Waterfall Poison Spider Mesa Moab Nissan Pathfinder R51

32in tires, 2 in lift, no diff locks. Finding the limits of a nearly stock Pathfinder

[@Codyd99749]

Great work. Nissans are awfully capable for what they are

[@mikehub6664]

I was following some RZR and 2 built jeeps. On Hell's revenge next day and they were surprised I kept up.

[@azfersaeed1602]

@@mikehub6664 We have a very underrated truck. Not having a solid axle and locking diffs does take away some capability but I feel ABLS gives 90% of the capability.

[@mtnbikehead]

Don’t need lockers unless your tires are coming off the ground. Wouldn’t use front locker on anything that requires steering input on areas of good traction.

[@mikehub6664]

R51 is always lifting a wheel hahaha short travel fully independent suspension on all 4 corners but ABLS manages it surprisingly well.

[@JTube571]

I've had a front locker for about a year now and it has been amazing for doing stuff like this. But yes, when locked the steering effort is harder.

[@plorks445]

ABLS for the win! Nicely done. Have you tried Hells Gate? Curious if it can handle that.

[@mikehub6664]

I haven’t gathered the courage yet haha almost. I don’t trailer, so I have to be able to drive it back several hours.

[@plorks445]

@@mikehub6664 Very understandable. I've heard it's for lockers only. I would hate to get near the top and find out it's not enough.

[@mikehub6664]

@@plorks445 I'm sure with careful tire placement it could be done. ABLS would rather have a wheel lift than a slipping wheel on the rocks so I sometimes pick lines that purposely lift a wheel to get better performance out of the system.

[@azfersaeed1602]

@@mikehub6664 I have a stock 2012 and love the ABLS. What do you mean though by saying it loves a wheel in the air rather than a slipping wheel? Wouldn't the slipping wheel be stopped by ABLS?

[@mikehub6664]

@@azfersaeed1602 ABLS stops once it picks up traction but on a tacky surface like slick rock it can mess up. It stops the slip and transfers torque then when the slipping wheel is rotating slower than the drive wheel with higher traction it releases causing you to slip back again and abls re-engages. So you rock back and forth until you over come the obstacle which puts a lot of strain on the weak spider gears in the front diff.

[@Tarpmanbv1]

Do you have protection underneath? Factory skids or aftermarket?

[@mikehub6664]

I’m running 3/16 steel plate package from shrock works for a Nissan Frontier (D40). Have the engine, transmission, and transfer-case plate. Nobody makes a “pathfinder” skid plate but the d40 frontier is the same chassis and crossmember layout so you can use anything from that chassis.