Hello,

Just bought my first Mopar product, 2000 Dodge Dakota, manual with the 4.7...

I was looking at Toyota's and Nissan's, this thing is a caged beast in comparison and with the manual you can ge it to sip gas... ****ing awesome..

Anyway; trying to rebuild a trak-lok; I cannot for the life of me figure out how to pressurize the clutch pack enough to install the axle retaining c- clip. I was able to verify that once compressed it all fits but that was only possible when using the conical (the big concave washer, first one you put on the side gears) BACKWARDS by compressing the stack in a vise and install the w-clips. This is the only way I've been able to get that damn axle- c-clip installed and I did it to verify that my new seals and bearings were in all the way.

So- HTF do you compress the clutch stack/side gear to install the axle c-clips?

Also, tuning was mentioned... what are the effects of one less plate?

 

Bump-help

 

All discs must be in the packs and in the right order and orientation. With and the spider gears and clutch packs installed there should be lots of room to install the axle c clips. You do have the center pin/dowel removed from the carrier when trying to install the axle's.

Starting on page 17 it covers the rebuilding of a Trac lok

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8u...2t2NmY0WDVZNE0

 

Hello,

Wanted to post back since there is differing info. on the web. I also called a driveline expert locally who said it cannot be rebuilt while still mounted.

You ABSOLUTELY can rebuild a trak-lok while the carrier is still mounted in the pumpkin, in my opinion it's the easiest way even though some articles make you remove the carrier and ring gear to do this. 2 steps I don't understand.

You do need a special tool but nothing more then $10.00 worth of hardware can't take care of. Sliding in the spider washers was a breeze as well with the cheap tool