andreus009

oh this reminds me...guess i should do this while i have the transmission out

1) Anyone know where to get the torsion bar dust boots from other than 4x4parts.com? 2) My ball joints have over 210,000 miles on them. In years past I have kept expecting the alignment people to tell me I need new ball joints, but not yet. The rubber is cracked around them (has been for years), but that seems to be the only issue. I am pulling the suspension apart to replace all the bushings. Do the ball joints have to come out of the control arms to complete the bushing work? Should I replace the ball joints since I'm in there? 1995 Pathfinder

I must say the whole dented hood thing is/was hilarious as hell!!!! Why is it that people can use the internet to find the quick fix, but don't spend the time to do the real analytical research that would quickly tell you its bunk.

^ Basically what he said. Jack up the control arms. All the way up may not be the ideal position cause as i recall on mine the slid in and out a little easier just below the top position.

Good point on the reserving it. I hear ya about the drive. The closest place I found to rent one is a good 30 minute+ drive 1 way. So round trip is over an hour. Decisions Decisions

Thanks Rob...that's less than I expected the transmission to be.

Yeah, I know it's a heavy pain in the arse since I've done it twice before. Both times without transmission jack. Previously used two floor jacks and friend to get it in and out. Tcase makes it want to roll when it gets free. B, I know what you mean about buying vs. renting but I don't really want to store another jack that'll only be used once in awhile. The "adapter" would be either to store. I may just do the rental thing, but that sucks unless get it out and in all in one day.

Anyone know the combined weight of the transmission and transfer case without fluid? Looking at transmission jack adapters that go on a regular jack or actually maybe buying HF transmission jack. Thanks.

I do! It's my garage with a box fan and some incense for smoke! Works great! I found that if mount a sheet of plywood from the front of the hood going up to the roof line I can shave off about 50% of the drag. Now if I could just get around the visibility issues. Do you think it's legal to drive by camera?

~17 Years Design and Service of generators used in Power Generation. Two amazing facts that I learned when I started this career: 1) Generators are better than 98% efficient. No BS. 2) Larger generators are often cooled with hydrogen gas. Hydrogen gas is not explosive at greater than ~97% purity and cools better than helium.

Well you could put a small shim of wood between the vise grips and the mating surface. I didn't know about this when I did my locker. I used a mag base. It worked, but had to be careful not to bump it. Cool info on the gear set-up. I would like to do axle gears, but the $$ is more than I'm willing to spend. I did the tcase gears already and pretty satisfied with that as far as off-road capabilities. I'm not sure how your are supporting/working on your H233B 3rd, but I cut a hole in some plywood (3/8-1/2 i think) and put it across a 5 gal bucket with some sand in the bottom. it allowed me to put the 3rd with the flange down / gears up to work on it. I mean that doesn't help for the pinion stuff, but for the locker install it was helpful.

Is that 1000-1100 for 75mph in 5th gear? The extra symbols make it confusing.

I used Polk audio all around. Rounds up front ( don't remember size) and 6x9s in the rear. Just changing out the fronts alone made a huge difference. It took me a while to get around to doing the rear ones since had to modify the speaker support to get them to fit. Still running factory Amp and HeadUnit. Personally, I think it sounds better than my 08 Tahoe.

Just checked my LUK flywheel. Same as the one you have pictured on the right.

My condolences to you and your family.

Are you sure your machinist didn't mess up the surface? Maybe its not flat. Also clutches have a break in period of like 500 miles or something like that. I know you are familiar with vehicles so I'm not trying to insult your intelligence. I did some quick math and in worse case scenario your only talk 10% difference in inertia going from 23 lbs to 21lbs. I posted this in 'Rock Auto Woes' but I guess it didn't get seen. I actually calculated a 11% difference but that assumed that the flywheel was solid all the way to the center, so I took a little off because I know its not solid at the center. The sad thing is I meant to look at the Luk flywheel sitting in my garage last night to get better dimensions.

Are you sure your machinist didn't mess up the surface? Maybe its not flat. Also clutches have a break in period of like 500 miles or something like that. I know you are familiar with vehicles so I'm not trying to insult your intelligence. I did some quick math and in worse case scenario your only talk 10% difference in inertia going from 23 lbs to 21 lbs.

I ended up buy Luk Flywheel LFW220. Amazon lists the weight of it as 22 pounds. Honestly, didn't know there was a difference in weight.

Well, he should consider the airbags for himself and the wife/gf/sigother. Little girl needs parents! Extra safety is a bonus

Also, need to look at duty cycle. How long can you winch before you have to let it cool down. Some are pretty short.

I was looking at this until I found a line on an ARB locker. Friend of mine suggest looking at 85-87 300ZXs.

^now that is funnnnnnny

Generally speaking you resurface the flywheel when you put in new clutch. It's been in since before 2001 and I'd bet there are score marks on it.

Well, I didn't shim it the first time, so I guess if I re-machined then I'd definitely need it this time. The last clutch was put in sometime before 2001 and it's been wheeled hard some the last couple years so I'd be very surprised if there wasn't some damage to the flywheel. Also, was planning to do the pilot bushing again since things would be open. $70 is enough to buy new on RockAuto or at least most of new if I went with the ACDelco one. Anyone know the quality of Sachs vs ACDelco? Even though or because of the Pathy being primarily a wheelin vehicle now I want to make sure I put in good quality parts cause it's gonna get some abuse.

Well, my clutch took a dive the other day so out will be coming the transmission. This will be the second clutch I've installed. I machined the flywheel the last time I replaced the clutch. Should I just machine it again or replace entirely? If replace entirely..what brand should I go with? Sachs? AcDelco?