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Lock-Rights are torque-lockers. If you let off the gas, the driveshaft slows down, torque drops off and allows the locker's parts to disengage from the side gears. You now have a normal open diff. The locker is "relaxed". When the driveshaft spins faster and applies torque to the differential, the locker parts start to twist and lever the locking rings into the side gears, effectively locking the differential gears together. Around corners it'll unlock fine, even in snow. You have to be real careful though, cause there is NO slip with a locker(obviously) and any incline or slight hill will send you sideways, regardless of where you steer it. 'Course with no locker, you'd just spin one tire and not go anywhere at all. Once I got high-centered on a sand dune and it just sat there lazily spinning one tire unlocked, clicking away...had to use the brake AND gas to lock it up and spin both tires.

Very nice! You're going to need limiter straps!

If they overfilled it by a large amount, it would smoke badly and probably run badly, just as you've described... Check your oil level, quick!

Leaking cam seals would dribble out of the bottom of the timing belt cover on the front of the engine only. No, changing them should not cause oil leakage, it should PREVENT it.

To date I've pulled at least 10 pairs of JGC springs. 8 pairs were 9 coils, .52" thickness. 2 pairs were 9 coils, .56" thickness. I measured them all to make sure before selling them.

Check your swaybar end links too.

There's a how-to in the How-To section...go look.

If I took mine off I could get a ticket for not having enough tire coverage.

It smooths out after a while, don't worry. Wait till it pops and scares you coasting around a corner...

Keep the 91 and fix one thing at a time on it. The important thing is to have it able to move under it's own power, right? Definitely keep the 55!

Hmm.

So...you basically told him he needed to take the heads off to replace the cams, which isn't true. Did he just do a bunch of unnecessary work or was he going to do that anyway?

Technically speaking, you can install new cams with the heads still on. You just have to replace the lifters to go with the new cams. If you take the valves out, put them back in where they all came from, yes. A bit of lapping compound on each and a few spins and it should be nice and tight again. Clean off the lapping compound before reassembly... Slick, define "reseated" for us, please.

Not really, no. Let's not refer to them with OEM part sticker letters, things are getting confusing. Let's refer to the vehicle they specifically came off of. The .52 springs from a Grand Cherokee will still give you about 3" of lift. The .56" coils from a Grand Cherokee will definitely give you 3" of lift. What you don't want are Cherokee springs, they're .50" with 8 coils. Apparently that's what you got instead of the Grand Cherokee springs, from what I could see.

Try lubing up the lock. Apply some graphite lock lubricant to the key and slide 'er in and out a few times. Repeat. See if it gets any better.

There are no kits for that. You have to determine what's gone bad and replace it. I'd look at the centerlink first.

Nope, it was based on trim level and was optional on all Pathfinders. Mine never had flares until I got them from a junkyard and put them on.

You have a 21.1 gallon tank, just like everyone else. They only used one size tank on the Pathys AFAIK.

Wheel studs are semi-famous for stripping out, regardless of which lug nuts you use. Mine has had four stripped out front studs so far. Replaced, fixed, noo more probs to date. The studs are kinda hard to find if you're going to a generic mechanic and not the stealership, but then again you could just get some from a stealership and then go to a mechanic.

What, for all the people out there with 6"+ of rear lift on their Pathfinders? Hah. Good work, man! Looking nice.

There are at least three auctions for 87-95 Pathfinder taillight covers on Ebay right now. I looked. For wheels, go to a tire/wheel shop, der.

Steering big rigs is another thing entirely. I was referring to a compact SUV.

I can get a Waggy D44 for $150 if I pull it myself. That's about the price range you're looking at for most places that don't rip people off... Should be fun! After that you'll be able to go wherever you want in 4WD with no fear of breaking the front end to bits, even if you stick to stock height. That said, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING OF?!? You can't SAS your Pathy and leave it stock height!!!!!1 hehehe

If it's at 12 degrees BTDC and everything else is working right, you should have no problems.

Yes, but it'll still wear out eventually and you'll be replacing it again.