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

Thanks for the room for the night Dave! Very kind of you.

and such a shame your panhard mount was playing up

You missed some lovely views on the tops with cloud inversion:

Riccy wrote: Thanks for the room for the night Dave! Very kind of you.

and such a shame your panhard mount was playing up

My pleasure mate

Yup, shame Early bath after first couple of 'lanes and limped home

See you on the Christmas run though! :woohoo:

Repairs tomorrow...

Repairs day today then...



I stripped the old panhard rod mount off, and found the 3mm stick steel of the 4"x2" box section I used back in July to make the repair had been torn in two just before the welds, so this time I used some 6"x4" box which is 6mm thick, and rather than try and rescue the old mount, I made a new one out of some 4"x2" box section that had already been cut in nalf length ways when I was making a batch of shock spacers...



On, painted, reassembled...

A few more little jobs to do, and one outstanding There's a graunchin noise coming from the back near side... suspect it's the wheel bearing on the way out, so I'll pop the shaft out on Sunday for a look...

I sat down tonight with a beer and worked back through this build thread looking to see when the rear wheel bearings were lsat changed... looks like May 2018 when the front diff was rebuilt without the damaged LSD, and all the wheel bearings and seals were changed at the same time... and a JimnyBits rear HD prop was fitted...

So based on that, and it's history after that - below - I think it could well be time to change the rear wheel bearngs... I'll ordere some tomorrow for overnight delivery for fitting Sunday.... Hopefully?!

25/03/18 - North Wales incl Henryd
29/04/18 - Greenlaning North Wales - front LSD diff failed
02/05/19 - Diff rebuild minus the LSD
06/05/18 - Hawkstone Punch hunt - front brake hose failed, bearing failed, so recovered home
16/05/18 - Transfer Box Oil changed, front and rear wheel bearings fitted, JimnyBits HD rear prop fitted
16/05/19 - Front LSD removed and standard open front with 26 spline side gears fitted
20/05/19 - Freewheel Hubs Ftted and new front calipers
27/05/18 - Greenlaning North Wales
04/07/18 - JimnyBits HD Front Prop Fitted
14/07/18 - Lake District Weekend Day 1
15/07/18 - Lake District Weekend Day 2
05/08/18 - ROS shock mount fixed, Trailmaster rear shocks fitted to replace battered ProComps, Spring Clamps fitted
12/08/18 - Tight & Scratch 'laning North Wales
09/09/18 - Northumberland Trip
16/09/18 - {rep for windscreen replacement - roof bars and snorkel removed
14/10/18 - Failed MOT
18/10/18 - MOT repairs
20/10/18 - Passed MOT
15/11/18 - Birthday cross country run to cash and carry! LOL
02/12/18 - North Wales 'laning trip
30/12/18 - Missed Christmas Trip, the start of pneumonia and January in Hospital, February at home...
10/03/19 - TSG (The Splinter Group"!) North Wales inaugral day out - first trip after recuperating
17/03/19 - TSG Trip 2 North Wales
22/03/19 - Impromptu moring's laning with Ubermeister from Shropshire Suzuki forum
07/04/19 - TSG Trip 3 North Wales
28/04/19 - Lleyn Peninsula Trip
12/05/19 - Oldham to Holmfirth Trip
23/06/19 - Peak District Trip
10/07/19 - Prep for Lake District Weekend
13/07/19 - Lake District Weekend Day 1
14/07/19 - Lake District Weekend Day 2 - recovered home (eventually!) with ripped off front panhard mount
24/07/19 - Repaired front panhard mount after failed in the Lake Destruct
18/08/19 - North Wales incl Henryd (winched!)
20/10/19 - Lake District Day Trip
22/10/19 - Failed MOT
23/10/19 - MOT repairs - bulbs, snorkel repair, ARB bolt, prop bolts, headlight aim / replace
27/10/19 - MOT repairs - pitman track rod end, windscreen, rear axle tabs, rear offisde shock mount
31/10/19 - MOT repairs - rear axle welding and new front anti roll bar droplinks
01/11/19 - Passed MOT
03/11/19 - rehosed rear axle breather and rear ARB diff after weling accident for MOT
10/11/19 - Llangollen area in some snow
01/12/19 - Denbighshire & Flintshie - managed three lanes before front panhard mount failed
04/12/19 - Repaired front panhard mount

All things being equal I guess that 18 months is not bad for a wheel bearing given your level of modification and use. I would be horrified if it were Dreadnaught going through bearings like that but our cars are at extreme opposite ends of the spectrum.

Lambert wrote: All things being equal I guess that 18 months is not bad for a wheel bearing given your level of modification and use. I would be horrified if it were Dreadnaught going through bearings like that but our cars are at extreme opposite ends of the spectrum.

Indeed

Why haven't the two big Jimny suppliers got rear ABS bearings? I've had to order a pair from Japanese 4x4 Parts...!