to install a Nismo LSD in Base model at home? I realize changing out pumpkins would be fairly easy but what about straight LSD install.

any info appreciated...can't find much in searching for this

 

I have never done it but from the info I have gathered it is fairly difficult to do. I am not going to attempt it. I just did the full pumpkin swap. You can send it away to a shop and they will do it for you.

 

I've done one on my 300zx. It's not difficult at all. It's actually pretty easy. Just put your car on jack stands and put your jack underneith the housing and unbolt everything.

 

this is what you do to take out the pumpkin. not install an lsd. he was asking about install the lsd, not removing the pumpkin.

 

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I don't think it would be that bad... I've seen it done on the speed channel and aside from an impact wrench, and rubber mallet, all you would need is a set of ballz and workbench to make the swap a DIY project.

Too many people are afraid of working on their own cars. It's not rocket science. Just be patient and do you homework up front.

 

I believe the only difficult part is the actual "shimming". I have no way of doing this.

 

amen to that.

 

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I have helped my friend do a DIY install with his Kaaz 2-way. In the end we got it all together, only to realize that we had no way of shimming it. We just took the diff installed in the pumpkin to a local drivetrain shop and had it shimmed and then put pumpkin cover back on and install back on car.

 

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Can this be done in a day?