if you where to rebuild your tranny... what would you do? right now im thinking of trading my max in or rebuilding the transmission, but i need new clutch and gears i believe... the problem i have right now is... my stick/shift *** doesnt go back to the middle... the clutch grinds from 2-3 shifts... and my car jerks alot when moving/accelerating.... i dont have enough money to get a rebuilt one.. so im gonna rebuilt certain parts.... would i be able to get a vlsd or lsd for my 99 max? decisions decisions.....

 

Grammer much!

Try to find a used one in a junk yard if $$$$ is your main concern.

 

uhh wtf are you talking about?? grammer??
but thank you....

 

www.car-part.com can genrally find you a few VLSD trannies. Only problem is most places want your soul for the thing. Anyways, good luck finding one.

 

I would install a limited slip unit from a 2001 Maxima, like this one I found on www.car-part.com:

2001 Nissan Maxima
Transmission
M.T., lckng diff (20th anniversary edition)
L2157
$700.07
Brims Imports Auto USA-OH(Kenton)
brim_imports@hotmail.com
1-419-675-1099

$700 is a steal for this transmission.

 

what would be the best clutch for my maxima?

 

whatever floats your boat?


you missed a good deal on an Exedy Stage 1 Performance... but if you wait a bit, PJ (maxxtuningUSA) might come up with another deal on other clutches.

 

ACT seems to be the best bang for the buck from what I hear. I'm running a Centerforce Dual friction which works just fine for me. If you wanna go insane, Clutchmasters sells some pretty bada$$ clutches. There's also Exedy and Rev Lock but I have no info on those.

 

actually i haev the exedy stage 1 in my car right now... got it about 7000 miles ago.. but its destroyed now.... my tranny's all ****ed up : [ .... need something stronger and longer lasting....act ne good??

 

um, really? Was it the same one the group deal was selling?? I have seen some cheap *** exedy clutches on ebay (organic i think)... is that what u had ?

 

yea thats where i bought it from... it was organic...u think thats y i need another one and y my tranny is all ****ed up????
y do u think my stick shift wont go back to the middle?? it hangs left in between 1st and 2nd gear....

 

Ok, stooopid question, but:

Will the 2001 tranny bolt up to a 1995? (Same block, right? - I'm not sure on this).

Also, when did you find this specific tranny?
Know if it's still available? (it wasn't returned in the search results @ www.car-part.com, although they had one listed at $1,000)

Thanks.

-K-

 

All of the symptoms you list here sound just like a bad clutch and binding release bearing. Is your clutch slipping to cause jerking around? Do the gears grind all the time from 2-3?
When shifting from 2-3 is the clutch all the way in or are you
quick shifting?

If you do in fact have bad synchro's causing your gears to grind you can get another 25-30k out of your tranny by relacing the gear oil with 30 to 50 weight motor oil and adding some of that teflon stuff.
This is an old BMW tranny fix....

Whatever you do... don't trade in your max. Sell it to one of the many MAX fanatics privately if you aren't going to keep it.

 

well my tranny is f-ed up too. Not as bad as yours... just bad differential bearings and slipping clutch.

Did you resurface ure flywheel when u changed clutch?

 

yes its slipping... yes it grinds from 2-3... sometimes i quickshift and i learned that i didnt have to step on my clutch all the way to shift gears..... would it be expensive to replace sincros? where would i get them? is there any specific brand thats good?

 

im almost definite that it does not fit ....

 

I really hate the 4th gen manual tranny.....

 

Ugh. Me too. I feel your pain.



To add insult to injury, one of my CV boots just started failing, so I'll be $replacing$ that, too. Too bad - so sad.

No love from the Max these days. . .she's being a total be-otch.

 

i 3rd that.... but how can we make it better??

 

Think Kev made a typo on that price. Brims has had that tranny at $1000.07 for many months now. They'll come down to $900ish but that was as low as they would take.

As for bolting up on a 4th gen I'll let you know...

 

ok i've decided to get a new clutch and throw out bearing... so is there any group deals goin on rite now???

 

Buy a new car

 

i am in for a group deal for a new clutch.

 

maxima.org member "jhans114" aka: www.ispmotorsports.com had a few 4th Gen ACT Street clutches on a closeout special not too long ago pretty cheap.

Check with him. I don't remember the exact price, but it was waaaay cheaper than I've seen them anywhere else. Price was close to his cost.

Good luck.