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1998 Dodge Dakota Base Reg Cab 112 WB Sport

1998 Dodge Dakota
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Rear Wheel Drive, Reg Cab 6.5'
20 mpg city / 25 mpg hwy
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December 28, 2012, 1:28 pm

Austin A
 

Question: Lifted club cab 4x4 dodge dakota

Alright I lifted a dodge dakota 4x4 with a 3inch body and 3inch suspension lift so 6inch all together. Well it worked great. Its weird too because both sides of the front half shafts have splines. Anyways long story short the splines started to come out of the differential even with the 1'' spacers.

So what could cause this?
HOW DO I FIX?


January 8, 2013, 9:06 pm

Richard W
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To much lift is what caused this. Get a bigger spacer for the shafts.


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