Gary Lewis Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Oh ok. What about the turning issue? I've heard the transfer case doesn't like that. Jim won’t have a problem there as the issue arises only when you have both the front and rear axles driving. And that’s because the front tires take a different path thru turns so travel a different distance than the rear tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat in tn Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Jim won’t have a problem there as the issue arises only when you have both the front and rear axles driving. And that’s because the front tires take a different path thru turns so travel a different distance than the rear tires. ever watch someone from behind and see their front tires clear a curb then the back wheel crawl right up on it? or nascar, you know the passenger side goes more than 500 miles in a 500 mile race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 ever watch someone from behind and see their front tires clear a curb then the back wheel crawl right up on it? or nascar, you know the passenger side goes more than 500 miles in a 500 mile race. My front axle is open. The truck doesn't get bound up. The biggest problem right now is my left knee. I absolutely can't use the ball of my foot without drooling in pain. I'm borrowing the Altima. Kinda glad right now that my brother has a car for each day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat in tn Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 My front axle is open. The truck doesn't get bound up. The biggest problem right now is my left knee. I absolutely can't use the ball of my foot without drooling in pain. I'm borrowing the Altima. Kinda glad right now that my brother has a car for each day of the week. I thought we all had one for each day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifitaintbroke Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 My front axle is open. The truck doesn't get bound up. The biggest problem right now is my left knee. I absolutely can't use the ball of my foot without drooling in pain. I'm borrowing the Altima. Kinda glad right now that my brother has a car for each day of the week. Now that's something I purely despise: a Nissan! But it's better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Now that's something I purely despise: a Nissan! But it's better than nothing. I've got no problem with it ('13 3.5 CVT) It has tactile controls, good heat and is an absolute rocket with the CVT you put your foot in it and the tach swings around to its torque peak (about 3,700) and the car pulls and just keeps pulling. It's also quiet at speed... at least at a bit more than a buck and a quarter. It's not mine, so I'm not going to push it. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifitaintbroke Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 I've got no problem with it ('13 3.5 CVT) It has tactile controls, good heat and is an absolute rocket with the CVT you put your foot in it and the tach swings around to its torque peak (about 3,700) and the car pulls and just keeps pulling. It's also quiet at speed... at least at a bit more than a buck and a quarter. It's not mine, so I'm not going to push it. 😉 Yeah those cvt's are great until they break. And there's no fixing them. The entire unit has to be replaced. Just hope and pray it's still under warranty. I cannot tell you how many time I've seen those transmissions have issues. Nissan irritates me on many fronts. They have bad electrical systems, evidenced by the amount of corrosion present on the battery 99.9% of the time. On the 2.5: the spark plug tube seals. You can't replace them. You have to replace the WHOLE VALVE COVER. And those ain't cheap. I sell WAY too many parts for these cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Yeah those cvt's are great until they break. And there's no fixing them. The entire unit has to be replaced. Just hope and pray it's still under warranty. I cannot tell you how many time I've seen those transmissions have issues. Nissan irritates me on many fronts. They have bad electrical systems, evidenced by the amount of corrosion present on the battery 99.9% of the time. On the 2.5: the spark plug tube seals. You can't replace them. You have to replace the WHOLE VALVE COVER. And those ain't cheap. I sell WAY too many parts for these cars. The Altima is 11 years old w/155k. I don't think anything's under warranty anymore. The CVT is fine if you actually change the fluid with the proper stuff. It's about ready for #3. Nothing's going to help if you just leave it, or let it go too long and THEN change it Sorry, I know nothing about the 4-banger tube seals. Can't imagine that someone like Dorman hasn't come up with an aftermarket solution, but I don't know how long lived those engines are. ( I know a lot about tiny aspects of the world I care about, and virtually nothing about things that haven't provoked in interest in me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifitaintbroke Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 The Altima is 11 years old w/155k. I don't think anything's under warranty anymore. The CVT is fine if you actually change the fluid with the proper stuff. It's about ready for #3. Nothing's going to help if you just leave it, or let it go too long and THEN change it Sorry, I know nothing about the 4-banger tube seals. Can't imagine that someone like Dorman hasn't come up with an aftermarket solution, but I don't know how long lived those engines are. ( I know a lot about tiny aspects of the world I care about, and virtually nothing about things that haven't provoked in interest in me. That is true about the fluid change. My main problem is their failure rate and the fact that you have to replace the entire transmission. Dorman does make a replacement, but they're scarce. We usually get them from the dealer. It's just my general beef with anything late model. I hate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Yeah those cvt's are great until they break. And there's no fixing them. The entire unit has to be replaced. Just hope and pray it's still under warranty. I cannot tell you how many time I've seen those transmissions have issues. Nissan irritates me on many fronts. They have bad electrical systems, evidenced by the amount of corrosion present on the battery 99.9% of the time. On the 2.5: the spark plug tube seals. You can't replace them. You have to replace the WHOLE VALVE COVER. And those ain't cheap. I sell WAY too many parts for these cars. I'm not showing it any mercy! I have a beef with touchscreens in a vehicle but this Altima is old enough that it still has tactile controls (buttons, levers & switches) I wouldn't want a Tesla, for example. But short of all the freaking modules that fail new cars are great. A friend of mine was boasting about his Mach1 429 Mustang and I had to say that a bare bones 2023 Elantra would kick its ass by any metric. He was not pleased... 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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