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Dusted off and bolted on the awning to keep the kiddies cool today

Thanks for the tip. Duely noted

Definitely! Also just realized I may as well go ahead and do tension rod bushing since I’ve gone this far. Going to get those ordered, the nuts pb blasted, and THEN the alignment shop lol

Thank you for coming in Clutch with the pitman arm! It was an absolute fight to the bitter end with that thing. Thankfully I am one more evenings work away from taking her to the alignment shop, and then it’s wheeling all dang summer. Also feels great to finally have all my tools over to my place. Cheers!

Yeah I heated and heated and also burned through 2 tie rod tools and this was before I took the nut off the arm itself and ran into the same amount of grief trying to get the arm off. Absolutely jammed. Then the air chisel did a number on the center link side of the arm. Better off with a new arm I think. A relief cut on the arm and I should be able to get it off.

It’s on the top side. I cannot find any locally and the only other one I found besides the one you sent me was $100 more than that one. I’ll message you. Thanks!

Does anyone know where to get a pitman arm for a 94 xe? I broke the stud off in the center link joint and CANNOT for the life of me get it out. Went through 2 tie rod pullers, Heated, and air chiseled over and over and over to no avail. At this point I’m looking to just replace the whole pitman arm, but they are hard to find, or when I find them they are outrageously priced. Thanks in advance, -Trevor

Lift kit finished. Now time to save my Pennie’s for 33s

Almost level. Probably crank the torsion a bit more then call it good. Then 33s shopping commences First pic is pre lift.

One of my clients is a Toyota dealer and they had these laying around from a truck they wheeled and tired. Free 99. Turns out the lug pattern is the same and the tires are 31s compared to the 29s I had on it. Wanted to test fit 31s to see if 33s were going to be possible.

Don’t “need” new torsion bars but the kit came with new heavy duty ones with supposedly %30 higher spring rate.

Update: just need to get the new torsion bars in and level her out!

Update: Drilled around the sleeve in the bushing until it was free enough and chiseled and hammered it out. Thankfully you only have to get one bushing out and the cross shaft slips out. New bushing with the new arms so I didn’t care to thrash the old bushing. Still working on the front end because I figured since I’ll need an alignment anyways I may as well get new ball joints and tie rods on the thing. Photos to come.

How in the flying fart @!*% do you remove these bushings with the cross member still installed without a press. It looks like the typical removal tools wouldn’t work. I had no idea the lift “kit” from 4x4 parts does NOT come with new cross mounts or whatever you call them. Frustrating because they said the whole kit just bolts on, they didn’t send instructions, but on the website under “education center” it says you need to burn these out?? Thanks in advance

Stink bug until I get another free evening to bolt in the front parts.

Noted! Thanks for the info.

Awesome. I figured. My dads a car/parts guy decades my senior and he's really worried about it! ha Thanks for the info. I'll pass it along to him so he can regulate his blood pressure.

Anyone that has installed this kit, I was curious on the increase in cv axle angle and how severe it was. Thanks in advance!

Hey. I’m also in Portland and would be down to do something.

So I am going to be doing replacing both my CV shafts soon. I have a Chiltons manual that is for 89-91. My Pathfinder is a 94. Being that 86.5-95 are categorized as WD21S is it going to be the same in the manual, or do I need to get a manual for 90-95?

Woohoo! Thanks. I’ll have 2 more pictures tonight

Finding solitude at Browns camp lately it is a beautiful place.

Got up to Browns Camp again. It’s currently my favorite place to go.

Wow. I can’t even imagine. Hang in there my friend.