olddirtyrake

I would have to strongly disagree if you live anywhere they put salt on the roads. Recently did my cvs, 6/8 UCA bolts snapped, A-frame might as well have been welded to ball joint snap rings wouldn't get on, I mean this can be a hellish job. I can see if you live in Arizona it would be a 30 min job, not in MN, try 3 hr + (drill, tap, drill, tap, heat, bang, heat, bang, bang, cry,cry,CRY)Repeat

I checked them before I pulled the wheel I think there fine. I tried to take them out and I don't think its going to be easy. Plus Im going on about $600-700 in parts and about $2000-2500 in hours spent on this thing. You have to draw a line somewhere, if its not broke at this point I'm not going to fix it. Believe me enough things were broke that I have had to fix already. I need a ride before winter hits.(Usally at this point I would replace them either way but I really want to get this on the road.

Nice work on repairing your frame. I'm going to start looking at mine as soon as I get these cv's buttoned up. Will post pics as I go

Just wondering how bad this is and if I should try and weld on some bracer or just do the coating protector? drivers side is fine but this is a pick of the passenger side.

Finally ready to put both cvs back in progress pic

note that 6/8 uca bolts are snapped into the bj at least I still have 1 natural thread on each side. I think for the snapped bolts I'm going to drill it out a little larger than before and put some heaver duty bolts through and nut them with lock washers instead of having them thread through,I dont have a tap and I kind of drilled 3 offcenter with a smaller size drillbit.

I don't think it would be worth it if you had to keep it on the street. Thats one of the main attractions to the NP, want speed buy a Camaro or something, want to blast through the mud get in the pathfinder. Really its not that slow, there's far more sluggish vehicles out there. I hear getting some after market exhaust manifolds($400+) can get ya around 15hp not a ton but there shiny to

I'm near Canada boarder and it can get really cold. -30 F plus or minus a few, for days/weeks at a time.

I live in Duluth, Mn and I don't know of any online parts stores located near me but you may want to try and look in the St.Paul/Minneapolis area they always have much more to offer,unless your picking agates

Nice, this path seems like a powerhouse compared to the pos I've been driving. I'm still driving a 2wd 95 ford ranger 4 cylinder. It's so slow, been extremely reliable other than getting stuck. If it was 4wd bigger cab and 6 cylinder I would just keep it, ohh wait I just described the new features of my pathy Man new manifolds are expensive

Nice, this path seems like a powerhouse compared to the pos I've been driving. I'm still driving a 2wd 95 ford ranger 4 cylinder. It's so slow, been extremely reliable other than getting stuck. If it was 4wd bigger cab and 6 cylinder I would just keep it, ohh wait I just described the new features of my pathy

Ohh my A frames were stuck all right. Tried everything, got both sides done now just waiting for parts. I would recommend heating all around ubj, then position a bottle jack underneath A frame, heat again, and then pound a couple times and it pops right off. Really I couldn't have done it without heat and that bottle jack it was really on there.

As I am sinking a bunch of time and money into this np do you think I should seriously grind frame down to steel and spray it with a protector? I really would be sad if frame snapped. I'm not doing any offroading with this thing yet but plan to in the distant future.

I just did the head gasket on my 95 pathfinder. It wasn't the worst,but if its just the lifters you probably wont need to pull the heads off. If your paranoid have the heads pressure tested and do the lifters and the rockers. The hardest part of doing this is taking off the air intake and all the wires to get to the lifters. Get a book for your vehicle, take a couple snapshots of where all the wires are going and start disassembling. doing the lifters would take about 12 hours I'd estimate. Like I said I just tore into all of that so if you have any questions feel free to ask.

What are the benefits of aftermarket exhaust manifolds. How can you tell if you stock manifolds are bad?

http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1580 May help you diagnose issue cheaply.

I have a snapped exhaust header bolt on the passenger side all the way in the back. I'm wondering If a machine shop can drill and tap the header while on the vehicle. I Just finished the head gasket on this thing about a week ago and I really, really don't want to take it off again. If they cant what are the downsides of leaving it snapped, can it harm anything? If they cant is there anything else that can be done, as I said I really don't have the time to go through all that again(Its getting colder every day and my garage is unheated). Funny thing is that I had it drilled and tapped on the exact same bolt while I had it off.(Probably snapped due to expansion and contraction from heat). Though this time I think it was a cheap bolt or over tightening(Kicking myself for not just doing it right the first time).

I have 95,000 miles on my 95 Nissan pathfinder Xe. Repairs I've done myself, Head gasket,timing belt,alternator,spark plugs, torsion bar, tie rod end,cv axles, Thermostat,after market at cooler, Spot weld on strut mounting, stabalizer bar studs,transmision flush. Yet to get it on the road but I want it in tip top shape before I do. I think this kitten was abused, though it has a good home now.

Good idea, is it hard to rebuild a starter? The $5 refund or whatever is weak I would rather have a spare to.

Thanks for the good advice, but I'm just replacing boot on cv joint. I don't have to remove ball joint from knuckle just the A frame has to come off for cv clearance. I hope the ball joints don't go out from all this pounding around them I have enough work ahead of me as it is

Thats almost a funny post. I tried everything,finally got passenger side off with heating and cooling A frame then I put a bottle jack underneath the A frame causing upward pressure a couple firm strikes and it popped right off. Now for the other side.

Wow, nice work that looks great. Do you find yourself using it a lot or is it more of a just in case kind of thing? Do you have to run dual batteries or a higher alternator to power it?

Could it be a dead spot in the flywheel to, or instead of? Ahh so that's how you can tell if its the dist. wasn't always sure how to tell thanks. P.S. If you do replace the starter post how you wiggled it in there. I pulled mine when I was doing my timing belt/head gasket and it seemed impossible to get a new one in there,GL.

Wow, what a pain everything was a piece of cake until it came to pulling the A-frame off the ball joint. Pounded the @!*% out of it, damn thing wont budge. 3/4 bolts snapped as well. I can't believe this b.s. This truck likes to see me bleed...