Body Lift

[94 Pathy]

OK all you Colorado Pathy owners! I'm heading out to your area the 15th of this month. Unfourtunately with out my bl on and larger tires. Will be in Vegas that Wed-Fri. Would there be anybody with the experience and time willing to help out? We would need a garage or something also. My buddy doesn't have one. I called 4X4Parts and Performance in Westminster and they said they couldn't put it on since I didn't buy it from them. What a crock of shiot! If I win it BIG in Vegas, I would love to get it on and get new 33's and wheels for the Pathy and go playing.

 

Let me know if we can work something out!

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Oh yeah, did I mention I'm buying the beer and food to feed ya?

[McClurgM]

I'm in Fort Collins..... Check out RoninWeelers.com....they are a colorado based nissan group. I would be happy to help with the install.

 

Matthew

[Precise1]

Nice!!

 

Start soaking the body bolts with PB Blaster or your own personal favorite.

 

Good luck guys.

 

B

[Guest SuperSon]

Dont forget the steering shaft. I was lucky to find another steering shaft at the jy the other day and now Im soaking it

[Simon]

Yeah....definitely soak the bolts. I've got a crew set up for this weekend for my BL....so last weekend I tried cracking all the bolts (which I had soaked). One of the rear bolts snapped, causing me to have to cut a small hole in the cargo area to extract the "captive nut" (was no longer captive). Also, one of the 2nd (from the front of the truck) body mounts gave me a pretty good workout as well. As much as it was a pain to do, I'm glad I got that all out of the way before getting 4 guys together to help with the body lift only to run into those issues. Hopefully with enough soaking, the steering shaft will work out. If not, one of the guys is a metal worker by trade, and will weld in an extension.

[mws]

Dammit, I can't be there to help.... But maybe I can participate anyway!

 

I have my '87 parts Pathy (aka little black). I could pull the steering shaft out of it (assuming '87 is the same as yours?) and get it broken loose and somewhat pre-extended for you. If yours is frozen, you could use this one.

 

The only pain part is that I would need you to send one or the other back to me so I can keep little black mobile.

Of course, it may be just as cheap for you to get one out of a local JY as to pay shipping back and forth on a free part.

 

One way or the other, I would recommend having an unfrozen one on hand before you attack so that little annoyance doesn't become a show stopper.

 

Tip on extending: I soaked and soaked with PB. Then I removed the shaft entirely. I slid the rubber cover up out of the way, and took to my vice. I set the jaws jusssst wide enough to let the smaller diameter section of the shaft slide between them. Then I would slide the shaft up, and rapidly yank down. When the larger diameter section hit the jaws, it hit hard. Hard enough to move it about 1/32" per impact. Without risk of bending or damaging shaft.

[94 Pathy]

I think I might just hold off on the BL. If I'm going to run into some of these issues. It would be better to be home instead of hundreds of miles away. I'll have to hit a local JY for an extra steering shaft. What kind of price should I be looking at? Thanks for all your info fellas!

[LD50]

Lots of PB coupled with a pair of vice grips and a mallet made short work of my steering shaft. Simply clamp on the vise grips above the slip joint, loosen the nut and give the vice grips a few good taps with a small mallet or hammer - very easy in my case after i figured out how the thing worked.

[88pathoffroad]

When I did the BL on Rami's Pathy I had to weld a piece of steel onto the side of the damn thing and then put it in a vise and beat the everlovin' piss out of it with a 2-lb hammer before it finally broke loose and started moving. Some work out easier than others.

[mws]

Hmm... that explains that unmarked can of mystery fluid I found in the box of parts you gave me....

 

Everlovin' piss, huh? Wanna fill me in on what it's good for? Can I add it to my steering shaft on my pathy to make it handle even better? Or is too much a bad thing?

 

Our current schedule has us heading north on June 8. I am still planning on lugging a TH700R4 with us!

Edited May 10, 2007 by mws

[88pathoffroad]

There was an unmarked can in there? SO THAT'S WHERE THAT WENT!!

 

SWEET! You'd honestly be scared to drive my van right now. When I take off from a stop it 'chugs' HARD four times before hooking up and actually accelerating. It slips bad in second, third and lockup, shudders the whole van if I try to give it gas. I've been living on my couch and not going anywhere except work in town. I think I've only bought $40 in gas in the last month.