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crazytou
06-29-2005, 10:30 PM
okay my pathfinder was out 4x4ing and i hit a bump and something happened. after i hit the bump the body laided down onto the tire on the front left side. so my question is what holds up the body from the tire??? cause right now the tire is rubbing against the body and wont drive at all. i will get a picture but nothing is broken as i have the wheel off now.
cloud1314
06-29-2005, 10:42 PM
look to see if you have broken spring/strut
crazytou
06-29-2005, 10:50 PM
So the shock holds everything up???
crazytou
06-29-2005, 11:00 PM
Dam i can't see the shock holding everything up...but i guess it makes sense.
duffspec
06-30-2005, 06:31 AM
That is the strut or shock for sure, It happened on my friends ride, it looked like it was on bags. :D
GTS Jeff
06-30-2005, 05:24 PM
You guys are wrong. Shocks don't support weight, springs do.

My guess is that your spring has somehow become unseated. Put it back on its perch ASAP or you will blow the shock.
crazytou
07-03-2005, 05:35 PM
pathfinder doesn't have a strut set up. torsion bar holds it up i belive...
CryoCarnage
07-03-2005, 05:36 PM
whatever it is do it immediately! i had a friend with a Camry who went for Snow joy rides and hit a snowbank one day. I dont remeber what happened but in the end the car eventually broke his axle. It sucks fixing that shit too.
BerserkerCatSplat
07-03-2005, 06:46 PM
Yeah, I would get a jack under that corner ASAP. Doing that will take the mass off of the spring, and allow you to get a better look at the problem. It does sound like the spring has come unseated.
GTS Jeff
07-03-2005, 08:17 PM
Originally posted by crazytou
pathfinder doesn't have a strut set up. torsion bar holds it up i belive... Buddy, it doesn't matter WHAT the suspension is...they all have springs and shocks. Now go take a look to make sure your spring is still seated. Jesus Mary-Fucking Christ!
ryder_23
07-03-2005, 08:26 PM
Originally posted by GTS Jeff
Buddy, it doesn't matter WHAT the suspension is...they all have springs and shocks. Now go take a look to make sure your spring is still seated. Jesus Mary-Fucking Christ!

:rofl: :werd:

its a vehicle, with suspension. All works the same way.
crazytou
07-03-2005, 10:37 PM
i blocked it under the frame but there is no springs on a pathfinder...torsion bar looks fine but yet its screwed.
CryoCarnage
07-03-2005, 10:46 PM
Originally posted by crazytou
i blocked it under the frame but there is no springs on a pathfinder...torsion bar looks fine but yet its screwed.
No springs? :dunno: Does this sound weird to anyone else?
Skyline_Addict
07-03-2005, 10:51 PM
Originally posted by CryoCarnage

No springs? :dunno: Does this sound weird to anyone else?

i guess it rides on red bull?

anyways, definetely get your springs checked asap.
crazytou
07-03-2005, 10:53 PM
There's no springs....torsion bars and shocks thats it.
CryoCarnage
07-03-2005, 11:10 PM
Originally posted by Skyline_Addict


i guess it rides on red bull?

anyways, definetely get your springs checked asap.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
GTS Jeff
07-03-2005, 11:11 PM
Oh Christ, I thought I read leaf coil....fawk well yeah there is no spring in a torsion bar setup because the torsion bar is the spring...

Now I don't know much (read: anything) about torsion bars, but it might be a good idea to check that it hasn't broken.
crazytou
07-04-2005, 12:43 PM
Ya thats the thing...i looked at that bar and can't see anything wrong.
Supa Dexta
07-04-2005, 05:38 PM
Just start tracing things.. if one side is still up, follow how it is laid out, where things meet up..etc.. then go around to the other side and see that it looks the same... If your slammed on one side, theres def something in there that will be really out of place/bent/broke/missing..

:)