87pathy

so you are saying that we are all too stupid to understand? or just trying to make people think you are smarter than you really are?

sounds like a vaccum leak

hey spolar, what did you do with the transfer case with the broken chain? if you want to get rid of it i might be interested. -bounce-

250k no problems

this is shapping up to be a good looking ride. buch of pathy's, mild to wild a possible xj, maybe a willies, a rotary powered samauri a solid axle yota.. keep it comming guys.. it would be great to go run evens creak on saturday and then up to elbe on sunday.. very intresting indeed :cool2:

dog bone

don't weld it all the way down. You will warp the control arm. Will the ones off of a 87 fit? I have 2 of them.. just go to my house, talk to my wife and tell her i said you can have them. (i'm back in ohio) But you have to take them off of the axle.

thats a mile marker winch.. nothing wrong with them. the hydraulic version is used on military rigs

i'm not going to vote, cause either day works for me. if you are brave... i have a friend of mine with a wicked built samauri. he's going to try to come up from california to go wheeling that weekend. If he does.. wich ever day we are not going to go to evens creek, we are going to go to elbe hills. (wicked nasty stuff up there) so it could be a duel day weekend. but, if you go to elbe, make sure you are built to the hilt and not afraid of some nasty stuff. thats a later topic..

my 87 didn't have flares either... i need to do something. i drove all weekend on the roads without problems but i think i'm pushing my luck i have about 6-8 inches outside of the body

ouch... how in the hell did you do that? get her fixed.. you have to go wheeling with the big dogs end of april..lol

ok, i wanted to start a poll. how do i do this? Some of the Pathfinder guys are going to get together the last weekend in april and go wheelin up at evens creek. Wich day is best? April 29th, Saturday, april 30th,Sunday. if somebody knows how to turn this into a real poll.. please help me out

I'd keep the 55 chev.. no question there. I'd swapt the pathfinder motors, to give you teh grunt in the 95. then junk the 91, and sell the 95 for a few extra bucks. Clevland winters suck. all the salt on the roads.. a 10 year old car out there is half rusted through.

That IFS rig is now solid axle. I was specifically talking about hat one. They called it Peanut for its small size. I guess it didn't side hill worth a damn.

Nope, I took an old ford drive line, cut it back to the proper length. I then took the old stock nissan yoke (which the OD was too small to work as a pilot in the old ford tube. I welded it up and then machined it back down to the proper diameter to fit tight in the ford tube.. I then made sure everything was level, in line and square to the world.. then welded it up.. Its all done now just have to install it tonight.

this has been done.. and then they always go back to solid axle.. the reason for this is theat 4wheel Independant suspensions dont tend to side hill very well

good! I got my front locker and gears put in sunday and i am building my front driveline today.. Looks like i'll be ready to go as well!

It took me all of about 5 min to drill out the pitman arm.. this is what you do. go down to autozone and get yourself a Free to use pitman arm puller, comes right of. Second, take the idler arm down to your company machine shop put it in the chuck, and go right throug it.. If you don't have that option, find a friend who has a drill press. take your time. You could do it by hand, but don't try to start fromt the big side, you'll hose up your bit and you won't cut it staight. go from the other side. This is not the recommended way though (required disclaimer)

Agreed. this is a better place to meet. anybody interested keep it open and we can have an open chat a week or so before the trip. so we can finalize everything.

mmm, i think you are correct... oh well, i am a huge nissan guy but i hate the nissan auto hubs.

That would be ok. I'm gonna be home this weekend. If you wanted to get together before the end of april, sunday march 12 is the only day i'll be free till the end of april.. I'm a really busy guy. I have to do my gear install that sunday so i'll be home. If you want to go on a road trip from tacoma and come out to puyallup, we could meet. I'd love to meet some local guys.. expecially another SAS Pathy. I can tell you how to lift the back of your pathy more easily... (Early broco springs) :secret:

This is off topic, but i see your still running your POS auto hubs.. i got some good manual ones if you want them. I think the 87 ones will fit yours... they are mile marker. never had any issues.

so does t hat mean your gonna have a winch to take wheeling the end of april? good job!

you know, it that first couple of pics of your idler arm, it looks bent backward toward the rear of the vehicle.. that could be very bad news. Maybe it isn't but in the pic it sure does.

i had that problem.. it was the auto hubs.. they work and friction and they were worn out.. I would start with a set of manual locking hubs.. they are cheap and will garantee your wheels are locked in. My stock 87 pathy with no LSD would go absolutely anywere unless i lifted a tire.. then it was a problem. I dont believe that his being or not being a LSD would cause the problem he is talking about.