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Dave's "S200KYS" Jimny 'laner Build...

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04 Jul 2014 08:21 #119278 by Bits4Vits
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Flameboi201 wrote: Looks great mate . Proper job :-)


Thanks! Luvin' yours too... hope to see it at the jimny Meet 2014? ;)

Just dropped the Jimny off at the local garage around the corner, the lads are fitting my JimnyBits (Blue of course!) extended brake lines... errr, yes, I'll rebuild diffs, etc, but won't touch my own brakes... go figure?! (Leave it to the experts!)

Dave :blush:
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04 Jul 2014 14:12 - 04 Jul 2014 14:13 #119298 by Bits4Vits
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Matching blue brakelines -



Fitted -



And, meanwhile, I'd spent a while reading through the installation manual for the ARB rear air-operated locking diff, and came to the conclusion that I've not got the tools and/or skills to fit it! So, I of course, once again, contacted "Rockwatt" (Rich Wattam) and asked him if he'd do it for me...! So with a price agreed, I just need to whip out the diff out on Sunday and send it over to Sunny Scunthorpe with the ARB to get the two expertly combined by the God-of-gearing! B)

The manual mentioned getting the bearings off the original diff carrier and onto the new ARB unit, and I haven't got a set of bearing pullers, or a hydraulic press, and on previous diff builds I've waggled the pinnion flange until it "felt right" :blink: , rather than accurately testing the backlash with a dial indicator, etc... So, this time, with this build, best get it done right... so off it goes to "Rockwatt" on Monday! B)
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05 Jul 2014 21:58 #119352 by suzuki jimny fella
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what kind of price is it to set this up on a jimjam would love a ARB in mine
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05 Jul 2014 22:09 #119358 by idiotmobil
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Hot to be around a grand for a arb and compressor maybe a bit cheaper depending on compressor you get
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06 Jul 2014 07:57 #119373 by Bits4Vits
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I'd already bought mine to go in the front of a Vitara based buggy... so, yes, although a grand seems a lot, it was more re-using it than anything else...

Plus the Lockrights I have seen in Jimnys (although awesome offroad, do) bang and click a bit... so I decided to reuse my ARB in the back of the Jimny... and a Vitara LSD going in the front :laugh: eventually!

Mine came from an greenlaning mate who as emigrated to Oz', so I got it a bit cheaper too B)

Right, bacon butty and a cuppa and out for the day to do all the electrics and pull the diff out ready to send to Rockwatt tomorrow... B)
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06 Jul 2014 22:21 #119440 by suzuki jimny fella
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awesome
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