70
Dodge Dakota
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3/29/2005
20:03:41
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 Subject: Ever wanna smack your Dak With A hammer?
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I am attempting to take of my control arms to change my upper control arm bushings... the passenger side went fairly smooth, just had to destroy the upper balljoint boot to get it out. I go to the driver side, first start to remove the lower shock bolt, the bastard snaps off flush with the control arm, ok, I start drilling, finally get a hole through the bolt, go to a larger bit, it breaks of in the bolt,
Long story short, get bit out, break off easy out. now in the process of removing lower control arm and getting a different one at junk yard. What does this all have to do with the dak? If the front end wasn't so crappy, I wouldn't be writing this. This Dak is truly a love hate relationship.
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RPRacing
Dodge Dakota
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3/29/2005
20:25:13
|  RE: Ever wanna smack your Dak With A hammer?
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Actually I'd like to drop it out of a C130 over the plant that made the POS. :D
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ugh
Dodge Dakota
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3/31/2005
00:43:29
| RE: Ever wanna smack your Dak With A hammer?
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i think if we get a pool going, we can rent a Globemaster to carry all our daks and drop 'em over hq
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Leviticus
Dodge Dakota
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3/31/2005
02:26:07
| RE: Ever wanna smack your Dak With A hammer?
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Yeah, but i would kinda miss it..
..on another note..i did take a hammer to my Durango...a big 5lb. mallet to the front fender and bumper. It was fun..and stress relieving. Ok,ok, so i only did it to pound the fender back into shape after someone hit me, and i could get the headlight back in..but still.
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TexasTodd
Dodge Dakota
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3/31/2005
18:25:03
| RE: Ever wanna smack your Dak With A hammer?
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...call me stupid, but I never feel this way about my 01, QC Dak.
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scott1981
Dodge Dakota
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3/31/2005
22:51:32
| RE: Ever wanna smack your Dak With A hammer?
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me either, my dak performs flawlessly
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lacent
Dodge Dakota
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4/01/2005
13:04:54
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mine performs flawlessly but i cant keep it on the road, the day it hit 75k 4 days ago, i lost a CV shaft, brakes, ball joints, and have an exhaust leak on the passenger side
talk about luck, its not like they were getting bad over time, i never noticed any noise or anything then all the suddon its like boom, lol
this cv shaft is being a pain, hope you dont have to replace one
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Kaderdak
GenIII
4/01/2005
13:12:07
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The only time I've ever wanted to take a hammer to my Dak was last spring when I was putting on my electric fan....which of course required the removal of the stock clutch, belt driven fan :(
My friend and I didn't have the special tool to hold the water pump pulley while turning the fan off. We tried just about every combination of wrenches, blocks, pipes, etc to try and turn the fan without turning the water pump pulley. After we FINALLY got it off, it appeared as if someone had put locktite on the threads??? I couldn't believe my eyes. But I guess after 120,000 miles of having the engine crank the fan on tighter and tigher it makes sense that it was stuck like a sumofabiatch.
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Mitch
Dodge Dakota
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4/01/2005
14:18:14
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Wow! I'm new to this site but I love it. Glad to know I'm not the only one who gets frustrated while working on my dak. I put on a 3" body lift and accidentally let the steering wheel rotate 360. I didn't think much of it until I drove it. This little mishap caused the clock spring to break, which, in turn, killed my cruise control and caused my airbag light to come on. Costly mistake. Still haven't hit it with a hammer…. yet.
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matt
Dodge Dakota
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4/01/2005
19:51:34
| RE: Ever wanna smack your Dak With A hammer?
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it can be very theraputic. I regularly do upgrades and mods, and eventually it comes down to my favorite tool, my 5 lb whackin hammer! it's a great stress reliever, and doesn't do much harm as long as its not to the body panels!
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