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The pickup is finally apart...

...and it's not pretty. I actually blew a hole through the front case when the bearing let go :hick:

It actually isn't all that bad. The trans needs a new cluster, seals, and bearings. The gears and shafts are fine. Need a clutch though :D Should be all together and on the road again by Friday.

There's Mud Drags on Saturday :evilgrin:

The pickup is finally apart...

Reply #1 –
I couldn't afford all the broken parts you have to deal with.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

The pickup is finally apart...

Reply #2 –
Mike, what strip is that?? It doesn't look like PIR or SIR. Did they put a new one in somewhere in between???

John


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

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The pickup is finally apart...

Reply #3 –
Second thought, after looking a little closer, that does lok like PIR.

John:hick:


86' T/C 4.6L DOHC
16' Chebby Cruze 1.4L Turbo
17’ Peterbilt 389 600hp 1850ftlb Trq 18spd

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“Heavy Metal Mistress”
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The pickup is finally apart...

Reply #4 –
It's PIR. Surprisingly racing is not what killed it. Nissan MTX tranny's have a design flaw with the front cover which also acts as the front bearing retainer. So the recall piece is going on and that will solve the problem. Most break by 100K, so 140K out of mine is pretty good ;)

It broke on I5 at 60mph in 5th with the cruise on of all places. Still made it home! (In 4th :hick: )

I'm actually getting away kinda cheap on this one.

The pickup is finally apart...

Reply #5 –
Been there, done that (including limping home in 4th), bought the T-shirt. Is the recall on the whole problem (that bearing design), or will they only replace the case half? Seems to me that if the failure is because of the design flaw and there's a recall (essentially admitting the flaw) it should all be free. There was no recall when mine failed...
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The pickup is finally apart...

Reply #6 –
Recall for the whole thing is only good to 100K, so I'm 40K over. I sure wouldn't expect them to do it, it's 11 years old and I'm the 3rd or 4th owner at least.