Screw this! I'm done! lol I too suffered from the dreaded bearing failure, though I'm willing to bet that I had one of the worst:







After about three hours of rebuilding I had it done. Though I still need to put it back in the car and make sure that it works again!

 

differential bearings???

 

Yeah, the carrier bearings for the diff. I have more pics if anyone cares or wants to see them.

 

ya send more pics im intersted seening this casue i have bad bearings too. where do u get new bearings? price etc.

 

What are the signs of these bearings going bad?

 

leaking axle seal whindling in gears(take off) these what i have look in the FAQs they have more signs. this happen to the 95-97 trans in maxs. bearings not beening shimmed right from the factory.

 

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JdawgX, what are the long term damage i'm causing my car to keep driving w/ the bearings bad?? I've got the whining sound in 1st, 2nd, and now i can hear it in 3rd. The sounds come up only when the tranny is hot. Lemme know your thoughts, i'd raelly really appreciate it. This problem has been driving my crazyfor the past 2 months and I've been quoted from $800-$1000 to get them fixed.

btw, thanks for the pics

 

ok my seal is leaking from the driver side does that mean i just have to replace just that left side bearing??? or do both left&right??? casue i called nisian and they never heard of a bearing going bad on these cars. and i have to order it too they told me it was 150.00 for the bearing?? is that right. anyone have a pic of the trans with the bearing part number????

 

Okay, here's a pic of the inside of the tranny. You can see one of the bearings on the diff. You need to replace both of them. I'll get part numbers for you later today. They cost me 59.99 for each bearing and 16.99 for each seal. You need two bearings and two seals. If you have not done this type of thing before or are not very mechanicly inclined then DO NOT do it. It is not an easy job to accomplish and pulling the old bearings off is a pain in the ***. Let me know of you have any questions at all.

 

im just going to pull out the trans and bring it to a trans shop. i work in a garage. i just want to know what bearings i need. casue i just called them and they have no clue what im talking about. does it look like a wheel bearing??? and do u have part numbers??

 

See my previous post regarding part numbers.....

 

sryy thanx bro u think 200 buck just to install the bearings is good?? do i have to buy more shimm etc. casue i have to buy all the parts and he'll istall it. tell me what i need to get thanx.

 

I have the part numbers labeled in the FAQ for the quaife differential install. I too have had this dreaded problem and now it looks like this is yet another case. Yours look really bad.

 

are these the bearings part # 38440-96e00 which is left or right?

and axle seals 38342-81x01-38342x81-00 left or right???

part number for the shims????

 

Bearings- if you have an open diffy, they're the same
the other numbers is
38342-81x01
and 38342x81-00 I forgot which is left and right but thats easy to figure out.

As for shims, that will depend on what your freeplay is, measured with a dial indicator.

 

bearings part # 38440-96e00 both sides
axle seals right 38342-81x01 left 38342x81-00
shims have too see
is this right????????

what the price of the bearing??? anywhere cheaper online???
axles seal are about 16.00 each
bearing????

thanx alot i feel much better now pic really help out alot.

 

Axle seals should be $5 each. $15 is highway robbery. Bearings are probbly $35 or so. Dont pay more then this.

 

can some one give me website where i can get the bearings? seals??

 

I was at Zip Lube the other day getting my tranny oil changed. They said that the cheap **** they used would eat away the bearings in our trannies. So I got some Amsoil stuff for the same price. You havent been using crappy oil have you?

 

JdawgX: What year is your car and how many miles are on it?

The bearings do look pretty bad. I hope I'm not the next documented case. I've gone through 2 axle seals in less than 8k. I'm still under warranty at 58k, but I doubt Nissan will honor the warranty on the bearings.
-hype

 

has anyone had their bearings go bad after 100k miles??? I'm wondering if mine went out due to wear/tear or if really the shims were incorrect (140k miles). I'm just kinda stumped on that because ppl say they get the prob around 60k. Thanks.

 

i got mine around 80k. when they were replaced, i made them check the shim size, they said they were ok, but i still have my doubts, though, i can eat another rebuild in 80k mi if my car still deserves it then .

dont wanna jinx my tranny tho.

 

Hey,

Just wondering what all you poor bastards with the failed diff bearings were running for tranny oil(viscosity and brand)??? Not some GL-5 I hope....

85k and no leaks yet.....

-RMB

 

mine never leaked, just started to make clicking noises...

 

 

I know you are suppost to use the GL-4 for the regular open diff. but what about the VLSD trannys? My bearings just went out at 75K and the diff. is leaking really bad too. So I just bought a used VLSD tranny to replace it with. And I am going to put in a Clutchmasters Stage 3.

 

lets hope u knocked on wood. I was running Redline MT-90 for the entire life (except first 20-30k miles). I'm thinking that's why my tranny lasted so long. The original stuff was swapped out when the car was relatively brand new.

 

i use some universal gl-4,gl-5 Napa stuff 75-80-90-95w weight. i think its too thick. and when my cars cold my 2nd gears grinds alil. but its only when its cold. after when it warms up its fine. u think i should replace that gear. i have 140,000 miles. with the gear oil it never did it. so what u guys think?

 

Sheeeesh man! What kind of maniac drives hard enough to have their bearings look that bad! What a lunatic!

 

LMAO

 

Freakin Maxima owners! Whadayagonnnna do???

 

There is also some good pics/info at Motorvate:
http://www.motorvate.ca/auto/maxima/...earing_r&r.htm

See the "Critical Measurement" he mentions regarding bearing preload. If it is wrong, it can cause premature bearing failure. He actually had his bearings fail twice before doing it himself a 3rd time and finding the bearing preload was wrong.

Gavin