Does anyone have any info on doing a SAS on one?:confused: It's an older Pathfinder and a guy I work with was thinking about doing a SAS on his. I told him to buy a Toyota but he's stuck on his Pathfinder. :rasta:

Supposedly Sky Manufacturing is working on a SAS kit for the Xterra - dunno if the frame rails are the same but maybe give them a call.

A member of my club SAS'd an '80 Ext Cab. He put Toy running gear underneath of it. He's also a certified Nissan Mechanic. He said I could give you his E-mail.

MtnFraze@Earthlink.Net

His name is Jimmy.

Good Luck

Dave

I would look at narrowing a dana 44, toy axles are tough but you just get more strength with a 44 and it shouldnt cost any more to build. It shouldnt be tough to copy what toyota guys are doing, if your frame width is right you can even put the shackle through the frame.

Give us some info like frame width, overall width of rear axle, output of transfercase

What year is it? From teh mid 80's-??? the diff is on the driver side, which rules out toy axles. You could narrow a ford rc44 or use a driver-diff waggy, which should be close to the rear end width. Other than that, it's a piece of cake. I still can't figure out how people can bring themselves to cough up the money for a kit, you still have to weld it on, so do a little more welding and build it yourself and save a ton of $$$$$$$$$$$$

Maybe this will help:
Off-Road.com Feature (http://www.off-road.com/nissan/feature02.html)
More of Chris James (http://www.fareast4x4.com/friends/chrisj.html)

I thought that there was a guy in Massachussetts that had a SAS Pathfinder on 36" Swampers too but I couldn't find any info. :confused:

there is a guy on off raod.com named robert morawski (sp?) that just had d44 put up front in his early 2 door pathfinder.. he is a member of swva4wda. go to yahoogroups.com and do a search for swva4wda.

Hunter

Thanks for the help guys! BTW It is an older 2 door Pathfinder with the driver side transfer case.

i remember seeing a pretty cool one called frankenstien awhile back, and one over on bc4x4.com

I have a question about this, speaking of pass and driver's side drop t-cases and front diffs: when you do a swap such as this, is it critical to have the diff PERFECTLY in line w/the t-case output? I mean if it moves the d/s over to the left or right a little thus creating a small compound angle, is this a problem for trail use/strength? I'd ass-ume you might get vibes on the hiway...?

Originally posted by D60
I have a question about this, speaking of pass and driver's side drop t-cases and front diffs: when you do a swap such as this, is it critical to have the diff PERFECTLY in line w/the t-case output? I mean if it moves the d/s over to the left or right a little thus creating a small compound angle, is this a problem for trail use/strength? I'd ass-ume you might get vibes on the hiway...?

Its all a matter of d-shaft/pinion angle, you can have it off centered and as long as you get the angles right it wont vibrate to bad or at all, just depends how much angle your u-joints are running at.

Is it REALLY a compound angle though? I mean seriously, if you rotate the vehicle on the correct axis (like I now which that would be :rolleyes: ) the angle is actually just one angle. I don't know, that myth has always bugged me.

My theory is IT WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE any takers????:flipoff2: