Replacing air hub pipes with silicone hose.

Replaced the pipes on the new Black Jimny with copper pipe but I have an advantage, I'm a gas fitter and I have a pipe flaring/swaging kit and soldering gear

X-Eng Simon wrote:

Az1987 wrote: On all UK spec jimnys(1998 on)

Not on mine! It's a 1999 Soft Top.

Si

Mine is the same year and has them, they all left the factory with them for the UK Market (worked at Suzuki main dealer for 3 year) yours must have had them changed at some point or is one of the many Spanish built odd balls driving around .

Hi here is some pics of what works for me.

Fuzzoire wrote: All fixed and working fine.
What a difference fixing the solenoids has made, the hubs are very quick to engage and disengage.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Good work getting it sorted!
What exactly did you do to the solenoids to get them working?
My system seems to be a bit tempramental (spelling?) so I want to give it an overhaul before it gets too cold.
That or throw it in the bin...

I did exactly what facade suggested in an earlier post #23278 with a little gentle tapping from a small hammer and some WD40. I used a 12v battery from our house alarm on the kitchen table to get it going. The lock solenoid VSV2 was fine it was VSV1 the unlock solenoid that gave me problems.

Thats not the standard route is it?
Mine go a completely different way...

i don't see why either the silicone or copper or a mix of the two wouldn't work, only advice I'd give is don't fix them to the leading arm with tywraps try to keep the screw fixing. One of mine had broken and i put a tywrap round it but it got broken on the first outing.
cheers,
John

I used 4mm or 3/16 which ever that they use for some lorry air brakes worked a treat and i re routed it so i dint have to tirap it to the leading arm as both my bols were snapped off in the hole long ago. works a treat never had any problems since.

Johnniehec wrote: i don't see why either the silicone or copper or a mix of the two wouldn't work, only advice I'd give is don't fix them to the leading arm with tywraps try to keep the screw fixing. One of mine had broken and i put a tywrap round it but it got broken on the first outing.
cheers,
John

I used 4mm or 3/16 which ever that they use for some lorry air brakes worked a treat and i re routed it so i dint have to tirap it to the leading arm as both my bols were snapped off in the hole long ago. works a treat never had any problems since..
like john said earlier on in this post tiraps to the leading arm are not the way forward.

Hi Guys

What do you think about vaccum silicone hose?
www.auto-performance.co.uk/product_info....9_91&products_id=568

Is it good for the replacement of the "HOSE, SPINDLE VACUUM 4WD" ?

Do you use 3mm hose ?

Thanks for your help

Jo King's 'upgrade' has been 100% reliable for me.