Does anyone know of any aftermarket transfer cases available for a 2002 5.9l auto Ram? Something along the lines of the Atlas or LoMax that are available for the Cherokee.

Thank you for any help.

 

I haven't heard of any.

 

In case anyone is interested apparently Atlas transfer cases do all the parts to fit one of their transfer cases into the Ram. From what everyone has told me they are bullet proof and far better then the garbage Dodge fit to their trucks! The standard unit is a chain driven joke that can't be used unless all your tires are of the same circumference i.e. not worn differently and only on loose gravel or snow! In this day and age on a truck that is unacceptable. Now to try and find an aftermarket transmission that actually has a higher life expectancy then a de-pinned grenade! If I can't find one then I'm getting a Tundra. :-)

 

Yeah, get you that Tundra! I've got two hunting buddies who bought Tundra's, one had his rear end grenade on him with 13k miles on. Dealer told him he was abusing it while towing. Yeah, those whopping 2200 lb. bass boats really do a number on full size trucks!
The other had his cam break, completely doing in his engine, losing his $40k truck to the dealers lot for most of the summer as the replacement cams were on back-order for like 2 months!!!

 

With every manufacturer there are bound to be the odd horror stories but with Chrysler there seems to be too many horror Stories! When I bought this truck it was a toss up between the Tundra and the Ram. The Tundra was $5k more! Surprising as they cost the same new! Resale value says alot about a product. Almost everyone I have spoken to i.e. friends, family, co workers etc. have told me that once they have gone the Jap / European route would never buy another vehicle from the big three again!

I'll tell you a true story. My ex gilfriend has an 2002 Honda Accord. Earlier this year her transmission started grinding at 46k! She was s**ting herself as her warranty was over a year out and she could not afford the $3,000 plus it was going to cost to replace the trans. She took it to her local Honda dealer to see what they could do. She was shocked (so was I!) when they told her that head office gave them permission to replace the transmission free of charge as Honda transmissiond DO NOT fail at 46k!!! They wanted to know what went wrong so Honda could make sure it wouldn't happen again! Now that is what I call service! That is a manufacturer that stands behind their products! Try that with the big three!

 

then get a honda, im happy with my dodge and its problems

 

Unfortunately due to the economic climate I wouldn't get enough trade in on my truck to buy a bicycle! It's funny that my Ex's Honda cost her $6k less then mine (we bought these vehicles at the same time) and now her car is worth $2k more then mine! Go figure!

Hey, cool picture of your truck but I wouldn't use 4 wheel drive to pull it out of that hole as you might wreck your transfer box!

 

Sadly, American vehicles have not held value like the foreign ones since I was a kid. But that said, Honda's have always been among the top for holding their value. My mother had me out looking a couple of months ago because she wanted to trade her Grand Caravan in on a Honda CRV. Since my step father passed away, she no longer needs the bigger vehicle and was looking for better fuel economy when gas was getting upwards of $4 a gallon here.
She found the same plight, her year old Grand Caravan with less than 6k miles on it was going to get her less than half her purchase price in trade, so she's going to keep it.
What I did find however, was that used, 3-4 year old CRV's with 30-50k miles on them were only selling for about $4-5k less than brand new ones. I think other than possibly Jeep Wranglers, that's the best I've ever seen on vehicles holding their value...

 

I know, and it is sad! It's not because we lack the technology or rescources. It's because the big three employ cretins at $70 an hour to put a bolt in a chassis! How can they compete with the Japs and Europeans? I use the term Japs loosely as most Japanese cars are built in the US using US workers, factories, parts etc. What they don't use is union workers (but still treat their employees well). The Tundra for example is built in the US only for the US market (last time I checked) The US seems to be the only country in the world that has the ethos that a vehicle can only be any good if it's the size of a small battleship with an engine that burns fuel faster then an exploding 747! As for turning up to Washington in you multi million dollar jet burning 150 GALLONS of fuel per hour per engine to beg for money is an absolute joke!

Off my soap box for now. I hope the US market sorts itself out and that the New Ram is better then the previous ones! Hopefully they come with a driveline that i can swap into mine! :-) I bought this truck as it was and still is the best looking and handling truck on the market! Mind you that can only go so far.

P.S. Gas in Europe is aproximately $10 a gallon!!!!!!!!!!! That's why these trucks are US market only.

 

Ok so now that we know dodges are a piece of **** and so are tundras and Hondas hold their resale value and that Tundras are built in America with workers that ARE NOT in a union, gas is 10$ a gallon in europe and these trucks are a US market only,

What are the chances of the OP getting an answer? I for one, do not know. im sure that a company like Atlas does make something for these trucks.