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

"Facilities" ?? - Angle Grinder, Small Pillar Drill and a MIG Welder Gus'

Haven't got the facility to bend 6mm plate, so I cut most of the way through, bend and then weld it up...

Does the job though!

Dave

By tomorrow I should be the proud owner of a big fat angle grinder

Pillar drill is on the list....will never have a mig welder 'cos what power I have in my workshop comes off a genny, so that's out

Think it's just as well I don't have a welder.....Ellie would be a full time garage widow.

gusthegorilla wrote: By tomorrow I should be the proud owner of a big fat angle grinder

Pillar drill is on the list....will never have a mig welder 'cos what power I have in my workshop comes off a genny, so that's out

Think it's just as well I don't have a welder.....Ellie would be a full time garage widow.

Wednesday... it's coming by ParcelForce 48

You'll be able to trim your toe nails now Gus

Daniel30 wrote: You'll be able to trim your toe nails now Gus

No need...climbing trees all day keeps 'em short

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First thing I found was the two bolts (or rather the nuts) that hold the radius arm and the axle together on my side of the Jimny were a bit loose, both of them, so that won't help... nipped them up and went for a test drive and it was 85% better, I could only replicate the wobble under braking...

So, up went the Jim with the garage Hi-Lift (we've all got two right? ) and I span both front wheels / tyres one at a time... and Alan's side (passenger side) was scraping a little on each revolution... sounds like a warped disk which would make it start to wobble a bit under braking, and then the suspension geometry takes over and amplifies the wobble! Arrrggghhh! We're going to die! (It really was that bad!)

Thinking about it, I replaced the bearing in Alan's side last, so maybe the hub was leaning the disk onto the pad when the bearing failed, and that has lead to the warped disk...

So, I've ordered a couple of disks to replace both fronts

And... I've been looking at these for a while thinking it would help -



A nice big TerraFirma damper meant for a Land Rover Discovery 1 (that's what I've got fitted now) but with a self centering helper spring on it too... It's a pin and ring damper, but it comes with the mounts to mount the ring end to the steering bars, so it will fit my Jimny, and will be the same length as my existing one, so I know (?!) it's going to fit alright... and I'm hoping the additional spring will help with the size, weight and height of my Jimny and it's 31"s... As the damper is meant for a Disco' (and Defender without the additional bracketry).

I'll let you know when it's fitted how I get on...

Additional Photo to show how it's mounted -

that was quick!

The joys of being self-employed, gave myself an hour off

Fits! but only just



Been for a test drive, and it feels very 'positive'

Looks like a great mud and grass collector

My only gripe about these "Steering Dampers" is that you have to undo them to align the Steering Wheel adjustment!!

We'll have to go and get it muddy then!

just got to replace the front disks on Sunday after a little lie-in!