BigDawgz
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I've been talking alot to my buddies that work at Dodge/Jeep dealerships and they agree w/me on this. The older...say 1988 (like Mine!)...lol...XJ's had the axles that were built entirely by DANA. The newer Dana's....with the "C" designation were finished (tubes pressed in) by Chrysler. Anyways...to make a long story short...my friends were present in a meeting with Dana reps/engineers and what was said was this:
All of my buddies at the dealerships who work on these say that the D35's that were completely assembled by DANA....have much fewer instances of breakage.
The matter became such an issue and Chrysler had to re-do/warranty so many that Chrysler had some of the Tech's/Service Managers meet with some of the Engineers from Dana...to see if they could find out what the problem with these axles was.
The engineers from Dana say that Chrysler messed up by not getting the tubes as "square" (when pressed in) w/the diff's. And that Chrysler let these go out with a slight "bend"(or unsquareness) in them....and DANA'S more stringent quality control would have never allowed this to happen.
The Chrysler Tech's that I know agree w/this as well....and said that they thought this caused many of the inherent....weakness problem's with the D35c's.
The Tech's I'm talking about are very good mechanics that I've known for years...and most of them are true "gearheads"....1 has a blown alcohol-injected dragster...1 of the others has a USAR Hooters Pro Cup car...I've off-roaded w/them and truly trust them & their opinions.
My question is this....Could this be the reason for some of the D35's holding up....to say...35"s....and other D35's breaking w/30" tires and even w/stock rubber?
I know this doesn't make up for other weaknesses with this axle....but this could definitely answer why some guys can Use/Abuse their D35's...while others experience breakage rather easily.
Aron
All of my buddies at the dealerships who work on these say that the D35's that were completely assembled by DANA....have much fewer instances of breakage.
The matter became such an issue and Chrysler had to re-do/warranty so many that Chrysler had some of the Tech's/Service Managers meet with some of the Engineers from Dana...to see if they could find out what the problem with these axles was.
The engineers from Dana say that Chrysler messed up by not getting the tubes as "square" (when pressed in) w/the diff's. And that Chrysler let these go out with a slight "bend"(or unsquareness) in them....and DANA'S more stringent quality control would have never allowed this to happen.
The Chrysler Tech's that I know agree w/this as well....and said that they thought this caused many of the inherent....weakness problem's with the D35c's.
The Tech's I'm talking about are very good mechanics that I've known for years...and most of them are true "gearheads"....1 has a blown alcohol-injected dragster...1 of the others has a USAR Hooters Pro Cup car...I've off-roaded w/them and truly trust them & their opinions.
My question is this....Could this be the reason for some of the D35's holding up....to say...35"s....and other D35's breaking w/30" tires and even w/stock rubber?
I know this doesn't make up for other weaknesses with this axle....but this could definitely answer why some guys can Use/Abuse their D35's...while others experience breakage rather easily.
Aron