I have a 95 dakota slt extended cab 4x4 the frame rotted and snapped in half. What is the difference between the 4x4 frame and the 2 wheel drive frame if I was able to get a 2 wheel drive frame since that's all I can find at junk yards and on craigslist

 

Front suspension is totally different. Won't have provisions for the stuff you need to bolt on. Nope, you need a frame from a 4x4.

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Just out of idle curiosity, would it be possible to find the whole truck? Doesn't really matter what shape the rest of it is in..... so long as the frame is decent.

 

I found a 4x4 frame for my '93 which was completely rotted. Yeah, the 2wd has coil springs up front. Our 4x4s have torsion bars (and therefore they have a torsion bar x-member). I'm not sure what else is different, but you will not be able to do a straight swap with a 4x2 frame...custom work will absolutely be required.

 

Thanks for the reply and help. I have been looking for a donor truck I haven't found any in my area I live in northern jersey so. I will keep looking and let you guys know how I make out.

 

Oh good luck... I actually found mine in south Jersey. I found a number of trucks before the frame, but the craigslist posters never got back to me or just stopped responding.

Don't give up, scour craigslist every day and call everyone who has a 4x4 ext. Cab...you will find one eventually.

 

Ok thanks il keep looking the people that found in craigslists they don't even reply and the don't leave a phone number

 

I'm going to move your post to the 1st Gen Dakota section. You may get more response to your question. Have you tried wrecking yard from the west coast? Or the mid west?

 

I'm not too far from you, use Searchtempest.com and just set it to about 400 miles. Eventually you'll find one in south jersey, Lancaster County or south into Maryland/Virginia. I've had luck doing it that way.

Where did the frame snap at? If you find one for a regular cab or long bed you can always look into piecing together and welding up a frame for your truck.

 

Ok and no I haven't went out that far to look for a frame I've been searching the east coast from Maine to Carolina I have found a few on craigslist that I emailed but only one person got back to me and he said he scrapped the truck already. I've never heard of the site I'm going to check it out today aNd my frame snapped like a foot maybe less right before the rear arch

 

By the leaf spring mount ?