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Cut and ground the Steering stabilizer bracket off my Centerlink to make room for the Rancho version. YA for having 2 hours to "myself" to play with the new Dremel, and BOO for having to use that 2 hours to play with an inanimate object and not myself.

I've had 3 Pathy's. 2 that were 90-93, and this current one that's a 95. The first 2 had a browning grey interior. This one, is ACTUAL grey. I bought an Inclinometer that was listed as grey, the cover is the browning grey. Be careful what you get.

Thats the nature of the beast. Sometimes if something goes, its not the part that went that was the original problem. Sometimes its something that made the part go belly up in the first place. Thankfully for you its only an annoying problem that isn't extremely expensive. I've heard other horror stories of people losing transmissions and just replacing them with new units, then finding out the new unit does the same thing not very long down the road because they failed to find the origin of the problem. At least its only an Alternator. I know this isn't extremely helpful, but try and consider the fact that you're driving a 16 year old vehicle and its bound to have things go wrong from time to time. Although they are nuisances, Your going to be hard pressed to find other vehicles of the same vintage without their own set of problems. Think of it in a positive way to keep a cool head if you can. You are now positive, its not an Alternator problem and you can focus your efforts in different solutions. I personally haven't got a clue, but just wanted to post so that you don't just say, "F*** IT!" and sell it, go thru all that trouble and find something else with it's own bag of issues. Good luck. Keep us posted if you track it down.

Ya x2 on that. Great job and thanks for sharing the WHOLE process up to now. Keep us posted with the final shots so we can all see how it turned out. Really nice work and thanks for contributing.

BINGO!

I had this discussion with AK9849cy when we were going over the initial preliminaries in the making of it. I had remembered in the past we had talked about it being better to raise the Axle mount side up rather then drop the frame side down to get everything to be set up more desirable. What he mentioned to me was that when looking into this option in the past, there would be problems with the raised mount hitting the Frame when flexing. Also, it would not be a Bolt on application either.

This is Nige's Old Custom Bender Built Rear Bumper. (say that 10x fast) I can say one thing. It's the sickest rear bumper I've come across.

Your Using a torque wrench to take it off? If so, thats a bad Idea. If you haven't already lubed the hell out of it, another thing you can do is use bee's wax, and melt it on the threads. I know some mechanics do that to get the threads to break loose. Have you tried a longer breaker bar?

I knew one of you guys were going to comment on that. I guess I should be honored it came from the Asshat Corp Leader. And for the record... I'm only gay when I touch myself. Which isn't very much considering the number of offspring I have.

Keep in mind SwayAways have a different Spring Ratio. They are more heavy duty then the OEM T-bars. When I swapped mine on my first Pathy, I found the front end gave me a bit more harsh of a ride because i didn't have enough weight on the front end. Maybe it would have been a bit better with a ARB and Winch on there. Perhaps my OEM's were worn out though and I was used to that from the day I bought it. I just bought the SwayAways when I did the lift regardless if I needed them at that time. Just a thought.

Too much. There's plenty of great ones out there in great condition, you can find a manual version, and with lower Miles for cheaper then that. Why don't you do what I did and make it an adventure with your son. I bought mine in Florida even though I'm from Canada. You'd have a story to tell for the rest of your lives and it will make the bond for the vehicle all that more strong. Doesn't have to be in another country or anything but you can make your search radius further.

He's got a Hardbody. Try not to take that the wrong way you bunch of asshats.

Fun is an understatement.... Are you sure they absolutely HAVE to be changed? I redid the whole front end bushings and after much research and seeing the pain in the ass it was going to be, decided that even though they are 15 years old, they didn't have any play and didnt need to be changed yet. Good luck.

I could have sworn you said you were finished talking about cup holders.

Heeeeeeey. Right on.... I got linked! I pretty much cover how easy it is to install the bracket in that link. And if you're having trouble visualizing what people are talking about with how it being out of spec affects things here's a video that the bracket fabricator, AK9849cy, made for people. Panhard Bracket Video. Dollar for Dollar, I'd pick this one up even if it cost more then Calmini's stuff. Better Built.

Just so you know as well, The Clinometers for the 94-95 models are identical to the older models that fit on the square consoles. The only difference is they come with an Adapter piece that mounts to the rounded dash and as stated, its meant for RHD curves. That's just so you don't start looking for one. Also, If I remember correctly, There are still mounting areas beneath the Dash that the earlier models used to mount the clino's. I'm not 100% on that though. Perhaps if someone takes out the dash console and takes a peek inside they can confirm if they are still there. I've got a Clino here as well that I've had plans for but as all my projects have gone, its on stand by.

It was primarily an option for Hardbody's not for Pathfinders so I'll bet that's why it says it wont match. Kind of silly that they didnt offer that to pathfinders as well. I also can't comment on whether it was available from 3rd party suppliers, I just checked with Rob on Nissan's availability.

Wow Really? I've had 3 Pathy's and only this one had one. 1 side was missing entirely. I took mine off because it was limiting up travel while stuffing the tire. I suppose maybe if you remove one of the loops instead an keep the rest would be more preferred?

Not necessary. Leave them off and save your money.

I think you mean Hubs, not Front Lockers. Lockers refer to locking the Differential portion of the front drivetrain. As for the Hubs, I think the general consensus is that WARN manual hubs are a strong choice, but there are other options out there. Mile Marker makes a set as well with an equally good reputation. I know there are other companies out there in other countries that make other Products as well.

Seriously..... Tungston.... How many times do you think this Forum needs to read your opinion on cup holders? I'm pretty sure everyone GETS it. You have a general dislike, hatred, loathing, WHATEVER, for all things cup holder. Perhaps you had an abusive cupholder in your family growing up, or perhaps you were ridiculed as a child by other children because you have some strange appendage deformation that looks like a Cupholder, whatever your problem be, we all get it, You're a little sensitive on the cup holder subject. And if you could care less whether a vehicle comes with, should come with, never came with, or was ruined by the addition of cupholders, that's wonderful, but you just keep repeating yourself over and over and over... and it starts to get a bit annoying really. All I know is I "personally" don't need to read any more about your personal preference on the subject and instead of Cluttering up every single thread containing the words "Cup holder" in it on this Forum with a comment about how much you think its pointless, stupid, unappealing, unsatisfactory, or whatever else you have to say on the subject, I vote that you be forbidden from commenting on All threads containing the words "Cup Holder" in it. If I come across as harsh its because I know you like to tell it as it is so I'm not going to sugar coat it.

I was looking into this about 6 months ago and According to what information I could gather, these were an option in HB pick ups early on and there are no more available to be purchased in the United states. There were 3 in Canada but when I called, they were already gone. The cost on those bad boys is over $100 bucks though. At any rate, I started looking into alternatives to cup holders after that. All sorts of stuff. The flip downs everyone uses, the Taurus single DIN tray, One from a VW Jetta that was a Single DIN, etc. But since the DIN's on our Rigs are at angles Low by the shifters its pretty much pointless to put anything down there. I started thinking of alternatives that would require very little modification and be cool, like these these. Swing out. Perhaps in a Door. It requires 4.75" though. or This cool Saab design. And lastly, Some sweet ass Engineering/Machining from these guys. Billet Aluminum Although the last is Spendy, I'm sure some of you Machinst Guru's can come up with a Great design for all of u3s for Fun and not Rape us at the same time. Right? At any rate, something to think about.

Please...... Hold it even after that.

This should help. Axle Info