it means your stock vent is pluged (or even its craped out) or just nissain installed a crappy part...

 

Yeah, it seemed to me that a virgin axle vent shouldn't behave that way. Maybe that's why a few M226 axles have been blowing up?

 

possably....

 

how do you know if you have a m228 axle?

 

are you really serious? ::comphead:


http://www.clubfrontier.org/forums/f62/what-axle-gears-do-i-have-32992/

 

some of the m226 came from the factory with out a vent , they just plugged it , check on the passenger side of the axle between the diff and the wheel on the top there should be a little cap id take the cap off and do the vent mod if there is no cap and just a square looking piece sticking up your plugged and need to buy the vent

 

good info

 

x2 on that

 

There is a little silver vent cap on there and it's clean, on the outside at least. Maybe there's a preset that it will build up pressure before release? Doesn't seem right though. I guess the vent mod will be next on my list.

 

No. It will get clogged and build up positive pressure.

Or it will vent when hot and build a negative pressure after cooling. (It's a 1-way valve).

 

You can unscrew the vent and spray any type of cleaner in there and clean it out. The cap of the vent should be able to move/spin freely.

 

vent mod?

Rear diff breather extension - Second Generation Nissan Xterra Forums

nevermind.

wow it took me two seconds to find that over there. Why cant our search engine be like that

 

Here's the axle vent write-up from titantalk, complete with nice pictures and P/Ns: Axle vent issue and solution

 

Just make sure you actually read the entier thread and not just the first post becasue it is wrong.

You can not just use a standard barb fitting like it states, well, you can but it would be wrong.

Order this: #9040451026 from your local Toyota dealer and it will work perfectly. It only costs ~4 bucks and you don't have to worry about grinding down threads or anything like that.

 

i could not find the diff breather mod on this site, anyone have a link?

 

I went to the links mentioned in posts 13,14, & 15. Here's a bit of an update for you. After reading all of those posts, there was mention of the toyota part, BUT I also found a link to a toyota board that mentioned a NISSAN part for their axles.

I looked on courtesy nissan and sure enough, it's a valid number.

I cannot say for 100% certainty that this is the correct part. Hopefully someone will come along that knows for sure.

Anyway, nissan part # = 38323-C6010.

 

Does this mod apply to the 200 axle also?

 

yes and i'm almost 100% sure the vent is on the same side too. same vent and same problems

 

Here's a writeup I did when I installed mine on my 2008.

http://www.nwfrontier.com/article.php?story=20100125072213790