JAY25

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here we go after a couple of days stressing out here I have the write up, if you dont feel like cliking on all those pics clik here one time and all the pics are on this page with words etc..I have enclosed large alright pics, I cant stand little fuzzy worthless pictures, Luke is working on something thats printer friendly so I dont think hes done with it. So here we go. Most likely Ben or Jeff might sticky this to the top

http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...=259227&page=6


DEDICATED TO MAXIMA.ORG
Disclaimer these are only instructions, I am not liable for your Mistakes that may lead to any accidents, death or serious injury. The transmission weighs well over 100Lbs, if you cant lift it be very careful and ask for assistance. Be safe and read carefully prior to dissassembling.
HOW TO INSTALL A QUAIFE
by Jaime Rodriguez Jay25
1. Prior to installing the quaife you will need the following items:

bearings you need 2 of them, 38440-96E00

Nissan part #32701-03E01 (speedometer drive gear)

differential seals #s are 38342-81X01 and 38342-81x00. Yes they are different, not sure what the input or gear selector seals are.

shims total parts from the dealer with www.maxima.org discount $174.00 including the two $7.00 shims

tools that you will need. You will need a precision gauge that reads in the .001 you can get this gauge from sears. Cost is $32.00 with tax. The gauge has a needle and it moves up and down.

Magnetic base and this you can get from www.Harborfreight.com go to the search section and type in Magnetic base, or you can see if they have the actual store in your state. This magnetic base I went searching for dam nearly the whole day and no one could figure out what it was and where could pick one up. They are fairly cheap. I paid $13.00 and change for my since they had a local store near my house and yes they are open on Sundays.
Note keep in mind these idiots at harbor freight tools take forever to ship it will take over two weeks to get your stuff in so giving everyone heads up, I ordered my stuff 10 days ago and to this day I have not received my precision gauge and I ended up purchasing the precision gauge from sears

YOU WILL NEED A NISSAN MAXIMA FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL

Permagrey

If you so desire I picked up a metal garage frame bracket with circles on it to bolt it up to the tranny to take the measurement. That was only$8.00
12MM socket, 14MM socket and a 10MM socket
some shop towels
torque wrench, metal hammer, some white out to mark some areas or parts where parts go, Crowbar , a Bench Vise or a impact wrench to remove the bolts from the final drive gear<------- very important tools


Remove the 12MM bolts that surround the tranny  remove the 14MM bolts they are short and they have a spring and checkball "DO NOT LOSE THE SPRING OR CHECKBALLS" grab your crow bar or what ever tool you decide to use and pry open the tranny, careful not to damaget the surface

http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...7_121_full.jpg


This is what the spring and checkballs look like
http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...7_123_full.jpg



Remove the 10mm speedo gear sensor and pull it out
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_122_full.jpg



now stand the tranny up and down as if it was on the car. (grab your brother sister cousin or gay friend or what ever you have to assist you to hold the tranny while you work the final gear off at an angle) now pull on the gears/ forks, now you should have enough space to work the stock differential out it will take about 3-5 mins be patient it will slide off.
http://images.cardomain.com/installs.../259227_94.jpg


Grab your new bearings and install the bearings, look at your stock differential make the quaife look exactly alike as seen on the next picture with the bearings and the speedo sensor gear. I used the old bearing seat and hit the new bearing in there with a metal hammer
http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...7_104_full.jpg



Install the bearings first and then go on ahead and get the old bearing races off and install the new races that came with the bearings on the transmission case. The metal thing under the bearing is the race, Ensure the races are properly seated all the way down it is very very important
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...27_96_full.jpg

Remove the final gear, you will need a impact wrench or bench vise to remove these bolts they are very tight and install the final gear on the quaife as seen below
http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...27_97_full.jpg

Now after you installed the bearing races and slid the quaife back in place install all the 12MM bolts and in place and torque them down to 18-19lbs of torque. Grab your garage bracket and bolt it onto the tranny grab your magnetic base with your gauge mounted on and set it on top of the bearing and zero it
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_115_full.jpg

It should look something like this
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_116_full.jpg


Slide the tranny to the side of the work bench and push up and look at your gauge. Do it ten times using the same amount of force. I got a measurement of 24 which equals =.0240 measure it ten times. I got out of hand and measured it more like 15 times just for peace of mind. Now look at your FSM and see what shims you need order them.
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_120_full.jpg

Pic of the quaife in its new home
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_124_full.jpg

While you wait on your shims prep your tranny to get assembled. That you can move the yellow gear thing left and right and that it is not stuck in gear. If it is stuck in gear pull or push on the forks. REFER TO FSM PAGE MT-40 ASSEMBLY
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_117_full.jpg

http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...7_129_full.jpg

These are the three forks if you push and pull on them they will lock/unlock the tranny in/out gear. You should be able to move the yellow tranny lever left and right like it was in neutral pay very close attention Leave the tranny between 1st and 2nd gear, that is what the FSM says just do it or you will be dropping your tranny like I did.
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_119_full.jpg


I threaded this bolt on there. This bolt will bolt up from the out side of the case so line it up, once it is lined up the case will slide smoothly on there.
http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...7_125_full.jpg


After you align the above piece and have installed your shims and seated your races in and left the tranny between 1s and 2nd gear clean and installed the magnet you can now on the clean surfaced that you just cleaned out apply 1/8 permagrey all around the tranny

http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_118_full.jpg

Here it is the two pics above you can use a piece of hanger and look for the little threaded section and install the 12mm bolt on there. Ensure you put some permgrey on this bolt


Here is the bolt ready to be installed
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_126_full.jpg


Bolt has threaded you can even pull on it, don’t forget the permagrey

http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_108_full.jpg
Now grab the two springs and check *****

http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_109_full.jpg
Push the check ball in there
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_110_full.jpg

Grab the spring push it in there
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_111_full.jpg

Clean these 14mm bolts clean them out and put some perma grey and install them right behind the spring see the spring sticking out push it and put these short bolts on there
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_128_full.jpg

There you should be done
You should be done by now ensure you tighten all the 12MM bolts and once you tilt your tranny up and down you don’t have to worry about the tranny locking up in gear it is only while is laying down. Trust me on this one. Torque all your 12MM bolts and it will take 24 hours for the permagrey to cure you should be good by now.

I want to thank God for giving me wisdom and physical strength to do this mod. I also want to thank my 14 year old brother for his help, Matt Pelto for the help and Delio, SprintMax, Eric Wong, Frank @ motorvate and Briguy for his outstanding shortcut and Ramius for informing me about the short cut and everyone that contributed to the replacement of my new tranny and quaife mod.


what do you guys think?

ericdwong

Sounds good.

I think credit should also be given to Frank at www.motorvate.ca had it not been for him, I would not have done my initial install and I would not have been able to help out Mardigras as well as the others.

In addition- a few pointers to prevent people from going "oops" that I will mention. DON'T FORGET TO ALIGN THE REVERSE PIZZA GEAR UP PROPERLY WHEN REINSTALLING THE CASE. I did this and wound up having to take the entire thing apart, its especially annoying if you've got silicone sealer all over it. EDIT: OK i saw that you got this part... neva mind

Also-MAKE SURE you have the axle seals on the correct side while the transmission is OFF the car. Or else you will wind up saying more swear words then you know what to do with. Also remember the spring goes on the inside of the seal. Also- DONT drive the axle seals too far in. They must be tight. If they are loose and can rotate in the case, then you've driven them in too far.

gtr_rider

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Here we are man! Sorry I took so long. Had to make it neat..

http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...howpage&pid=42

JAY25

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ooooh no no I know you were working on it Luke no rush. I added another picture just in case I lose someone in one of the important part, looks very very neat.

Thanks alot

Jaime

this one goes where the screwdriver points at the fork to inform people what yellow thing I am talking about.
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...7_129_full.jpg

see it above two links back to back.

Cumalot

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Nice writeup Jaime!

gtr_rider

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Thanks, corrected

Bags

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GREAT WRITE UP



and good job luke making it look so pretty

Bags

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GREAT WRITE UP



and good job luke making it look so pretty

JAY25

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Thanks alot, I did leave out two steps installing the shims but when you get the old races off youll see that the shims are right behind the outer casing race, and also forgot to mention to install the seals prior to installing the tranny back on the car. I just figured someone whos going to step up to the plate and do this will know hey lets not forget the seals, is just a quiafe install so thats all that I needed to cover the just the basic stuff.

ptatohed

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Very, very nice Jaime. Good job!

JAY25

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thanks just trying to simplify this is not that bad, lets see how many people are now willing to do it. I know Nigel is going to install one in his car.

Omegasrk

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Could you pls post some pictures of the shims. I am kinda confused as to what the shims look like and how they are installed in the casing race. Thank you. BTW...I am planning to install the quiafe in my 2K maxima. I hope this would be the same process as the 4th gen.

JAY25

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I left the step out when you remove the old bearing race on the outer casing you ll see the shims it came with looks like 3.5 inch washers and they are very thin