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Nissan uses the VK56 in the Pathfinder here in the US.
They also built a one-off Xterra with a Titan driveline: http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?s=0&t=3333

There's a private project to swap a VK56 into a Frontier (Navara) documented here:
http://www.clubfrontier.org/forums/f11/official-5 ...

There's an O-ring there. Part number from your dealer is 49163-50L26.

The Calmini kit is LHD-only, but the L&P centerlink is symmetrical and will work in RHD as well. In fact, the only thing from the L&P kit you couldn't use is the idler arm brace.
Honestly, the centerlink is really all you should need, the beefed-up pitman and idler are overkill. I have their ...

37:9 indicates the ratio. Divide 37/9 = 4.11

Indeed, the code should be on the VIN plate, probably under the hood high on the side or rear.

GQ front can go into MK/MQ rear though if I'm not mistaken.

Navara is the TX10A case, Patrol is the TX12A case. They don't have anything at all in common internally.
www.purenissan.com has a fixed output (slip yoke eliminator) for it, as well as 3.96:1 gearing. Supposedly BigBallsOffroad.com in Australia has developed a set of low-range gears for the TX10A ...

Driveshaft doesn't look that small vs. the others I've seen driving the R200A front diff. That's an all-new aluminum high-pinion unit they brought out with the 05. The SLR kit has a new cradle for it to lower it a bit.

But yeah, if I had the option, I'd be all over a Patrol before I'd give a ...

Oh, cripes, that original link WAS to the USA Frontier, no wonder it looked the same ;)

Anyway, I would imagine the Navara will be nearly identical, and that products for the US Frontier will be readily adaptable.

By the way, here's the SLR lift:


http://alpinetribe.com/Gallery/albums/album06/11 ...

looks to be identical to the USA spec to me. For comparison, they're much the same as the Toyota truck suspension of late in overall design.

Calmini already has a 5" suspension lift for them on the horizon:
http://www.purenissan.com/2005_frontier.htm
And I just learned today that Spencer Low Racing ...

Vsicks Pathy wrote:What ever happend to checking the compliance plate?

No kidding, it will have the axle code. HG## is H233, CA## is C200. I forget what the H260 is, but by elimination it can be determined.
The ## portion approximates the ratio, put a decimal point between the digits.

Best I can tell the MQ with the L28 petrol engine had the T100 divorced t-case, the SD33 diesel had the T130A married case.

I stand corrected, the 05 Pathfinder doesn't use the R230, the Armada does. The 05 Pathfinder actually uses the 20+ year-old R200 in the rear. And even more odd, it uses the 25-year-old R180 in the front, same as used in the old 720 pickups. The R200 can handle the VQ40's power alright, but I'm ...

I forked over $220 USD for the factory manual on CD from Nissan (proper channels) for my 2000 Xterra 4 years ago, and I know the factory manual when I see it. The listing I linked is the same one I bought, and it was the genuine factory manual for the Patrol.

I am not aware of an "Australian ...

$12.95 AU for it eh? Heck, there's someone in the UK selling 'em for 0.99 UK Pounds: m
Sucks, I paid 4.95 pounds for mine just before they started selling at .99, but still a bargain.
CD is only 166 MB, not too unweildy, and the actual data is in PDF form totalling 155 MB, the rest you can do ...

I don't get the impression that there is much of a scene for the 2nd-gen Pathfinder with regard to 'wheeling in Australia, which is the same here in the USA. However, you can do some half-decent 'wheeling with one. It's a fairly capable platform, but there's next to nil available to improve it ...

Highly unlikely. I know little about the Australian-market H233B gearset evolution, but the US-market swtiched from 10mm ring gear bolts to 12mm in 1986, with just a small number of the 10mm units ever used stateside (just a few months' D21 production) before the change. The MQ has the 10mm ring ...

The GU/GQ rear are 33-spline, correct? If so, I don't think there are any other Nissan H233B diffs used in Australia that are 33-spline. The USA Xterra, Pathfinder (96-04), and Frontier (Navara) have 33-spline H233B rear diffs.

The Australian Navara and Pathfinder rears are 31-spline, as are the ...

Probably relatively comparable to the Series 9, just 8000 lbs. fs. 9000 lbs.

http://www.warn.com/industrial/military ... 0283.shtml
http://www.warn.com/industrial/winches/ ... 0348.shtml
http://www.warn.com/industrial/winches/ ... 0284.shtml

Perhaps have something built to order? Xterra owner here in the USA had a shop build this bumper/tire-carrier/ladder for him, VERY nice:

http://webpages.charter.net/metzgardesign/bumper/closed2.jpg

http://webpages.charter.net/metzgardesign/bumper/closedrear&#46 ...

I show the rear as 38100-05J71, front as 38100-05J60

Brent

What exactly differentiates the MK from the MQ? Did they overlap year-wise?

Damn shame they're putting IFS under the next Patrol, truly...
Bet it's going to be another variant of the F-Alpha platform that Nissan is using for all their other frame-based trucks/SUVs (Titan, Armada, Pathfinder, Frontier/Navara, Xterra) and none of them have anything groundbreaking under the ...

Check the plate above the wheel arch or on the bulkead in the engine bay ( or a sticker on the door jamb) and look for the axle code. HGxx, where xx is x.x approximating the ratio.

Brent

Dumb question, why don't you have the "upper" link on both sides?

Couple of places selling 'em:

www.whaleyent.com
www.ok4wd.com

And here's the big thread @ Pirate about 'em:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=294059

Actually they don't look like they have much tread depth because they have very large tread lugs, but the irregular void spacing makes the depth hard to take in. If you study them with that in mind and focus on a small area, you'll see they actually have a considerable tread depth.

Brent

That's definitely a TX10A transfer case. The only variation Calmini is concerned with is the spline count on the input shaft. We don't have diesels here in the USA, but we have 24-spline shafts from the 4-cylinder transmissions and 30-spine shafts from the 6-cylinder one. Otherwise, they're ...

http://www.pitbulltires.com/pbfullpagead10042.pdf

Interesting, and may well be worth a look, but I have a hard time taking 'em seriously since the only history they have is making tires for Tractor Pull use...

I got half a mind to trade someone a set of Pitbulls for a set of Centipedes (we can't get 'em here)

Brent

What ratio do you have now? What is the axle code on the door jamb sticker or engine bay ID plate?