Re:My 01 Jimny, another Norwegian

Started working on the car today. New kingpins and bearings(the bearings looked like they been laying in the ocean for years). New brakes at front. When I have the time I will sandblast the calipers and refurbish them completely, only changes the gliders this time(had to use the induction heater on one of them!!)

Next up is the rear, waiting for the handbrake cables. bolt for abs sensor snapped right off, had to drill it out and thread it again. Manual hubs need some paint soon!
Always nice to have the how-to's to look at, have'nt done this job since the last jimny in 2012 or something.

Great with new parts!

also calipers can be sourced online or cheapo-sites like mister-auto or bildeler.no. these are the same calipers as on the SJ and I think i have refurbished my last calipers when i see how cheap the can be bought.
Maybe i don't do it right but refurbished calipers do not last long until you have to do them again.
Sliding bolts can also be bought new at low prices.
caliper bolts and bracket was rusted stuck on my car and had to cut it off.
I used an old SJ413 bracket from 1985, was just the same and had much less rust for some reason.

Yes maybe just as easy to get new ones, maybe convert to discs at the rear also! Is there any website or something that shows what SJ parts that will work on the Jimny aswell?

Did the rear brakes today, with cables. Tomorrow i'll bleed the system and change oils on the differensials.

A good cleaning after, didn't look like it was washed since i sold it in 2015.

Removed the front bumper so I could remove the headlights today, going to paint the bumper also.
Found some rust under there, as expected. also sanded and polished up the headligths, mot failure that should do it!