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- Dart Swinger, Sierra 10, C10 Cheyenne, C10 Big Ten, Silverado 10, Ram 2500
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Thought I would make a thread detailing some work I’m helping my friend do on his 2005 Ram 2500, QCSB, 5.9 Cummins, 4x4.
A little backstory on the truck itself, as mentioned above it’s a 2005 Dodge Ram 2500, Quad Cab, short bed, 5.9 Cummins, automatic, 4x4. About 218K miles on it and is far above average condition for our area. The truck began life in California, then made its way to Missouri.
Paul, the previous, previous owner was a tradesman, lived in California did a lot of dirt bike stuff and used it to pull a 5th wheel camper, engine was supposedly inframed at some point, judging by some of the less than stellar quality of work done that has been found, hard to say what that “inframe” overhaul actually means. More on that later.
Paul had bought a new truck, sold this one to his friend, and our friend, Roger who lives in Missouri a little ways west of us. He kept it inside his shop and only drove it occasionally, so it stayed clean. Paul passed in 2019(?), his widow offered his current Ram to Roger, Roger bought it, and then offered this truck to my Friend, Shane, and Shane bought it from Roger.
Here is it dragging home what would become the frame donor for my Dodge. It is a genuine rust free truck. Shane is very anal about keeping it nice too, if it sits outside it gets covered, otherwise it is inside, gets washed before he puts it away, etc.
For those that don’t know, the third gen Dodge trucks do not have any front axle disconnect like the 2nd gens do, so the front axle is always spinning the front driveshaft. And like most 4x4s made in the last thirty years, these use unit bearings.
He had wanted to go to a free spin setup with manual hubs and real spindles since he had found out about the front shaft spinning all the time shortly after purchasing the truck.
So that time has finally come. Dynatrac free spin kit will be installed, EMF rebuildable ball joints, front axle shaft seals, and he got a good deal (almost half off) on a Yukon limited slip for the rear that I will install.
A little backstory on the truck itself, as mentioned above it’s a 2005 Dodge Ram 2500, Quad Cab, short bed, 5.9 Cummins, automatic, 4x4. About 218K miles on it and is far above average condition for our area. The truck began life in California, then made its way to Missouri.
Paul, the previous, previous owner was a tradesman, lived in California did a lot of dirt bike stuff and used it to pull a 5th wheel camper, engine was supposedly inframed at some point, judging by some of the less than stellar quality of work done that has been found, hard to say what that “inframe” overhaul actually means. More on that later.
Paul had bought a new truck, sold this one to his friend, and our friend, Roger who lives in Missouri a little ways west of us. He kept it inside his shop and only drove it occasionally, so it stayed clean. Paul passed in 2019(?), his widow offered his current Ram to Roger, Roger bought it, and then offered this truck to my Friend, Shane, and Shane bought it from Roger.
Here is it dragging home what would become the frame donor for my Dodge. It is a genuine rust free truck. Shane is very anal about keeping it nice too, if it sits outside it gets covered, otherwise it is inside, gets washed before he puts it away, etc.
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For those that don’t know, the third gen Dodge trucks do not have any front axle disconnect like the 2nd gens do, so the front axle is always spinning the front driveshaft. And like most 4x4s made in the last thirty years, these use unit bearings.
He had wanted to go to a free spin setup with manual hubs and real spindles since he had found out about the front shaft spinning all the time shortly after purchasing the truck.
So that time has finally come. Dynatrac free spin kit will be installed, EMF rebuildable ball joints, front axle shaft seals, and he got a good deal (almost half off) on a Yukon limited slip for the rear that I will install.
