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Adjusted my torsion bars. It almost looks level now!

When a nut is recomended to be a replace item it's becouse it has built in locking feature. Usually either a nylon insert or a pinched in portion at the top of the nut. As long as it takes a wrench, not your fingers, to turn the nut while the bolt threads are engaged in the lock part of the nut you are fine. Usually a nylon insert lock nut is good for 3 or 4 uses.

Love the Nissan factory guard way more than the very few available for the WD21. Added bonus 4 Holes and a mounting plate let me mount a Smittybilt xrc12 on it. The push bar part is pleanty sturdy, just a little thinner than 1/4 inch, and it has upper mounts that attatch to the bumper mounts.

F.A.G bearings are actually very high quality. I have not replaced wheel bearing but at work we use them in large indutrial pumps and other machines. I've never seen any fail except when they were not lubed properly. Good luck with the change out

Since your speedo works fine, it is definately something wrong with the gearing in the back of your speedo assembly. There is nothing to do but take it out and see if you can find something cracked or loose. Its Not hard to pull. If you don't see anything obvious try blowing it out with air and spray a silicone lubricant in there. Other option is just replace the whole assembly with a junkyard/ e-bay replacement. Be sure you get the exaxct same instrument cluster. Different models had different plugs and gages find one that matches exactly. I spent a few hours dremeling the speedo housing to get a replacement one to fit, and even now my trip odometers won't reset, so I need to get back in there. Also be careful reinstalling the cluster. There is a plastic sleeve at the end of the speedo cable that drives the speedometer. That piece of plastic can be brittle and crack. If that happens it might not spin the speedo at all. I fixed mine by cutting a piece of disposable pen and supergluing it to the outside. Good luck at figuring it out

When I first purchased my Pathy it was getting 20 MPG on street tires. After I put BFG KM2s on it it dropped to about 18. and its been pretty steady except when I take it off road. There are several things that can contribute to bad gas milage. First and easiest is the Air filter. I would hope that you replaced it in the last 3 years so probably not that. Tire pressure too low. Tune up: Plugs, wires and timing. O2 sensor bad Throttle position sensor faulty or mis-aligned (reads farther open than it actually is) Faulty Mass air flow sensor. Automatic transmission shifting faulty (not the proper RPM) Driving conditions and habits: Flooring it from a stop, a lot of stop and go driving or High speed >75MPH cruising Of course if your Pathfinder has a 6 inch lift and 44inch tires that wouldn't help either.

After looking at everything I'm leaning toward the Smittybilt XRC-12. It might be a little over kill but better to have more than you need. I like that it pulls less amps at 12000 lbs than the 8 does at 8000 and that on the 4th layer of line it is still pulling 8500 lbs. its line speed is a little slower but with no need for a snachblock it ends up being alot faster. I just think that combined with the durability of a heavier machine is worth the $200 more than the xrc-8. Even at $500 it is a bargain (about 50% the cost) compared to a Warn, or almost any other brand in that capacity range. XRC-8 Line speed and amp draw (first layer) Lbs 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 Fpm 37.2 18 13.1 10.2 8.2 Amps 75 195 260 335 410 Line pull and cable capacity Layer of cable 1 2 3 4 Lbs 8000 6900 5850 5100 XRC-12 Line speed and amp draw (first layer) Lbs 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 Fpm 23.5 12.8 10.5 9.4 7.4 6.3 5 Amps 65 120 165 215 270 320 370 Line pull and cable capacity Layer of cable 1 2 3 4 Lbs 120000 10270 9200 8500

The only extra step for shipping out of the US vice in, is that you have to fill out a customs form and take that to the desk with you.

Thats a pretty simple calculation you just need the measurement of the drum and of the spool when full. You would just use this equation: Drum Diameter/Full spool diameter X rating. So if you have a 3 in drum that goes to 4 in full spool your ending up with 7500 lb final pull on a 10000 lb rating. Easiest way to kick up your pull is use a snatch block and bring thcable back to your truck it doubles the pull but reduces the speed it pulls you out by half.