Evan

I got the email. Want to stay on

I'm actually living in sherwood park now, renovating the house in the city. I work at West Ed and Downtown at the citadel, so I'm kind of all over. If you want to get together for a beer sometime, let me know. Cheers, Evan.

I'll have to go pound the ground away from the pavement soon to see if your theory proves itself. I'll have to take some pics and try for TOTM again. Cheers, Evan.,

Thanks for the tips. I'll check this weekend. Speaking of Steering components, are the Calmini and L&P CL's made of special steel, or just Mild steel? I have access to all kinds of joints, heims, etc that I could use in the fabrication of a home made CL (fabricator/welder for west edmonton mall and we use all kinds of this stuff in the maintenence of the rides in the amusement park). Cheers, Evan.

Had a lot of snow up here in Edmonton over the last month or so. I have mostly found that the rear LSD is sufficient for moving me through the stuff, but on slippery nights it's nice to have the 4wd. I notice that when I'm driving on snow covered pavement (still very little traction though) that when in 4wd and accelerating the truck wants to pull to the right all the time, and when coasting it seems to be all over the road. The truck drove fine in 4wd offroad until recently. This is the first time that I've used the truck on road in 4wd. But there are other conditions that may lead to this: 1. Recently changed tires from 33x12.5x15 (Interco TSL's) to 33x10.5x15 (BFG Mud Terrains). 2. At the same time I changed the tires, I changed the hubs from 1 warn premium and 1 selectro to two Mile Marker Street master (near as I can tell from comparable pictures). The reason for changing them is that the Selectro went Kaboom while trying to pull someone out in reverse in 4 lo. (POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO CV Shaft?) 3. When I bought my truck, I received an additional front differential. I'm not sure if this one is the factory one from my truck, or and additional one that they included with the purchase. My thoughts are that the diff in my truck is a replacement, and may have different gearing than the rear. I haven't checked yet, but if you have experience with this then I may have found my solution. I'm leaning towards the damaged CV shaft, or incorrect installation of the hubs leading to one drive tire engaging and the other not, but I could be wrong. If anyone has experience with this themselves, please let me know. Evan. -bounce-

No Beers? My personal vote would be the landcruiser, 81 series, but I'd only want a manual tranny, turbo diesel. I've loved those things forever, and if I were to import something, that would be it. But the terrano would be a great way to go as well.

For work or other? I know a one legged working girl that could use some company. sly

I personally haven't, but from all appearances, they seem to be about 100X more professional than any of the other import companies that I have seen out there. I'd say it's a good way to go. By the way, pm me your phone number, we should go out for a beer one night, as I'm in Edmonton as well. Cheers, Evan.

Too Late, I already did.

never weighed my pathfinder, or looked up specs, just tossed a number out there. I realize it was on the light side, my bad.

I've heard mixed reviews as well. Sure you can take it back any time and get a replacement, the question is, do you want to have to take it off in the middle of a muskeg, walk to the nearest costco, get a new one, carry that one back to the truck, and have to reinstall it in the middle of a muskeg? My money says to save for a better one. Also, how much will you use it? If you're just going to be pulling out your 3500LB Pathfinder once in a blue moon, then this one should be good. If you're planning on multiple pulls every couple of weeks, then you may want to go with something a little beefier, and a little faster. One other thing to keep in mind is that under load, these lower end winches don't pull nearly as fast as a Warn, MileMarker, etc.

If you're going to stop in Edmonton, Pm me if you want to hit up any of the attractions at the mall. I work for the Big Mall and I can hook you up with some passes. Also, the Mall of America (the one that they compared WEM to) is also owned by Triple 5 (same owners of WEM). One other thing to be beware of, is that at that time of the year, the highway between jasper and banff gets closed quite often. I've driven it in the winter, and the condition rating by parks staff never goes above fair. Even then, it was kind of dicey, so while it is a very nice drive that time of year, you have to be careful. Cheers, Evan.

Thanks for all the replies. Like I said, once I figure out what the previous owner gave me, I might switch out my warn when I replace the broken one as well. I agree though, if something has to break, I'd prefer it to be the hub, and not the CV or the gears inside the Diff. I just thought I'd check to see if it is an uncommon thing, but from the responses so far, I'd say not. Cheers, Evan.

I was hunting this past week (awesome trip, 2 moose and 7 deer in camp when Dad and i left today ). Went chicken hunting with a couple of the other guys in their Bombardier Itlis (canadian military jeep looking thing) and they got it burried. I walked back to camp, got the pathfinder, and went to pull them out. Hooked up the strap to my front Shackle, 4 low, reverse, a good tug or two and then hear the front hub exploding. Get out, take a look and there are chunks of the hub missing, and it is cracked all the way around. The PO has a Warn Premium on the other side, but the Passenger side is some other brand. What I'd like to know is if this is a common thing. I have several replacements at home already, so I'm not worried about getting a replacement, but does this happen to people on a regular basis, and can I get something better than the Warn hubs? I have an 87 pathy with manual hubs, 3.0L engine, Manual Tranny, Stock front diff, Rear LSD (stock diff), and I'm running 33x12.5x15 SuperSwamper TSL's. I probably should have hooked up using my rear shackle (so that I was pulling forward, rather than reverse). Any thoughts or discussion?

Previous Owner - Levo-guage over top of my trip meter , - awesome quality switch panel w 4 switches (one controls front Roo lights, the other three are TBD, but prob a set of rear back up lights, a set of side lights, and a master switch for my inverter so that I can hide it away better) - Same broken column surround as prev poster - an old sony deck (worked, but pretty basic) - old no-name amp that actually drove my 10" sub pretty good - broken center console. Since I bought it: - Rockford Fosgate headunit and 8 disc changer, with aux input, outputs, video control, etc. - matched 2 ch (sub) and 4 ch (speakers) pioneer amps - 10" sub and box - PS2 - 7" widescreen - inverter to power PS2, and other goodies when required - full home made console, amp rack, and dash center to accommodate Entertainment equipment - removed rear carpet and laid down rubber matting (until I rhinoline the entire interior) - 2 drawer add-a-drawer top chest (goes between top chest and bottom cabinet usually) with full set of tools - 5% tint on rear 5 windows, 50% on front Thats it. I plan on redoing the console and dash and stereo set up. Right now, if I get into more than 3' of water, I'll fry my electrical, so after the SAS, I'll do a computer relocate, and move all of the stereo components except the headunit to ceiling mounted locations (including a flip down mount for the monitor). The headunit is where the center air vents are at the top of the dash, and if I'm that deep in water, I'll probably be having to rip apart the whole truck anyways, so I'm not too worried. This truck is a DD/Rig, and while my GF doesn't like wheeling, she does like camping, so if it's a long drive or a Poopy night to sit by a campfire, we can always toss in a DVD or play some video games. Plus it's the factor when someone see's a PS2 in a wheeling rig. Cheers,