CrzRsn
So long, and thanks for all the fish
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I wonder how long it will be until "Save the manuals" morphs into "Save the transmissions", what with all these new all electric vehicles coming out.
I remember so many discussions about how much better all these fancy twin clutch gear boxes are compared to manual transmissions, because of their speed and efficiency, but these new electric cars are direct drive. Constant uninterrupted power delivery. For the same reasons that a twin clutch is better than a stick, these direct drive EV's are better than a twin clutch. I imagine it won't be long before fans of these gearboxes are making the exact same arguments that the "Save the manual" crowd have been making for quite a few years now. You know, "driving involvement" and all that.
Funnily enough the most hated type of transmission is the best one, the CVT essentially replicates all the features of a direct (ish) drive EV. Also some EVs do have two speeds. I don't think that "save the manuals" will ever actually become "save the transmissions". People who care about driver involvement are already in the former camp, those who care about speed/efficiency would be just as happy with EVs
I don't think there'll be much of a "save the transmissions" campaign from the flappy paddle crowd. As much as they have improved over the years and have long been the standard for modern, expensive high performance vehicles, it's hard to lay claim that these cars' gearboxes have the same enthusiastic following as do the good old stick and clutch. But for the small minority of owners of said cars who track them, I doubt the manual shifting options get used with any regularity among their well heeled clientele.
Fuck Nissan in the ass. One of the things that the X had to go in for was a seal on rear axle, well lo and behold, the fucking is impossible to change without changing the whole half axle assembly... Which of course is roughly $500...
IIRC there was a change between 06 and 11
My cursory search earlier today did confirm what he said, I'll do some more digging but the dude generally knows what his doing.I don't recall that being anywhere close to the price tag for my axle seal. You do need to change the sealed bearing since you have to crack the race to get to the seal, but not the entire assembly.
IIRC there was a change between 06 and 11
My cursory search earlier today did confirm what he said, I'll do some more digging but the dude generally knows what his doing.
I think yours has a different rear axle as well, mine is a Dana 44 with the electrically actuated locking diff.
Yep it’s a full assembly, so it’s a straight swap.If that axle shaft comes with everything pre-assembled, it's worth the $400-500. Shop time to press a floating axle like this apart and back together is ugly.
IIRC there was a change between 06 and 11
My cursory search earlier today did confirm what he said, I'll do some more digging but the dude generally knows what his doing.
I think yours has a different rear axle as well, mine is a Dana 44 with the electrically actuated locking diff.
That’s interesting, when I was ordering the seal from Courtesy, they actually told me that my car came up as “off road” and that those didn’t come with a locking diff. I was very confused to say the least. Perhaps there was a redesign sometime between yours and mine?That's what I have since I own the Off Road trim.
He did a VIN lookup, not much guess work thereMine is a 2006, but I believe the same axle was used for the entire 2005+ run of the Off Road/Pro-4X. That guy doesn't know what he's talking about, or he's thinking of the C200 rear end that came on the lower-end trims, not the M226 with the locker.