So I haven't posted in a while on my rebuild progress so ill catch you up to speed. This will be a long article but it will warrant itself to be this long.
Since i replaced the front suspension, I put off installing the rear until i had another long stretch of free time. That whole plan changed this week.
Fast forward from march to this past Sunday. Im driving down 35W in MN on my way home from a car show and my pathfinder hit what appeared to be a pothole/bump. This was a pretty big bump that the construction workers didn't patch yet.
The rear suspension made a loud cracking noise followed by an annoying clicking sound. I knew from there that my CV was damaged bad on the passenger side (It was leaking grease back in February and it needed to be replaced soon).
I make it home and decide to deal with it in the morning.
Monday happens and I begin disassembling the rear suspension on the passenger side. Everything was going smooth until I had to get the knuckle out. ONCE AGAIN the stupid ball joint pinch bolts were seized and i couldn't pop out the ball joints to separate the upper and lower control arm from the knuckle.
So i say to hell with it and cut off the ball joints. Good news was the knuckle was out. Bad news, I still couldn't get the pinch bolts out
So there i am stranded in my garage with my Pathy on 3 wheels and a jack stand. I called a tow truck to get it towed to a shop since i couldn't do the repair myself. No damage occurred to the suspension when we dragged it out of my garage and on to the flatbed.
Here's my pathfinder this morning
Shop is going to replace the knuckle and finish my suspension rebuild for me. This includes:
1. New Knuckle on the passenger side rear
2. New Rear upper control arms i had already purchased but hadnt installed yet
3. new Rear lower control arms i had already purchased but hadnt installed yet
4. new PRG sway bar end links i had already purchased but hadnt installed yet
The Pathfinder will have full alignment capability once the repair is done.
I will keep everyone posted and feel free to ask me questions