dakota axle swap?

[Guagke]

has ayone or does anyone know if a dodge dakota rear axle is good to swap in. are they better?

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Its the wrong bolt pattern....its 6 bolt.

 

[martin]

Since when?

 

[Dusty_Ranger]

early dakota's had the same bolt patern as the rangers im not sure what year they changed to 6 bolt but i think 90+ dakota's a 6 bolt

 

[alaskan155]

the hub is bigger than a ranger to ranger rims won"t fit without modify the rim(like jeep rims on a ranger)

tried to uses a 2000 spare tire on my 88 dakota once(both are gone now

 

[Hahnsb2]

The 87-90 Dakotas used a 5 on 4.5 pattern. 91-04 use 6 on 4.5. 05+ are 5 on 5 I believe...
The 8.25 found in in any 96 and older Dakota will have 27 splines, so it is weaker in spline count and gear size than even a ranger 8.8. The 9.25 found in most 97+ Dakotas are 31 spline and are decently strong and you can probably get custom shafts but really, you're a lot better off just doing a 31 spline 8.8 swap.