Got a 2000 Dodge Ram 2500 clean as it can be only use it in the winter I live Ohio

My posi-lok is on order as we speak. Vacuum literally sucks on my 99.

Robert Peeler unkillable. My ex girlfriends mom had a mint 87 3.9 not only that but it was a breeze to work on, but to be honest I think it was missing two cylinders from a v6 because that thing was GUTLESS only downside.

do have part number for vacuum switch

@@gilhelms7229 I got it from BJ's off road. It's the aftermarket switch for the Jeep quadratrac transfer case.

detroit front,lsd rear,,cant steer with locker rear it pushes in streight line,watch more vids.or air lock rear.if ypu have 1 k to waste.

What axle and truck did you do this on?

My axle leaks out the passenger side and I have CAD, and supposedly the seal was replaced. When you do the solid axle shaft swap, you're increasing the axle shaft size and (hopefully) replacing the seals in the differential with the correct size, and supporting the axle shaft when it goes in to avoid damaging the seal upon shaft installation. If not done properly or carefully, the seal will leak. Also, if you have a good gasket around the CAD, it won't leak.

Yes. 100%. That is how it would work.

Nothing, people got lazy.

The problem with manual hubs is they are the weakest link. A solid connection between the transfer case and the wheels is best and often lighter than all the fluff to try and save fuel economy.

fourbypete if they are the weakest link than why fo you see serious trail/rock rigs retrofitted with manual locking hubs? Seems like if they were the weak link rock crawlers would want that out..

maybe you saw them in the 90's but they are the weakest link and no rock crawlers use them

Adam Kalman so what about the diesel JKU in episode 30 of DED? Or Alabama Army truck even after the Caddy motor? And yes this year I have seen them on JKs at my local OHV in the rocks... its 2017

i'd like to know a s well my cad started making noise a few weeks ago... checked out everything, thats theonly thing left....

Curious about this as well.

@@edwardh1003 Actually its due to the differential. The differential supplies power to the wheel with the most slip. So if the passenger side disengages the differential supplies all the power to that side which does nothing and no power to the driver side.

@@cb-gz1vl Thanks for replying. I did not know that.

Zagan Stoanes your s10 has cv axles wouldn't be anything like this and if it doesn't have cvs it is not original

All S10/Blazer 4x4s had the CAD setups. (Except Olds Bravadas, because they were AWD). Rather unreliable setup.

6door 6four I said similar in the sense that I pull a lever that engages a vacuum switch that pulls a cable that pulls a collar to engage My cv shaft to the front pumpkin on the passenger side

+Zagan Stoanes That sounds like why Fred's S10 on "cheap truck challenge" wouldn't go into 4x4

BainBoyd the switch in the transfer cases are known for going bad. Along with the actuator that pulls the cable. A single vacuum leak and the system fails.

you wanna deal with locking front hub bullshit? this dumbass sliding collar was still a better idea.

+samus989 I have a 249 transfer case (which I don't know for certain that I would keep), so that would be an easy way to have 2wd or to save gas, but I'm unfamiliar with any BS involved with locking hubs. do they fail to engage or something?

+samus989 and I'm thinking of overall axle strength, wouldn't that CAD section of the tube be a guaranteed weak spot? I know it was on vacuum disconnect cherokees

IMO, If you're installing solid axle shafts, you should also be installing manually engaged hubs. If you invest the money for one, you should invest the money for the other. Don't just go halfway, or you might regret it.

Warm and cosy

I'd advise you make a homemade wrench to turn them, they're finger-breakers in the cold (at least my Tacoma was..).

ps3shakes123 Tacoma is too tuff for you, you need to get a Ford

Leofred I had a Ranger, loved it..no 4wd though...Ford's manual hubs are easy to turn?..or you just impugning my manhood? :/

Im gonna let you wonder about that for a while...

That sounds like an ignored maintenance issue. It pretty much boils down to people are stupid and/or lazy.

Those shitty auto locking hubs Ford uses don't work worth a damn. U gotta lockem and leave em.

cardan joints shit themselvers becouse you dont service,grease,them,ford dodge chev,all use dana diffs,hubs ect.easy upgrades.chev just had to use there 12 bolt,lose face using a d60,admit defeat.

Allan Sweetman I am familiar with what you're saying, unfortunately.

harry walker What? AAM axles?

Do you have an odd bulge on the backside of the front axle, not the diff. If so then yes

I don't believe they did this in 76, they went to this in the 80s I believe, and then only on half tons and Ramchargers.

Kristopher Klassen No

He said they are from yukon. If you are going to do this upgrade, I have to assume you have heard of yukon gear and axle.

Whats price they will not call me back

Mat Helm Damn

that would only be true if there was less resistance on the drive shaft turning inside the transfer case, than that disconnected long side inner shaft, which there would never be. I have an axle sitting in my garage waiting on the matching one to build, so I'm almost 100% sure of this.

BainBoyd huh? There's no way the driveshaft doesnt spin,thats the a fee companies offer free spin hubs conversations.

@@riflemanjim If it's an open diff the driveshaft won't necessarily spin. The torque from that tire will follow the path of least resistance... which is almost certainly the disconnected axle shaft rather than the driveshaft.,

@@johnterpack3940 the driveshaft is always connected to the axle in the dodge trucks,thats why the shaft has that coupling to disconnect the one assembly from the rest or you'd be in 4 wherl all the time. Without a way to disconnect the wheel from the hub ie locking hubs it always spins which in turn spins the driveshaft.

@@riflemanjim The axle is not directly connected to the driveshaft, it is connected through the spider gears in the differential. With the CAD disconnected and an open diff, those spider gears can spin the disconnected axle freely and send no torque at all to the driveshaft. You could disengage the CAD, weld the driveshaft to a bracket to stop it spinning, and still safely drive down the road. Even with the CAD engaged you aren't in 4wd unless the transfer case is also engaged.

DED is once a month. these are just in between. they dont subtract from DED in any way.

The front differential will compensate for that. The front axles on my Ranger are always engaged (always spinning the front drive shaft and output shaft of the tcase) and it doesn't bind up at all making very sharp turns. It has a tighter turning radius than some cars I've owned but no binding issues. When you put it into 4wd you have to drive it as such because then it will bind up but otherwise the differential and the disconnected front drive of the tcase takes care of it. These automatic systems like CAD and automatic hubs are so unreliable that Ford finally threw the whole thing in the garbage in 2002 (if memory serves) on the Rangers and figured people would just have to live with the extra drag of the front axle.

It will only bind if the transfer case is in 4wd, not 2wd. In 2wd there's no mechanical connection between front and rear axles, no binding is possible.

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???? what.????

you should.

Troy Graham welding on a high alloy axle shaft? That's not something I would advise you to do. Odds are you going to have a brittle HAZ that'll fail the first time you get in the rough stuff.

+otm646 on the bright side, you will know exactly where your axle will break!

Weld it up, making it impossible to ever remove the axle shaft. Not fun. It'd be better to just space the collar out with a bolt and washers on the shift fork.

Yes they do suck. I would have to say any truck with a manual floor 4wd some would have the 2 piece axel. My 97 Cummins has a Dana 60 and it a 2 piece.

Hells ya!

No room in the shops with all the Fords waiting to be fixed.

Funny I just had to tow a broken mopar off a trail with my bronco last week.

Probably because the mopar went balls out.

Motherlover stock bronco on 31s goes down the same trail as a built cherokee on 35s. Bronco breakes nothing cherokee dead on trail.

vburke1 it's actually kind of cool for light duty stuff. I have a yj Wrangler with this. I just bought the manual cable posi-lock he was talking about a couple weeks ago. With that you can weld the diff solid and have a locked front axle but still be able to unlock it for street driving. So a really cheap and easy manual locker without having to spend a bunch of money replacing the diff.

It looks weak and it only unlocks one side so the other side is still turning the diff.

vburke1 yea that's why I said light duty. These axles are known to be frigile anyways. Power upgrades, big tires, and harder off-roading will hurt them no matter what. But for trail riding, mudding, and getting unstuck from a snowy ditch (open diff is useless there, ask me how I know lol) it's great to have a locked diff. And the driver side axle shaft is solid so the diff spins regardless.

Doesn't matter if you own a 95 12-valve MFI Cummins. You can buy them cheap rust-free and then invest in upgrades so you can have a good solid pickup, and then drive it for 10 years to get the value out of it, and no electronics to stop the engine from working (other than intake heater and electric fuel shut-off if equipped)

Open front diff...

Chris unless you riding around with the transfer case in 4x4 there is no extra wear on the bearings or Ujoints. As he said 97 up to new jeep wranglers dont use that system any more they are solid shaft and turning ALL THE TIME..

This would only be true if you are driving on the pavement in 4wd, which no one should be doing.

Go home, you're to drunk to be posting things. "I know everything once i have a beer"

+Matt F "except for almost everyone with a grand cherokee zj or wj 4x4, or anything else with a full time transfercase like a np249/np247".... just saying, you're wrong. my jeep has nearly 200k miles of 100% 4wd. "nobody should be doing that", right?