Phantom01Pathfinder

well i completed my passanger side CV replacement a while ago...time to do the driver side soon. noticed today that its torn... i havent decided yet whether or not im going to buy a whole new shaft or just replace the boots yet...the boot isnt completely broken like what happened on the passanger side...

2 days ago i went to my dealer to find out if my pathy was affected. They said they knew nothing about a recall. I was shocked. So yesterday i showed them the recall info (i printed off all the info from the government site) and they ran my VIN and said i wasnt affected. Does anybody else find this fishy? lol. I called Nissan North America many times but waited on hold forever...so im just going to keep calling...

i dont see an issue running without one, but what if you have to use your defroster? i thought that the air compressor always turns on when the defroster is on...someone correct me if i am wrong...

boost would be sweet but need the cash for that haha

Thanks! yah I wasnt really looking for a BMW, but it was cheap, and had low miles for a '97 and i bought it from a friend, so i know it was taken care of. (for the most part!) Got a new gas cap for a EVAP leak code, then do an oil change soon, and replace a fog light, other than that its all good!

Well here is the Pathy and BMW together! Got 31mpg on the way back from Indy going 75mph! Shes somewhat quick, but cant follow the pathy everywhere!

hmm...tires not balanced properly? does your steering wheel shake back and forth alot at highway speeds or do u just feel vibrations through the wheel? hope that sentence makes sense, cuz it just doesnt sound right...

i think for the most part its just the extreme angle the CV is at. And under load, it vibrates like crazy. I noticed after my lift, in 4wd even at half throttle it vibrates pretty good. Now im not saying i dont have a bad motor mount, im sure i do, but the CV seems like a bigger culprit. I have a buddy who owned a '07 Ram Big Horn Edition and it was stock. Sat up pretty high for stock. If he put it in 4wd and put the hammer down (anywhere between 1/2 and full throttle), it felt like the front of the truck was going to fall off...Turns out it was the front CV's, when he hit the gas, the front of the truck would lift, changing the CV angle from 15degrees to approximately 30degrees (i think thats what he said). AT least something of this nature. And none of this would happen when he was in 2wd. just thought id mention that story...

Well i finally got pics... If plans work out, i should be able to pick it up this weekend!

i used the factory boot/bumpstop combo...but the boot part that protects the shaft started to tear so i just ripped it off...i honestly just think it traps more debris the it keeps out

Yah pics will be coming... My friend and his aunt were heading up to Chicago from Indianapolis to pick up her new BMW...so they stopped by my work (in Gary) to let me test drive her old one. She knew i was interested in it. That straight 6 ran out pretty good. So i did the usual, thought about it for a little while and called her back and we discussed price. I will be picking up the car May 6th, cuz I am going down to Indy for a planned event, so ill be getting it then.

What a year its been so far! Finally lifted my pathy, got wheels and tires, and now soon going to be picking up my new to me 1997 BMW 3 Series! Got 100k miles, its a 4 door, and silver! New tires, struts and radiator. Its not new by any means, but it was so sweet i couldnt pass it up. Ill be posting pics when i can! Let me know what you all think...

haha its funny you posted this thread, i just changed my the beginning of this year...it was nasty too!

Today is passanger side CV replacement and warn manual hub install. Going to follow 01Silvapathy's write up...should be finished tonite and will report back in with results

As far as the online market is concerned, i believe the only place is 4x4parts.

Ah yes that is what i meant to say... yah i dont want to seal it shut...or do I? haha Its funny cuz i think the window opening is so small i hardly ever just open the window...if i ever put anything in the cargo area, i just open the hatch because its usually bigger than the window opening...

nope no spoiler...

thanks for the tip. yah i never open my rear glass either. ill try cleaning it up and siliconing it.

this is the best picture i could find online...id take a pic of mine but its pouring outside and dark... i am missing the driver side and middle piece

oh so true

Ok ive searched for this one and found nothing... Its been raining like crazy here for the past couple days and i believe my rear hatch window is leaking. If i open the hatch and lift it up, i can watch water drip down from the bottom of the seal around the window. I understand that opening the hatch reverses the direction of the water, but shouldnt the seal around the window stop the water from leaking in??? i do have a super nice Husky floor liner in the cargo area that catches all the water, but this is just getting annoying. Also, there is those 3 hard plastic quarter round shaped thingys at the top of the rear window...im missing two of them...I dont think that is causing my window to leak tho... Any thought? Thanks

The wheels i got are 16x8 and have 3.75 backspacing...waited 7 weeks for them because it is a "special order", at least that what i was told. And it was worth the wait!

post pics when you complete the lift

Im with Rick13 on this one! Lets see more DuraTracs!

thats a sweet write-up!!! thanks