its in and its working. little notchy shifts, not sure if it needs to be broken in. im babying it for now. I got a few more pics to come. Right now I feel like death.

 

I can't believe you did all that in your front yard with a jack and stands.

I'm impressed!

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Yeah, thats a rough job to do on the ground.

I don't know about a break in period. I swapped in a used one. Did you swap the clutch while you were in there? If you added a performance clutch you may have to adjust it at the pedal to fully disengage.

 

Thank you thank you. I doubt I want to do it again. Im so sore. Glad its done. And better gear ratios ftw.

 

I kept my clutch and flywheel (exedy stage 1 and fidanza) I installed this less then 10k miles ago when I swapped the engine for an 04 I bought and reconditioned.

When I changed the engine I pulled the engine and tranny out together. I am almost willing to say it is easier to replace the tranny by pulling it all out together.

 

 

all gears feel fine now except for 5th. Its fine but Its little rough going in. This is how the other gears felt. Hope it will clear up with lubeeee.

Dont know if its the new suspension replacements or the new not used lsd but the traction is really really nice.

for reference dunno if its been posted before but, the 6th gen pass side axle bracket is diff, making the 6th gen pass axle diff as well. The 3 bolt holes that mate the axle to the bracket dont match up. But the bracket does bolt to the block the same way.

 

my engine and tranny are no longer original or from my generation max.

02 max with a 04 max engine and a 05 lsd 6 speed
next is the 6th gen brake setup.

 

Nice work! I'm going to get mine rebuilt in a few weeks. A trans shop right here on the corner did a 5.5 gen before and they know exactly what the problem is. He said Nissan has a synchro kit to repair the problem. He said the other guy it was about $900 to repair and they put new bearings on too. Not bad.

 

Thanks.

Was that price including remove and replace the tranny? Drop the car off and pick it up?

 

Yep!!! Place right here on the corner. I can walk there in 2mins drop car off and when they finished I can just pick or up.

 

Sounds like a good deal. You will get to keep your final drive that way. Does your car have LSD?

And thanks for all the pics NismoAce!

 

your very welcome. I agreee sounds like a steal to me.

 

Yup!! LSD!!

 

lsd ftmw. old one had it and new one does also.

I dont mind the lower gas millage for faster acell. 2005 tranny ftw.

I know hlsd is supposed to be much better. Does hlsd need to overhauled with use?

 

Happy it worked for you. My exhause snagged me too when I did it, but i did my clutch with 3 inches of ice on the ground under the car while on my back so I didn't want to mess with anything that I didn't NEED to. I would definately do it that way now.

 

That sucks. I did a honda clutch in the snow and got crazy sick. How you pulled that off I dont know.

I still got a clunk noise over bumps. Gotta check everything out when I get time. Not looking forward to getting under the car again.

 

The HLSD doesn't need any service. The older VLSD would wear over time and need service.

The final drive ratio is noticeable under acceleration. The only place mileage is an issue is on the highway. Around town I just shift into a higher gear.

I know your car already had HLSD but it's the best option available on these cars. I swapped an oped diff tranny for my newer HLSD and the difference was amazing. I really can't believe they put an open diff in these cars after driving both in the same car. I think the option was only like $300 when the car was new.

 

You just replaced basically all the front suspension didn't you? Check the upper strut mounts mine just started making noise.

 

That is correct besides struts springs and strut mounts. I suspect the dss driver side axle not being a perfect fit and this leading to the axle moving in and out of the tranny slightly because I can do this by hand. I will be checking that out. Thanks for the suggestion on the strut mounts.