Im havin a great Dodge Day. Im running a 87 dakoda as a daily driver for my Dish instalation business. 311+ miles and still going. Having some issues though, a violent shaking with anything but a gentle acceleration from stop. Im looking to every one who may have some ideas that may help.

 

Welcome to DF! I will move this to the 1st gen Dakota section.

 

The drive shaft could be out of balance, could have a bad universal joint, or could be one of your motor / transmission mounts.

 

Thats how mine started. It got increasingly more intense, and then finally failure of the U joint at the slip yolk at the T case. Broke the lobe on the yoke, and the drive shaft.

$161.00 for the yolk at Advance auto,
and $140.00 for a junkyard drive shaft.