JamesRich

Thanks for the reply's guys. Yes I installed the locker myself back in 2010. I put a new set of dynapro M/Ts and it was good for a couple of years. I rotated the tires a few times but don't remember if the vibration started after the first rotation or not. My second set of tires are yokohama geolandar A/Ts. They are all the same age and I always try to measure the tread depth and keep the rear even because I read that in the locker instructions. Now if one tire is taller than the other I'm not sure, I can only measure the tread accurately. I may try lowering the pressure in one side till I can stop the kicking over when I shift, that should tell me the heights are even. The vibration is kind of speed dependent but not always. 60mph and under it doesn't have a problem. 65mph and up it sometimes shakes and sometimes doesn't. It's always in the body, never the steering wheel, which is why I think it's something to do with the rear axle and not the tires. I've checked the Ujoints several times even with the shaft off the truck when I replaced the pilot bushing. They don't bind and I can't feel any slack. They are the original ujoints as far as I can tell but the truck only has 137K original miles. I will probably just replace them to be sure but just like the swing arm bushing that weren't bad I hate to replace them for nothing. Good to hear someone has rolled a lockright for over 100K! When I installed mine the axle parts didn't even show any wear. All the measurements were perfect to where the instructions said they should have been and it still seems to be working right so I don't think it has a problem. I think it's just fighting with a tire height difference. James

Hey guys! I haven't been here in a while but I'm still rolling the pathfinder! Anyone have a lockright installed for a while? I've had one in my truck for almost 6 years now and I think it's causing me some problems. I say "it's" causing me problems but not by fault of the locker itself. Let me start by saying this thing does a great job off road! Still after 6 years and 37K miles it still locks great off road and clicks while unlocking on turns in town. for the last 3 years I've had a problem with a vibration when I'd go over 65 mph, but I rarely did because I'd always take back roads to my hunting camp so I never worried about it. Now, after 25 years of marriage my X decided to get on antidepressants and become a whore and finally left. So now I’m divorced and dating a lady I met online that lives 85 miles from my home. Since the pathfinder gets better fuel mileage than my titan I put some A/Ts on it and roll the hell out of it! The vibration has been driving me crazy! My rear tires have only a .050 difference in tread depth and I just replaced all the swing arm bushings. The thing is it vibrates sometimes and other times its smooth. When I shift gears I feel the rear kick over, which is why I replaced the swing arm bushings but they didn’t make a difference. The original bushings didn’t appear bad. It's also really squirrely to drive! It's all over the road. That got worse with the new bushing! My thinking is the slight difference in the tires is causing the problems. I think it’s only pushing the truck with the taller tire which is causing the squirrely problem. I guess I should never rotate tires with this locker in there. I pulled all the wheel weights and put a pound of lead shot in each tire. I have two sets of tires and have the same vibration with either set so I don’t think it’s a balance problem. If it was it wouldn’t go away some times. Has anyone else had similar problems running an auto locker? I'd kind of like to hear someone confirm this before I pull it. I will try to find a differential in the pick a part with the same ratio and just swap it. I should really just buy a small car to roll back and forth but I’m never getting rid of the pathfinder and a single guy doesn’t need a full size truck, hunting truck, motorcycle, and a small highway car! My insurance likes me enough already! James

My 87 had an open differential too. James

Yes that's just a spacer and my truck has no body lift. I don't think KMA had ever built one of these for a pathfinder with no body lift because without the spacers the bumper was pushing up on the grill. The brackets didn't clear the radiator support either, I had to knock small dents in it. For a body lift they use longer mounting brackets. James

Vector who? Lol! Gone made it all complicated! You don't need measurements if your building your own, just make it look like the pictures. I found the pics I had taken of mine a few years back. The KMA bumper is made in two pieces, the bumper and the mounting brackets. I'm sure they build a generic bumper and then mounts for a specific vehicle. The two curved mounting brackets bolt where the tow hook bolted up and the bumper sits on top and is bolted to the brackets with four half inch bolts. The curved mounting brackets that bolt to the tow hook locations Where the brackets bolt to the bumper. View from on top, you can see the tabs going to where the stock bumper brackets were bolted and you can see the two 3/8" bolts connecting the bumper to the factory brackets. View from underneath of the factory bumper brackets bolted to the bumper. I drilled a 2" hole through the middle of this one to pass the leads for the winch. Hope these help. James

I don't think they are strong enough to hold most of the pull of the winch. Just think of them as a support bracket not a mount. I have a video somewhere here where I drug the whole truck with the winch, the bumper didn't flex at all. I think without the original bumper brackets bolted to the top of the bumper it would have wanted to flex down a little. James

I used the stock bumper brackets. As B said most of the support comes from where it bolts to the tow hook location but I figured without some support up higher in line with the winch it would act as a lever and pull down on the frame. The KMA bumper comes with just blank tabs where the factory bumper mounts go, so I bolted the factory brackets in place and drilled a couple of holes through each bracket into the blank tabs on the bumper. I had a picture somewhere but can't find it. James

My experience with KMA wasn't to bad. They took almost twice as long as they originally told me to deliver but I really like the bumper. It's very strong too. James

Does a 95 have an air bag? That is usually why the manufacturer will claim it won't fit. They can't tell you it's ok to remove a safety function. As for yanking the wheel off without a puller, we are not all 6 foot 10 and built like the monster under our bed! James

I read an article that peta was using drones like this to harass hunters and try to catch poachers. They just need to remember my rifle has a lot more range then their camera! James

That sounds like a rock caught behind one of your rotors. It started after you got stuck in the mud? It only makes the noise when your rolling? Jack it up and turn each front wheel one at a time. If it's only when it's rolling it has to be one of the wheels. James

I'll try to get one when I get a chance. It might not be 200 rpms, I'm looking at the factory tac, but its pretty low. I'll hook up my timing light to get a true rpm reading and fire it up cold and see what I get. James

Yes it does. It has a slight vibration but I can hardly tell it's running. It sounds really strange too. My little motor is still in very good shape, only has 120K. It has 180 PSI of compression per cylinder and It holds 21 in of vacuum at an idle when it warm, no vacuum leaks. James

This distributor will only work if you are putting a carburetor. It won't work with the fuel injection. Remember this is considered for off road only, it won't make it passed any visual emissions check if you have that in your state. Also won't be good for rock crawling. We don't have any big rocks down here in Louisiana just mud! I've been driving this around for a good while now, around 2000 miles, so I'll give y'all my take on it. So far it's still running great! The Holley carb floods a little when it sits hot for about an hour and I have to spin it a couple of seconds to start it and then I get a fuel smell. Sitting over night or 10 or 15 minutes I just bump the key and its running. I never put a choke on it, I just pinned the manual choke open. When winter gets here I'll see if I need one and might just add a cable for the manual setup. When I start it in the morning with no choke it fires right up and will idle on its own around 200 rpms. I swear you cant even tell it's running. I do rev it up a little for a few seconds to get the oil flowing though. I let it idle for a couple of minutes then hit the road. I have to go easy on the clutch for the first take off because it wants to stall but after that it runs normal. I could avoid the stalling if I put a choke on it but I've found I really don't need one yet. So far I'm happy with the conversion! I would have a lot more miles on it but it's been hot as hell down here and my A/C doesn't work too well. I need to change the header panel before I fix the A/C so I put the project off for a while and I've just been rolling the Titan. It's cooling off now so I will put off the repair again till next year! James

This happened back in the 80s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmh2Ydm2dW4 After seeing this I wouldn't be standing around filming trees getting sucked under water! The only video I would have gotten would have been over my shoulder while running. South Louisiana is mostly marsh land, too soft to trust. James

When trying to lift it out of the knuckle it hits the axle. Ball joints don't last on my truck either! I put some cheap ones when I first got it that lasted 6k miles. Changed them out for the $80 moog problem solvers and they have slack after only 3k miles. I'm sure if they were easy to replace they would last forever! James

Man you spend too much time on youtube! I was going to post this video this morning but you beat me to it. This is in Assumption parish in Louisiana. Here is a description from a local web site. The Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou sinkhole was first reported to officials over a year ago. Those charged with making official observations attributed the bubbling in the waters to swamp gas. They were wrong. In August of last year officials in Assumption Parish were officially notified that a sinkhole had formed in that same location. The sinkhole continues to grow. In this incredible video you can see the shifting, sinking water swallowing huge trees whole. James

I have support groups for every vehicle I own! That's how I find the really cool ways to spend money on them. James

This should make a monster half ton! My concern is what will they put behind it? My titan has plenty power for pulling my 8K fifth wheel camper around. My concern is will the transmission hold up. I've seen people burn up their transmission not even pulling anything. I'm lazy in my old age and don't like to shift anymore but a manual transmission would make me feel better towing a lot of weight. James

you must not have gotten the springs from a jeep with the V8. The V8 springs are usually .6 diameter wire. most of the stock pathfinder coils I measured were from .5 to .52.

Your planning to mount the carb sideways? I think something like that might work but won't flow too well. With atomized fuel you want to get it into the cylinders as quick as you can before it condensates. Doesn't look like you will be able to close the hood either! James

They never found a source for factory distributor gears so they are having a machine shop make some. If you search the web for carbureted VG you will find a few ways others handled their distributor issues. This is just the easiest most dependable option. Just stab it in the motor and run a power wire thats it. I'd like to see a blow through turbo setup, they did it years ago and it worked. James

I could use some of those machine gun headlights! James

Thanks for all the comments guys, gives me a lot to think about. I love riding my cruiser and I never put a windshield on it. I never found one that looked good on a 109. Catching all the wind isn't a problem but it being squirrely would be. It's 70 miles to my hunting camp and I wouldn't want to be too tired to ride once I'd get there. I could fall asleep on my boulevard and probably get 3 or 4 miles before I'd crash. It almost drives itself. As for picking up a 350 pound bike that would be no problem, I dropped this 750 pound bike once and I had it back up before the motor quit! The tires on my cruiser get 6K if I'm lucky, the offroad tires would be a lot less than that? A set of tires for this bike cost $300 for the front and back, $100 a set would be awesome! James