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Hmmmmm.. I know it’s crazy, but you might want to retorque that wheel. I can’t think of a reason, besides axial slop, that would cause an issue turning in one direction and not the other. If it’s not a problem with the wheel you might take a look see at the wheel bearing. And before you do anything, jack that corner up and see if there’s any slop with that wheel. Maybe even give the tire a knee at the 12, 9, and 3 o’clock positions to see if you get any movement at the wheel.

So what condition does the seat belt have to be in for them to agree to fix it?

The drum sticks when turning left while hitting brakes or without hitting brakes??

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Wow thanks man! You’re so close by I’ll probably just make a trip up and say hello in person! We will have to figure out when a good time for us both will be. I’m stuck working weekends for a while until this new machine is installed but it might be nice to wait a little while until the leaves start to turn colors! Thanks again man :]

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Metal spacer??

I put that fluid in my transmission (after I had already slit its throat) and it shifted noticeably quicker, followed soon thereafter by not shifting at all but that’s irrelevant. I wonder if I might use that stuff during the next interval..

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If you don’t mind, please post pics of the part where it mates up to the steering column. If there are splines, what is the count? And do you know the diameter of the splined portion? Thanks man

Oh wow I wonder if all the G steering wheels will mount

My steering wheel has lost its coating and is now sticky and grimy feeling when the humidity is high. I am holding off on trying to modify the idle air control solenoid and am making the steering wheel my next project. I am trying to inquire of anyone who has knowledge about the R50 steering wheel. I would love to find a mint steering wheel from the junk yard but I’ve never seen one (that I’ve noticed— I wasn’t looking so it would’ve had to really jump out at me). Are there a range of Nissan steering wheels that the R50 will accept? Has anyone had any success trying to restore their steering wheel? New acrylic paint and clear coat??

I definitely did not install them correctly haha, I stripped the ever living frig out of the shaft threads on the first installation, then when I installed new springs it stripped completely and I made a stupid attempt to clean the threads with a die which apparently gave up the ghost right away, probably on the first drive but it all stayed together until I creamed a speed bump which dislodged the strut shaft.

Honestly it’s my fault it happened. I cross threaded it when I first installed it and then when I put new springs on it had all it could take and must have let go some time afterward. It’d been making some strange noises for a while and the molded rubber piece where the threaded portion goes into was chewed up, so I must have been riding with it like that. Thankfully I didn’t hit a big bump at highway speeds because it would’ve been nasty!

Honestly as long as you’re hauling that thing to the trail then you have a cool toy that’ll probably hold its own out there. When do you plan on putting it through its paces?

If you bypass the radiator you must have something else in place for sure. If you’re replacing the radiator then you’ll have the trans lines off and it would indeed be a good time to install an aftermarket cooler in place of using the one integrated into the radiator.

Those fit your QX4?? I wonder why the frig I have plastic ones...

Bypassing the radiator is a good thing. You should definitely move forward with doing that. What’s this thermostat bypass you speak of? My suggestion is to leave well enough alone in regard to rebuilding the trans. If you have a solid 4R01 and it’s being kept cool then you are golden. These transmissions get some flak, and some of it is rightful, but they are beefy and the good ones often go the distance. I believe Nissans weak radiator cooler kills most of them. And honestly the cooler isn’t sized incorrectly or anything but as the radiator scales and becomes less and less efficient then the trans suffers foremost and is only rivaled by the cylinder heads.

Passenger strut threaded end stripped when I hit a speed bump! No carnage, just a repair.

The 3.3 can barely tow heavy on flat ground. I can’t remember exactly how much weight it was but I think it was about 4000# including the trailer and it was nearly unable. 0-60 was seriously like 30 seconds or more and I had to drop down into 1st gear for steep-ish grades and 2nd for anything else. Lighter towing isn’t as hateful but I still end up dropping into 2nd for steeper grades, which on highways means I’m doing like 35-40mph. Empty trailer isn’t too bad. I can make my way pulling empty by choosing to wait for good opportunity when pulling out into traffic and the likes. Overall the 3.3 just isn’t able to handle its own when towing and it really shines a light on how underpowered the motor is for the weight of the vehicle. Lastly I have an automatic trans and I noticed the thing doesn’t shift the same after towing heavy. Soft shifts are softer and it’s since cleared up but it did have a bump midway thru 1st gear every morning directly after towing heavy.

I found this one at the junkyard for I think like $5-10. I have the integrated radiator trans cooler bypassed.