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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / 4x4 Cars / June 2006

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'91 Dodge Dakota Problem.

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Spooky - 28 Jun 2006 07:15 GMT
I have a '91 Dodge Dakota 4x4. When driving down the road i can hear a
"humming" type of noise coming from the back of the truck. No i don't
have big nobbie snow tires on it. It only does it while i accelerate,
when i let off the pedel it will stop. I also noticed when going around
a turn, it has a metal to metal "grinding" noise like the axle is going
to slide right out of the rear housing.

It sounds like the rear is shot to me. Anyone else have this problem or
know what it may be? I know it doesn't have anything to do with the
tranny or transfer case cause i had those completely rebuilt.
Any help would be appreciated!
.boB - 28 Jun 2006 18:30 GMT
> I have a '91 Dodge Dakota 4x4. When driving down the road i can hear a
> "humming" type of noise coming from the back of the truck. No i don't
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> tranny or transfer case cause i had those completely rebuilt.
> Any help would be appreciated!

    This is a real common problem with Dodge diffs.  The carrier bearings don't last
nearly as long as they should.  They usually only last 60-80K miles, so you did
pretty well with a 15 year old truck.
     Sounds like you need a rebuild. My '95 Ram needed it at 70K, and my '01 Dakota
need it at 65K.  With LSD and new gears, that runs about $850 around here  (CO).
     If you do much off roading, or drive in heavy snow a lot, you should consider a
worm gear drive instead of LSD.  It's a tad more expensive (<$100), but a whole lot
stronger and works better.

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Spooky - 30 Jun 2006 01:22 GMT
Thanks for the reply. I guess i got quite a bit of use out of the rear
before showing any signs of trouble, considering i have 138K on it now.
Thanks for the help!
Spooky
 
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