Folowing a busted CV joint - see Busted  I have spent the last couple of evenings fitting it.

Iain has sent in some pictures of his Jimny and I challenge any of the UK readers not to be jealous of the location - The Alps - not sure my Jimny would get to the Alps.

So following Broxhead I had to find out what happened to the 4WD. The main culprit is likely to be the CV joint so I stripped down the hub.

Well not such a good day out. It poured with rain at Broxhead today and we got soaked through. Very quickly after arriving we were going to climb a hill in the mud run when there was a bang from underneath and we lost 4WD. Once we had winched out a quick inspection showed that the drivers side front wheel rotates happily on its own, so either the halfshaft has snapped or the CV joint has failed. I would put money on the CV joint as this is the weakest part and the steering gets very stiff on full right lock. I unbolted the freewheeling hub to ensure nothing could jam and we drove home very carefully!!! Also disappointing were the brakes, they were extremelt spongy and the handbrake was very poor. I guess I still have some work to do somewhere on the brake conversion.

Barry Harper has sent in pictures of his Jimny.