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3/01/2007
01:46:25

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The other night i was up on the mountain just cruisin the logging roads.. I got up to the snow and up to the top. I got to the turn around spot and slid into the not quite ditch and got stuck. I was almost out when my front differential broke clean off the mounts and snapped the front driveshaft. The diff was sitting on my skid plate haha..

I have a 2000 Dakota club cab 4X4 4.7 V8 AT SLT and 31/12.5/15 Toyo MT's

Has anyone else torn the front end right out of their truck? Also the right CV Axle came apart..

I made it 2X4 till i can fix it. I want to do a Dana 44 SAS

=)



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3/01/2007
13:53:06

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Last I checked, mine was still in place.



Kota Kid
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3/02/2007
19:33:38

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Mine too!



Clint
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3/14/2007
16:24:51

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i have seen this happen to a couple of dakotas, some luckier than others. one guy broke his, we put a used one in and he broke it a couple days later.....apparently he is very abusive on his truck...he was spinning it in 4high in the snow and it caught.



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3/15/2007
00:40:33

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First time I heard of it on a Dakota but, Here in Montana there are a lot of ranchers with the Diesels that are doing this. Never seen it happen myself and these ranchers claim they had a loaded trailer behind them so I assume they are overloading the trucks and the diesel engine is a bit much for the trucks when it is asked to grunt. I have a cousin rancher that lost the front end twice and the standard trany once, all on warranty.



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3/18/2007
02:04:16

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my truck never broke a diff... but i have shattered a few cv axles.... 6 to be exact.... i guess 35's were not ment to be on a stock front end... o-well i have a dana 50 now



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3/19/2007
10:12:18

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I've seen it happen quite a few times on 97-99 Dakotas with the front Dana35 IFS center section, but this is the first time with the C205mm in a 2000+. Your front diff has an aluminum housing so it seems very possible. I'm not surprised.

Most often when I here about this happening I hear a common description of what happened. Someone gets stuck, gets a lot of wheel spin while trying to power out and suddenly a front tire grabs traction and grenades the front diff out of the aluminum housing. They don't take kindly to sudden, high spikes in torque.

Walt



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3/24/2007
21:03:13

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Learn something every day.
Suppose that is what happens when stylists design trucks?
You all were talking of independent suspended front ends?



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4/02/2007
13:54:03

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"I made it 2X4 till i can fix it. I want to do a Dana 44 SAS "

When i broke my front diff this past weekend, i didnt turn it into a piece of wood. but it will be running 4X2 for a while.
its a shame that dodge cant build a good front end. my buddies ford ranger never had this problem.



TJ
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4/03/2007
01:42:43

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just SAS it ... i have tons of pictures ... chack out www.myspace.com/tj5854 i have my dak on 46's



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