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installing a factory difflock

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:33 pm
by nuts
just a dumb question as i cant find my manual ... how hard is it to install a factory difflock into my lwb saf

Re: installing a factory difflock

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:21 pm
by slide
Swap complete rear axle assembly, fit up some pipes for actuation lines.. Not tricky. Might be harder nutting out switch/ relays for vacuum system.
Or to just fit the nugget a lot harder as diff rear hat would need to be cut off and diff lock one welded in place

Re: installing a factory difflock

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:34 pm
by nuts
got a shorty for parts with diff lock in it so swapping diff just cant find my worshop manual to nut out wiring

Re: installing a factory difflock

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:32 pm
by coxsy
Front diff is a high piñon rear diff is low piñon draglink will need work.
Seen it done in a up north winch truck all good till it broke on the tracks as it was welded assembly which in all cases is not a good idea

Re: installing a factory difflock

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:54 am
by nuts
coxsy wrote:Front diff is a high piñon rear diff is low piñon draglink will need work.
Seen it done in a up north winch truck all good till it broke on the tracks as it was welded assembly which in all cases is not a good idea

im guessing by that comment coxy you think i want to put it in the front ????!!! but no its going in the back so thought thats just a diff swap with sorting out the wiring ???!!!

Re: installing a factory difflock

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:19 pm
by DaveM
The diff swap I did a few years ago was easy. No manual, all wiring sat exactly where it was meant to, so just plugged into the loom where required.

Re: installing a factory difflock

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:16 pm
by coxsy
Oh yes easy pisy in the back , get mcvalve for vacuum activation run rubber or steel lines for vacuum
Unless you got Nissan expensive valve bank to run

Re: installing a factory difflock

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:22 pm
by nuts
my lwb doesnt seem to have the section of loom to fit factory switch for difflock thats y im asking as difflock coming out of a shorty

Re: installing a factory difflock

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:00 pm
by coxsy
all thy needs to do is a power supply, a switch to control on /off, on the vaccum valves and your winning