And got a quote for to axels, to my disbelief they are both the same price,even though one seems longer!, anyway the guy asked me the only way he can give me the right one is to give him the code off the tag on the tranny? he says it tells the limited slip or not. does anyone know exactly where the tag is and is it easy to see?
thanks

 

Not sure were the tag is but found this on the site if it helps once you do find it. A==open non slip .... V==VLSD Slip Dif .....H==HLSD Slip Dif.

 

If the car was sold in the USA originally, you have a 98% or higher chance it does not have limited slip.

The best way to figure this out is to jack up the car, getting both front wheels off of the ground. Then rotate one of the wheels and observe the other wheel.

If the other wheel rotates in the opposite direction, you do not have limited slip.
If the other wheel rotates in the same direction, you have a limited slip differential.

 

the tag with your trans type is on the firewall on the passenger side, not on the trans (though there will be vin tag on the trans if it hasn't ever been replaced before that you could figure it out from).

assuming you have a maxima from the US (not an I30 or a canadian maxima) and no one previous to you did a conversion, you have a non-limited slip trans. that is all that came in american 4th gens.

 

Buy 2, compare with old one when it is out, return the wrong one.

IMO, the key here is the spline in term of # of teeth, and length of it, and probably c-clip at the end going into the transmission. I could be wrong as nb though.

 

Would this be while the trans is in P, N, or D? Only asking because I have to replace my drivers side CV axle.

 

the shorter axle is the passenger side and longer one is the driver side and the tag is on the passenger side firewall will give you the trans id number if that helps

 

Let me correct this, the longer is the passenger side, the smaller one is the drivers side

 

Neutral would be the lever position, but if the engine is off (and there is no reason for it to be running) any position other than park will work.

It doesn't matter which axle you wish to replace and it doesn't matter which wheel you spin by hand.

 

+1

The metallic plate is on the passenger side firewall. Transaxle identification is on the bottom of the plate.

RE4F04A = open non slip

RE4F04V = VLSD Slip Dif

RE4F04H = HLSD Slip Dif

As Dennis stated almost all 4th GEN ATs in the US are non-slip.

 

I'll make this even easier...
Step 1) Do a burn out.
Step 2) look at tire mark(s)

If only 1 mark is present you have an open diff.
Anything else means you have a special car

 

that is not accurate. you can leave 2 marks in an open diff car just fine. all it means is that there wasn't a significant disparity in traction between the two sides.

 

Or just do what I did. Call the stealership get the parts dept and give them the VIN and they will tell you what's in your car assuming its your OEM tranny.

 

^^^ that is the same as looking at the tag on the firewall that tells him what's in the car assuming it's the OEM tranny.

which is open diff unless the car came from canada. no 4th gens came with anything but open diff in the USA.