{"id":287,"date":"2008-12-30T19:27:19","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T02:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/?p=287"},"modified":"2009-01-08T00:02:26","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T07:02:26","slug":"nissan-pathfinder-long-arm-rear-suspension-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruggedrocksoffroad.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/30\/nissan-pathfinder-long-arm-rear-suspension-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Nissan Pathfinder Long Arm Rear Suspension – Again…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After the Pathfinder got it’s solid axle last year i drove and wheeled it with the stock rear suspension setup but with longer shocks and springs. The links were simply too short for the amount of this that is on the truck and it was extremely unstable without a swaybar on the road. Eventually I gathered the funds to revamp the rear suspension.<\/p>\n

We kept it a 4-link w\/ panhard setup, moving the frame-side link mounts forward. and also pushing the rear axle back to stretch the wheelbase a little bit.This setup rode MUCH better than the stock links and stabilized the truck tremendously.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>After Wheeling this\u00c2\u00a0setup for a few months and installing the atlas transfercase,\u00c2\u00a0the pure torqe of the 100+:1 ratio caused\u00c2\u00a0the upper link mounts get ripped right off the frame, pointing my pinion up to bind the rear driveshaft up, poping a u-joint and breaking the shaft. It also caused the springs to bow so much it pushed back on the shocks snapping them in half… making for a rough day in the mountains. After a tow-truck ride home it was back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I called up Eric at Toyota Masters in Corona, CA (yeah, I took my nissan to a yota shop, and besides the nissan vs yota jokes, they ain’t half bad haha) to get my truck into his shop and I talked with Jay about my options. And since we agreed that the lower links and mounts are more than strong enough we opted to not mess with them. The main decision was to either keep a 4-link w\/ panhard or to ditch the panhard and triangulate the upper links. Since getting the 4-link and panhard to pivot on the same plane had it’s challenges, I came to the conclusion that i’d like to ditch the panhard rod and go with the triangulated 4-link we are also going to raise the roll-center of the suspension system with the way the new links will be mounted to help minimize body roll.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>With all the busted stuff chopped off and the new axle truss being built i decided to swing by the shop yesterday to see how things were comming along, and to grab a few things that\u00c2\u00a0I had left in the truck. While i was there i decided to take a few pictures to post and to keep track of progress.<\/p>\n

I’ll be droppinbg by the shop\u00c2\u00a0periodically and will post more as the new long arm suspension comes together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the Pathfinder got it’s solid axle last year i drove and wheeled it with the stock rear suspension setup but with longer shocks and springs. The links were simply too short for the amount of this that is on the truck and it was extremely unstable without a swaybar on the road. Eventually I … <\/p>\n

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