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

Found a rarity today...



Genuine Suzuki Tailored Seat Cover for my co-pilot's seat

Rediscovered whilst having a tidy...

Result!!!!!

(Thought there was some new seats/armchairs from the buggy going in Dave?)

With the Post Office refurbishment complete, back to the Jimny... and investigate and fix the rear shaft...



Ahhh, whoops, that'll be the problem then?! The original shaft on the left seems somewhat shorter than the replacement one from J999PRE on the right? There seems to be a bit missing off the end? LOL :lol:



Ahhh... there's the end of it! The splined portion is stuck in the (air-locker) diff...



Tried grabbing it with long nose pliers, but it didn't want to come out... so went through the other side with a thin engineering punch to get it out...



The offending piece...

Got this week now to get some new bearings onto the replacement shafts, and then rebuild everything...




And swap the brake pads on the back... which have both worn unevenly? Any thoughts and ideas welcome... ?

I'd normally be really down about a (Vitara) shaft breakage, having done so many in my time offroading Suzukis (25 years now!), but considering this was the Jimny's 24th outing, that's a fantastic non-breakage rate

I will go to the TG (Trail Gear) HD rear shafts when they become available (from JimnyBits), but for now I'll replace the shafts with the ones sourced from James Priestley... So, new ABS bearings and axle oil seals just ordered from the BigJimny store! I'll get these fitted to the replacement shafts later in the week by my local friendly garage (asked Martin to send the bearings Special Delivery and sent extra funds for the extra cost of postage), and will then rebuild it probably weekend after next (10th) as we'll be stocktaking in the shop next weekend (3rd)... Although I may start earlier if the parts are available and I can sneak off from work for a few hours

More photos and details in my blog on the repairs -

www.bits4vits.co.uk/store/shaft-repairs-/blog_338.html

Swifty wrote: How many miles have those rear pads done?

According to my blog(s) they were fitted in early June '15

So since then we've done - a weekend in the Lake District (20th & 21st June), a local wander on the 22/7, Shropshire on the 26/7, local wander on 10/8, another on the 18/8 and then again on the 23/8, Bala 4x4 on the 27/9, Lakes again on the 18/10, Shropshire on the 8/11, Worcester on the 13/12. Xmas laning around Llangollen on the 27/12, the Peak District on the 31/1/16, North Wales on the 22/2 and Machynlleth (one way, as came back on an AA truck!) on the 15th of this month...

So a fair few miles for an offroader...?

Russ at JimnyBits has kindly offered to send me some shims to space the rear disks out a bit so that they sit more central in the calipers, hoping that will sort out the uneven wear...

Maverick (Brett) who has the same kit on his green "Jalepeno" Jimny has said he thinks his are "always on" a bit...?

And I've recounted to him that when I had a Calmini Super Articulation kit on my old Vitara that it then used to droop far enough that the handbrake cable went taught and applied the brake to the side of the axle that was drooping... maybe that's happening a little too?

We do expect these sort of things to wear out faster on an offroad vehicle though? And they are still loads better, more maintenance free than running rear drums in the mud?...

Dave