Well, as of tomorrow my wife and I will have another Durango. Will be trading our GTI for it. WE have a 98 Durango with 158.000 on it now, but the body is a rust bucket from hell. THe 02 has a 5.9 and I'm glade. I like the magnum. I have one in my 1500.
Will be changing the tires and wheels from the 98 to the 02, but other then that don't seem to any thing else to do to it from what I can tell on a short drive. What was channged time that time from the 98 to the 02 if any thing important?

 

well the dash was changed in 01

 

and pretty much all of the computers, and most of the interior. Here's a link to allpar.com that has all of the info in as much detail as possible. http://www.allpar.com/model/durango.html

 

Well I did get the Durango for my wife and that wait well. Changed the tries around and cleaned it up for her. I did state I was only able to take it for a short drive before we got it, now I wish I had taken it on a longer drive.

The Durango has a vibervation and you start to feel it at 35 and it get s it high point around 48 to 50. I know it's not the tires or wheels. The Vibervation was there before I changed them over. I was hoping that was the problem. I did check the U joints and CV axles, but they seem fine. IS there a known problem here I should look at before I take it to a shop to be looked at?

I should add it seems to go away when you lift off of the gas, but returns when you give it gas again

 

did you check ball joints? how bad of a vibration are we talking here?

 

Go over u joints again...and check the transmission mount. Also all the bolts for the transfer case to transmission. My expedition had a bad vibration and it turned out to be the tail housing was cracked.

 

It's bad enough that it should be repaired if it all possible.I did try to shake the U joints, but they would move at all. I may take the drive shaft out and just change the Ujoints. I'm sure it couldn't hurt

 

it's possible a weight may have come off the drive shaft also. Check for any welding on the driveshaft where a weight could be missing from

 

I did look for one, but didn't see one on it, but since it's so low to the ground it's hard to see. I will have to check again.

 

are we talking about the same trucks? i wouldnt consider them low to the ground, hell i slide underneath mine w/o lifting it up no problems.