| From | Message |
will
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
3/04/2003
01:57:49
|
 Subject: rear diff
IP: Logged
Message:
i recently purchased a '95 dakota sport ext cab 4x4 with auto and was on my lawn unloading a couch i backed onto the lawn in 4 hi so as not to spin out in the wet grass and after unloading i dissengaged the 4wd(force of habit) and a small stump was in front of the rear wheel i pulled forward and both rear tires spun when i came to the stump in stead of just one anyway i was wondering if the old dakotas came with some sort of limmited or fully locked rear diff please help im new to dakotas. if possible email me @ w_otley@yahoo.com thank you
|
94dakota
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
3/04/2003
15:17:36
|  RE: rear diff
IP: Logged
Message:
I have a 94 sport standard cab 4x4, and mine by the looks of the performance doesn't have any locking mechanism in the back. People think that limited slips last forever, but if one was in there, it would of worn away years ago. Probably both the tires lost traction. Put one tire in mud or wet grass, and the other tire on dry pavement. Probably only 1 will turn, but if both turn you have somethin back there.
|
will
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
3/06/2003
15:22:51
| RE: rear diff
IP: Logged
Message:
thats a good idea ill try that as soon as the road drys off
|
Walt Felix
Dodge Dakota
JOIN HERE
3/12/2003
10:34:22
|  RE: rear diff
IP: Logged
Message:
A rear locker has never been offered from the factory. Dakotas always came standard with an open rear diff. A limited slip diff (or posi in GM terms) is optional. It may have been included with some of the option packages, but the base model Dakota has always been an open diff as standard equipment. Look at the build/options tag under your hood. There will be listed your gear ratio and whether or not your truck was optioned with a LS. Also, even though your truck spun both tires doesn't necessarily mean you have a limited slip. An open diff will spin both tires under the right conditions. An old trick with vehicles that were stuck with an open diff was to lightly apply the e-brake. If you caught it just right, it would add enough torque to the freely spinning wheel to shift some of the power to the opposite side and get the lazy wheel to turn also.
Walt
|
| | P 1 |
|
Post a reply to this message:
Username Registration: Optional
All visitors are allowed to post messages
|
