Thread: NX2000 Awd Conversion

Yeah that sucks, it usually takes me 1 hour to do a clutch on the nx by myself. It sounds like stretches ford truck all over again. I couldnt believe all the bs him and kurt went through on that.

If i have some time this weekend i will stop by. Otherwise i am laid off next week again so i can come and give you a hand. Pm me your work schedule for next week.

Later,Jon

lol, ya from what kurt told me stretches truck was a pain to work on. That would be cool if you get some time and can swing over.

My Gti-r axles came with the engine and tranny I purchased. If you search the Gtir section on the forum you should be able to find links for places to buy them from.

Driver side Axles

The top one is from the NX and the bottom is the Gti-r awd axles. Length wise the NX axle is around 25 3/8in and the Gti-r awd axle also is around 25 3/8in.



The front of the axle which goes into the hub are similar. Thread pattern for the nut and spline are the same just slight different design where it fits in the hub. They will still work in the NX hub assemble and I believe the Gti-r's use the same wheel bearings and such anyways as the NX and sentras.



However the Gti-r axles and NX axles are not interchangeable because of the back of them. If you look closely in the picture you can see how they are different. The Gti-r axle has a bigger diameter and the splines are much shorter.



Passenger side Axles

The top one is from the NX and the bottom is the Gti-r awd axle. The NX axle is around 37in and the Gti-r awd axle is around 37 3/8in.



The front of the axle which goes into the hub assembly are similar between the two. The thread pattern for the nut and spline are the same just slightly different designs where it fits into the hub. They will still work in the NX hub assembly. Also I believe the Gti-r's use the same wheel bearings and such anyways as the NX and Sentras.



Here is a picture of the middle of the axles. Mine didn't come with a bracket for support so I will have to look into it and then compare the two.



However the Gti-r axles and NX axles are not interchangeable because of the back of them. If you look closely in the picture you can see how they are different. The Gti-r axle has a lot shorter splines when compared to the NX axle. I'm not sure if the spline pattern is the same but it does look to be.



Remember the measurements are just estimates since its hard to get an exact measurement of a axle with a tape measure. Also they lengths seem a bit odd to me so I'm going to have to look into it some more to see why that is unless I measured wrong. Now if you had to I don't see any reason at the moment why you couldn't use the front of the NX axles and combine them with the back of the Gti-r axles if need be.

Thanks, I couldnt find a pic of them side by side at all. Yes gti-r and b13-14 wheel bearing and hubs are the same. Gtir wont have a support for the long shaft due to that whole shaft goes inside the transfercase.

That makes sense now, thanks for the info.

I finally had time to work on it again.

2-23-09

This is the complete awd transmission front mount off of the Gti-r. Now the interesting part is that it bolted right up where are fwd transmission mount goes.


Gti-r rear transmission mount




Now what I did was laid down some tape so I could mark where I needed to drill my holes.




I also needed to cut a part of the rear transmission chassis mount in order for it to sit flat.

Before


1st cut


2nd cut



I drilled my holes a bit big so I have room for adjusting if needed.



Make sure you have the other mounts bolted in place and you have a level to see when the engine is positioned correctly before marking and drilling your holes.

Nice work nick, i see what you were talking about now with the mount. I will be over tomorrow evening most likely. I will call you.

not to insult your intelligence or anything, but make sure you get some paint on that metal sanded area...I'd hate to see an AMAZING project start rusting...

Very cool stuff you are doing, bro. Keep it up - you're an inspiration!

ya I have paint ready for that but I wanted to get all my holes drilled first.

2-25-09

Here is the rear transmission mount bolted in place.


I started on my front mount today. I decided against hacking up the dog bone to use since that would be a waste.


I used 3/16 thick going from the existing dog bone holes in the radiator support to the mount and 1/4 thick going from side to side. Everything is just tacked together so I need to finish welding and boxing in the mount bracket as well as drilling my holes to bolt the side pieces. After that I will test the durability and see what I need to do for improvements.