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Had a similar thing in my diesel until the clutch was replaced. Even though the clutch was working fine it was down to the rivets on the pressure plate side. Once replaced the vibes disappeared.

I think you are on the right track, sounds very much like the noise i had in mine a few years ago, intermittent noise would come and go, looked at the brakes all seemed fine, and of course when i took to a diff place i couldn't get it to make the noise. Ended up with the diff being rebuilt, too much ...

Hey Simcoe, its good to see that you have done all the other things first, its just that they weren't mentioned in your first post. it seemed like a bandaid fix. You might want to check out the 4wd Action Forum under Nissan Tech for a post on this very subject.

Cheers Trex

Reason for removing the shims in to try and tighten the front end up.It's got a 3 inch lift and i know some blokes with lifts that take a shim out of the top and bottom which improves things!

Have you actually done anything to correct the castor with the 3" lift :?:

What condition are all the ...

Awesome work

Sounds like you may have a leaking axle seal. Does the oil smell like gear oil? If so this is your problem. If not how long is it since the CV's have been looked at? Water may have been getting into the swivel hub and diluted the grease in the CV's or the swivel hub bearings themselves.

You shouldn ...

Haven't used them myself but in the 4wd Monthly test from a while ago Pirelli Scorpion's A/T Rated highly, better on road handling than the Cooper's, as good off road, nearly as good puncture resistance, can't remember what they said in term's of noise though and i think they were pretty good in ...

Good to see it was only a minor problem.

Not familiar with SD33 but most times that water pump is stuffed they leak. Do Sd33's have a timing chain? If so this can be a cause of rattle. The chain stretches over time and starts rubbing on any guides that are in the timing case. To isolate were the noise is coming from run the engine and ...

Reco engines on ebay by East Coast 4wd $3300

Snap rings are available from Nissan About $13 each there are six sizes from 1.1mm - 2.1 mm.
For manual hubs the idea is to have 0.0 - 0.2 mm Freeplay between snap ring and drive gear by measuring with feeler gauges between the snap ring and drive gear and selecting the right snap ring thickness to ...

You could try Brown Davis Automotive in Bayswater Victoria Ph (03) 9762 8722. Have seen their bash plates at various shows, don't know if they do what your after though.

if you check out Marks 4wd adaptors website you'll find costings on the parts required.And under project vehicles theres a full run down on an install into a gq. total cost was around 20k

Cost Effective Maintenance AW10 Anti Wear. Improved shift action noticeably.no more notchiness.

Hoppy11, just noticed that this is for pickup are the dimensions the same for wagon.Could you scan the one for wagon?

thankyou very much, excellent

Can anyone tell me the factory measurement between chassis rails where the bullbar mounts? having touble with brand new ARB whinch bar bolting up. Chassis seems to be about 15mm wider than bar. My chassis is 630mm between inside of rails,bar is about 615mm.Cant seem to see any evidence of damage as ...