8 1/4 sure gribs are easy to come by. Lots of Dakotas had them, just make sure you grab the correct year and carrier spacers etc so it can be set up in your rear end. Iirc the 96+ ones don't work but I would need to verify the year again.
It's not stock anymore as I love my four speeds and manual steering/ 4 wheel manual disk brakes. 100% tear down with everything except the shell media blasted (shell was perfect), added subframe connectors and core support connector.
In the process of putting it back together, need to finish...