Going from a non locking tranny to an LSD tranny. What parts do I need other than the tranny itself? Do I need both side axles? Anything else? Sensors etc.

 

drivers axle

 

That's it? Sweet. Thanks again Zack. One more thing... are there any different 95 year trannies? I found a junkyard a hundred miles away with a 95 maxima LSD tranny. They said that the tranny wouldn't fit. Are these guys just saying this because it's an LSD trans?

 

that's probably why, but just to be safe make sure it's for a VQ not a VE, the 90whatever-94 ve5's have the same exact trannsmission code but the bellhousing case-half is different, type the vin into carfax to find out quickly, even without an account carfax will tell you the year. you should carfax the thing anyways to verify mileage, I ALWAYS do, junkyards are shady.........

 

The problem is that a junkyard won't necessarily be giving you the correct VIN. Some have been known to use the same VIN from a really low-mileage car to sell engines & trannies from several other same year/model cars with much higher mileage. Who would have thought that kind of dishonesty ever happened???
NissanUSA can cross-reference a VIN and ESN to confirm they were manufactured together in the same vehicle. I know this from personal experience about the VIN & ESN, but don't know about verifying the tranny.

 

Hmmmm.... Should I even go out to take a look at it then? The description says" locking manual trans thru 12/94. But it's listed under the 95 year... 70 miles there and back that's about $20 in gas...

Hey Zack, did the LSD tranny help with your launch at all?

 

Hard to say I did return to the track once after installing the VLSD tranny but my tires were horrible so I think any positives were negiated. I did however notice that there was no wheel hop during any launches so I do believe it helped in that aspect.
Overall the VLSD will benifit you most in day to day driving, the car is better in cornering, it tracks very well and in snow and rain she is a champ.Also from what I have read in the boosted forums its a beefer tranny. I think its well worth the money since you need a new tranny anyway.

 

Some '95 model year cars were produced in 1994, my car included. These are more or less the "early build" cars. They are still 1995 model year A32's, but there are slight differences.

 

while that's very true curt, the above post is assuming the trannsmission has the vin tag on it, as most of them do.

Maybe you should just take a look at the one right in st. paul first, besides they listed that one at $750 but I'm sure they would match the other price so it would even be worth taking a look at both of them, and car-faxing both, "maxima775T" just ran two carfax reports for me within an hour of me asking for them Anyways, my educated GEUSS is that it is just one of those weird crossreference problem's on car-part.com, they have quite a few of them, also even if you search for a 1996 trans it will come up with two different after such and such date. As far as I know, all 4th gen trannsmissions are intechangeable and no-one else seems to be saying otherwise.

VLSD FTW, I know zach feels the same way........

 

Yeah, just looked at the St Paul trans. It's a US spec model, tranny obviously wasn't LSD... At first he didn't know the mileage. Then when I asked him to drop the price because it wasn't LSD and the mileage was unknown. On top of that, the other yard was offering an LSD tranny for only $600.00. He would not drop the price, not even to $700 because it was a low mileage car "he remembers it WAS under 100k". So I told the idiots "forget it." Gonna take a look at the 95 tranny in Avon.

 

Did you read any of the sticky at the top of this forum?

 

Production of 1995 Maximas began in Feb or March of 1994 FYI...

 

Me so solly...

So the chances are pretty good that this thing will fit... cool, gotta go check it out.

 

Okay, So I picked up a '95' 5 speed tranny from the Avon, MN for $600. These guys were saying that it was a locking transmission meaning LSD right? So I also bought the driver side axle too (which looks different from the axle I have, so I'm thinking it's LSD)... just in case.

I also heard the myth that on an LSD tranny, if you spin the bearings on one side one way, the other side will go the opposite way. So I did, and it did. I then called home and had my brother spin the bearings on my tranny and they both went the same direction.... more evidence of an LSD tranny I'm thinking.

They said they ran the VIN and it came back as a locking transmission: JN1CA21DXST041666

Locking or non-locking I don't care. I haven't been able to find a manual tranny under this price so I bought it.

However, I can't see any physical differences at all as to what makes this an LSD tranny or not. It looks exactly the same as my open diff tranny. I just want to know what I'm working with...

How EXACTLY can I tell if it's LSD or not? Anyone wanna rerun that VIN for me?

 

Look through the axle hole, can you see all the way through it (VLSD), or is there a spider shaft in the middle blocking the view all the way through? (open) Does the driver axle have double splines on it? (VLSD) Also, your description is backwards, LSD will travel the same direction, open diff is opposite directions.

All of these questions have been answered many times and are in the FAQ's.

 

take a picture

 

Crud... That means it's an open diff.... GOD I HATE JUNKYARDS!!! Ah well... Time for slicks.

 

Are you saying that because you can see the spider shaft, or are you saying that because they spin opposite directions? A failed vlsd will spin opposite directions.

 

I can see the spider shaft in the middle.