Here's a link to the first photo we've taken of the new kit- Part # NP12700 Front end kit only. Price-$1795.00 (steel braided front brake lines are included but not shown here)

http://www.purenissan.com/NP12700.jpg

Options to this kit will be: 1) Front Coil-Over Shocks,(Fox,SAW,Bilstein,King)2) Optional Front Sway Bar, 3) Rear Leaf Spring pack for both Xterra & Frontier, 4) Front CV Driveline.

Not included in the kit is the donor axle. The axle used in this kit is a D44 from a 1980-1985 Jeep Waggoneer w/drivers side drop diff and no vacuum disconnect. I know of nothing else that will work.

If you have questions, please call.

Too cool, great work.

Here is a smaller ver. of the pic.

Very nice to see it is here

I talked with Steve from Calmini/Full-Traction last night about a Jeep lift. Great guy, very knowledgable. They are shaking up the Jeep world with their new kits too.

I cant wait to see one of these in action.

Awesome! Going axle shopping next payday!

Aw crap that is the last thing I want to see. Damnit I don't need a new reason to spend all my money.

just in time.....everyone said before the end of the year....you still have few hours left!!!

Sure Ivan, like any job you could obtain pays more than $9 an hour. I'm sure you are just rolling in the dough and ready to blow it on a front axle you could've had stock in a Jee...
nevermind.
How's life otherwise my south of the border, taco eatin', hub blowin', food stamp collectin' brother?

Steve, what length and rate coilovers should we be looking for if we get the coilovers from somewhere else? Any idea on the pricing for the rear end yet?

Axle

That's what I'm talking about

Put me down for the front-end kit with the sway bar & cv driveshaft options.

I would be intrested in the SAW coil-overs as well as the FOX's. I would rather order those directly from CALMINI if possible to have them dialed in properly with the kit.

BTW my 85 waggy axle is just about done should work great with the eaton e-locker & 5.13 gears.

[edited from some motivation can't wait to start

My axle is ready.

Looking good...

You guys better keep those axles hidden.

As soon as the canvas is done on PhoeniX, I'm gonna be huntin' for waxles...eh eh eh eh.

Great!

Now we have a fix for those idler arm bushings!

Carlton, can you explain why only an 80-85 d44 will work? Why not an 86+?

I believe that's when they changed the body over, as well as the bolt pattern. Not sure on that.

Also, I think they went to the Dana 30(?).

Might be too narrow as well.

Prior to 1980 the diff was passenger side drop.
The 1980-1985 is a very good guideline. When I was looking for my axle I found many of them marked incorrectly by the wrecking yard. I had one guy try and tell me a D30 was a D44! The axle that I finally picked up was marked as coming from an 86 Waggy, but after looking at the diff codes it was clear it was from a 83.
Make sure it’s from a mid 80’s Waggy, drivers side drop, 6 lug, no vacuum disconnect with disk brakes and you should be fine. I can measure my axle and give you the exact measurements if you need them.

Doug

Yea.. what Doug said

I did most all the labor myself. The only thing I had the shop do was set the R&P.

I replaced all the seals.
New U-joints
New Rotors
New Calipers
Warn manual hubs
Locker
Fresh coat of paint
etc.

The work is really not that bad and if you have the basic tools and some time to work on it you can save a stack of cash.

Ok..I feel like a newbie asking this question, but with a list of required parts, it may be feasible.

So..I not longer have my X, but my girlfriend(and most likely fiancee) has a pristine 2wd that she has had since 2000. I am convinced we wont trade it in until it falls apart.

So this brings the question again. If you are interested in doing a solid axle swap anyway, would it now be feasible to converyt a 2wd with less hassle and cost than trading in for a 4x4 that you don't know maint history on?

New driveshafts, transfer case, and tranny modification? Seems if you find a good deal on a nissan xfer case, it's not that big of an upgrade. Are there computer issues?
Thoughts?
John
(I miss my reliable 4x4 Xterra)

Carlton, what size R&P are you going to use?

Richard

This has come up once or twice before.. by the time you put a 'yota tcase behind your tranny, the rear driveshaft is to short.. as in steep cv angle.. you would need to get a 4x4 tranny, xfer case & read shaft off a wrecked x.. there may be a crossmember difference for mounting the xtercase also..

My D44 from a 83' waggy on the pathy is 60.5" & the same as the 85' I have rebulid for the X.

When I was looking I came across a couple grand waggy's marked 86 & 90' and they where actually about ~ 3" wider with slightly different steering componets. When you look parts up they seem to change in 86' with the Grand waggy name change over from the standard waggy.

Since the steering, adapters, and geometry is setup for something specific & bolt-on I would go with the recommendations until I know otherwise for sure.

If for some reason an 88 will work I know where you can get one in TN with new bearings seals and gears(stock gears unfortunatly) 300 bucks

4.88

Is anybody gonna do an axle flip in back to match the front lift?

It seems like a good idea; I just don't know if its possible....

What happen if it has vacuum disconnect? it will work?

It could be made to work, but I would keep looking for one without it.

-Doug

There is actually a way that the vacuum disconnect would be great.

If you spool the front end, then use the cable actuated disconnect (instead of the vacuum unit), then you could run it in 3 wheel drive (which works great actually!) and then just pop the disconnect to lock up the other front tire when needed. Much like an ARB, but you'll always have the left front tire moving when in 4x4, and will have the option to lock up the fourth at will.

If I run across a killer deal on a vaccy, then I'll use it. Spools are cheap as well. A lot cheaper than a locker in the front.

Have fun with that "steering thing"...

Been there, done that. With the vaccy actuated side disengaged, it's not a problem.

I have several friends welded front and rear. Not a problem, just an annoyance.

So how many people are planning on doing this SAS before goneMOAB?

Carlton, are you planning?

MMMMM Tax return!

I thought the vacuum disco axles used a different carrier? You could still weld it, but aftermarket spools, lockers, etc would likely not work.

How about changing R&P gears to something an Xterra could actually use? The problem I see with that is that most waggys came with 3.07 or shorter gears...you need to replace the carrier to run 4.10 and lower. Seems to me that's where you'd run into the problem.

I just placed my pre-order! No word on when it will actually be available though. Now I just need to find the axle. Anybody know of a good place to find one in the San Francisco area?

www.car-part.com

Axle

Yes... yes I am.

3 questions
1. What is a vacuum disconnect?
2. How can you recognise you while at a junk yard?
3. Anyone got photos, dimensions?

Thanks

Some info I found regarding the disconnect.

its pretty hard to miss a vacuum disconnect axle.

The pumpkin should look just ike this one (this is my early bronco axle from my Pathfinder, but the pumpkins look the same):




The angled fitting on the top is for my ARB locker.. the one you are looking for will only have the vertical vent tube.

For those of you wondering, any 80-91 non vaccum waggy axle will work. I just picked up an '88 last night and am picking up an '87 tonight. They're identical in width and steering as the '82 waggy front on my Frontier. From surfing full size jeep boards, it appears the vaccuum disco was an option on '82-86 models only. Any '87+ axle is going to be a good find for this kit.

For those of you questioning gearing. You have to swap more than the R&P; you also have to swap in a carrier designed for 3.92 and lower gears. The stock 2.73's and 3.07's in waggy's use a different carrier. That's not an issue for those of you dropping in an ARB locker....that replaces the carrier all together.

Well, I guess it's time to get down to building my second D44. Might it find a home in my Xterra? We'll see.

What size tires can the kit handle?

When will the first batch be delivered?

Will there be subsequent batches (my X won't be ready for something like this until '06)?

33" are choice. As I understand it with a BL or trimming 35" will work.

Steve should answer that one. But as I understand it they will be available in time for those of us going to goneMOAB.

I am sure that once the kits are out that they will start keeping them in stock for people who are not wanting to do it right now.

Here's a manual disconnect kit for a vaccum disconnect axle.

http://www.collinsbrosjeep.com/main.htm