RE: My Brakes...
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RE: My Brakes... - 7/20/2006 9:17:40 PM
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Beazer
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maxmax, after the melted clutch plate problem on my father's 1983 Rampage I adamantly denied any wrong doing on my part.  To this day he knows I destroyed the transmission and I know from here to eternity what reving up in neutral and slamming into drive will do to an automatic! I assume by your statement that you discovered something to this effect also.
On a side note, I haven't seen another silver Rampage with a fake factory shaker hood and "Rampage 2.2" decals in probably 15 years.....if he still has that thing I want it.
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RE: My Brakes... - 7/20/2006 9:59:55 PM
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superdak05
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wow i have had my dak for little over a year now and 21000 miles on it. brakes still work fine there is no shaking or wobbling coming to a dead stop from high speeds. this looks like the parking brake is dragging on the cyl. prematurely wearing the snot out of them.
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RE: My Brakes... - 7/20/2006 10:09:15 PM
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grandview
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Just a couple of points.
1. Yes i do left foot drive
2. I only drive it.
3. I have had a lot of different trucks and cars before
4.I also have a 02 f250 bought new finally changed the brakes thats after 5 seasons of landscaping and snowplowing 33,000mi.
5. i don't use the dakota for work
6.I leased a 02 dakota before this one so when the lease was up i went to the 05. The 02 had the 4.7 in it, changed the brakes only once.
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RE: My Brakes... - 7/21/2006 12:33:58 AM
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maxmax
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I know full well the out come of dropping it in gear, but my story is a little different. I was driving down a county road under repair at various spots, with some of my friends riding along and this is always a disaster waiting to happen in those days. Well the first big red safety cone spotted in the middle of the road was just asking to be driven over. It maybe soft plastic, but when you hit it at over 40 mph and it goes under the vehicle look out. It grabbed the transmission shifting linkage and put the vehicle in reverse. You will never know the volume of mechanical noises, screaming and yelling I heard.
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ORIGINAL: Beazer
maxmax, after the melted clutch plate problem on my father's 1983 Rampage I adamantly denied any wrong doing on my part. To this day he knows I destroyed the transmission and I know from here to eternity what reving up in neutral and slamming into drive will do to an automatic! I assume by your statement that you discovered something to this effect also.
On a side note, I haven't seen another silver Rampage with a fake factory shaker hood and "Rampage 2.2" decals in probably 15 years.....if he still has that thing I want it.
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RE: My Brakes... - 7/22/2006 12:21:24 PM
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jimboscomp
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I sometimes use my left foot for braking, and I used to drive my old car the same way as I found I had a quicker reaction to braking (and living in Los Angeles you need all the help you can get with those crazy drivers lol). But my brakes on my truck and the brakes on my old car never got worn down nor suffered from heat abuse, the brakes on my truck are doing really well, no problems yet.
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I still believe if not by you someone else is driving your truck. Those brake components were destroyed by heat caused by the brakes being partially applied for long periods of time. To have them replaced so many times, you would think if it was the braking system the cause would have come to light by now.
Does anyone drive the truck who uses their left foot for braking? Does the truck get driven with the parking brake partially set. Do you have any teenage drivers? How much tread is left on tires? I was a teenager driver forty or so years ago. I remember my dad trying to figure out how come the transmission had gone bad and I never did tell him, but thats a long story. Personally I belive it is caused by one or more person's bad driving habits. My two cents. Sorry
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Here's an update. Just picked up my truck again.
Leased it in May of 05 now has 15400 miles on it.
3sets of front pads
2 sets of rotors
2 set of calipers
2 set of drums
5 wheel cylinders
5 set of rear brakes
will not cover anything dealer said the truck is being abused. It's only a little 6 cyl. nothing has even been it the bed yet. They said it's normal wear and tear. They also said no other trucks have had a problem, so you would think maybe it's this truck and something is wrong with it.
All most spent 2,000.00 on it. I could do it myself if the parts were available in the store.
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