Is an I30 LSD Tranny a direct swap into a 4th gen with no modifcation or other parts needed???
Thanks,
Michael

 

new axles I believe, others are more experianced.

 

All you need is LSD axles and you are set. Everything else is a direct swap.

 

You will need LSD ABS Axles if you have ABS ... to save dollars IIRC you can just replace the drivers side axle, as the passenger side axle is the same between LSD and NON LSD gearboxes

 

oh ok.. thanks man!

 

anyone got one they wanna sell me for cheap?

 

WWW.RAXLES.COM bout $100 brand new

 

Try $180 rebuilt (but one hell of a good rebuild).

 

How bout a tranny too???? heh... I still haven't found one at a decent price..

 

Forget buying one used... At best you are looking at nearly $700 for one used with over 50K... Your differential side bearings would give in a couple of years. I recommend buying new one from www.everythingnissan.com they are only $1500!! That is what I did.

 

I thought the limited slip trannies weren't affected my differential bearing failure like the rest of us 4th gen. manual community???

 

Nope we got em too!

 

Were the Canadian LSD's the same as the I30T LSD's? I wasn't aware that there was a problem with the LSD tranny's...I guess there's no hope If there is this problem with the LSD's, then go with the A33 LSD tranny and axle.

 

A33 LSD trans and axle are super rare (check car part at any given time there is probably not a single one of either on there, or maybe one at most) and they too suffer from the bearing problems at least occasionally. I haven't heard of the bearing problems being as prevalent, but they exist, as the A33 LSD trans I have was victim of it.

 

The canadian LSDs are the same as the I30 LSDs and the A33 LSD trannies have the bad bearing issues as well. Those guys are just now getting to the milage where they are going out so that is why you never really heard about it before. But more and more are failing...This makes me suspect that the A33 tranny being a stronger unit is a bunch of bullsh!t. I think people were speaking too soon. Essentially no one is safe.

 

Strength of the gears and improper preload on the differential and input shaft bearings are two totally unrelated things... You could have the strongest gears in the world and still have the incorrect shims installed and thus have improper preload on those bearings, or have the weakest gears in the world and have the most perfectly shimmed transmission ever.

 

Well I know that, Im just saying it is some evidence that the 5th gen tranny was left untouched for 00-01.

 

My trans is at TRE (www.teamrip.com) about to be gone through to beef it up. I will have them measure 3rd gear with a caliper and then measure my own 3rd gear in the 95 trans which I have, and then have a definitive answer on the subject. I don't know either whether or not the claim is true but I'd sure like to find out.

 

Son of a. . . .

 

Cool! Id like to find this out too... To be honest I dont know where the original claim came from! I have seen hearsay floating around.

 

It is a plague...