There is a fair bit of information around about the Jimny "Death Wobble". Followers of this website will know that I am a firm believer in sorting out the Kingpin Bearings and Wheel Bearings as a main source of problems with wobble. However, this is not the complete cure in some cases. I know from other websites that people have rebuilt the front end of their cars and yet still suffer from wobble. This has reached the point where Suzuki have brought out a kit to help reduce the problem. Suzuki apparantly say that the Jimny was designed for small wheels and that larger wheels change the loading on the bearings and result in "harmonic wobble". This is partially born out by the number of instances of wobble in Jimny "O2" variants - with large factory fitted alloy wheels. Suzuki has now brought out a kit for vehicles affected by this and (as only Suzuki can) charge a fortune for it.....

We are off to the TV4x4 Children in Need event at Broxhead Common next weekend (is anyone else coming?).

Phil has sent in some more of his tips, this time regarding the drum brakes...

A common problem in "Jimnyworld" is to travel to an off-road event only to find that you cannot select 4WD. Either the hubs are stuck or the vacuum has "escaped". For more details on the hubs see my "How to guide"

We went to the CSMA drive around day at Aldermaston. This is the first time they have visited a "Pay and Play" site as a private booking so it was a nice, small, select crowd that gathered at the Alddermaston site. The conditions were rock hard after the very dry spell we have had recently so there was a touch of damage picked up here and there.