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JIMNY: Rear discs brakes and full floating axles

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31 Aug 2014 14:34 #123035 by gus2000
JIMNY: Rear discs brakes and full floating axles was created by gus2000
Hello, Some time ago I am working on install rear discs brakes and full floater axles. Yesterday I did the first test on road.

Navigating www emerges as the recommended use of suzuki front hubs.

Design and manufacture of the adapter plate to the rear axle with support for brake calipers

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Reinforcing the end of the rear axle. the original flange with 8mm bolts are insufficient to support the wheel hub

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Good fit………….

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Finished reinforcing work

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Adapters plates with 10mm stud bolts

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Brake Caliper (Bosch, rear from Peugeot 206)
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Painting

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Brake discs…….. (Factory, front Jimny)

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1mm disc out as recommended by Bosch

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Inside, close but not rubbing

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New brake tube hoses

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brake tube hoses in position

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Half shafts…….in cromo moly steel, heat treated.

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Gran Vitara flanges.

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Flanges adapted to support the shafts

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Axle installed on the Jimny

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I hope you like and result useful work

Gustavo
Gustavo LU2HC - Rio Cuarto (Argentina)
Jimny 1999 - 1.6 16V - SOHC
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31 Aug 2014 15:01 #123038 by irishguy123
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Very impressive! If you had manual hubs on the rear axel would it allow you to drive in front wheel drive only? Could be useful if you damaged the rear diff etc.

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31 Aug 2014 16:33 #123046 by JuanGuillie
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Nice one, Gustavo.
Great job.
Thumbs up !!! B)

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31 Aug 2014 17:12 #123049 by funkyjimny
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Nice work, impressive engineering skills and well thought out.

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31 Aug 2014 20:01 #123065 by Cider
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Very Nice B)

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01 Sep 2014 07:11 #123087 by Tadpole
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Top job as always Gustavo, thanks for sharing .... ;)

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01 Sep 2014 08:29 #123093 by Laminak
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Very good job Gustavo :woohoo:

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01 Sep 2014 14:14 #123122 by Docmartin4x4
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Very impressive, did you make drawings of components so they can be replicated?

Mart

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01 Sep 2014 15:14 #123131 by gus2000
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Docmartin4x4 wrote: Very impressive, did you make drawings of components so they can be replicated?

Mart


Thank you all for your comments

Mart, i have a sketchs with dimensions in autocad.

If you're using autocad, send me a PM with your e-mail. I answer the same with dwg file attached

:unsure: is a sketchs, no normalised autocad drawing.......... :dry:

:lol: but these drawings, set was built :laugh:

Gustavo
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Jimny 1999 - 1.6 16V - SOHC

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02 Sep 2014 07:58 #123182 by Laminak
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gus2000 wrote:

Docmartin4x4 wrote: Very impressive, did you make drawings of components so they can be replicated?

Mart


Thank you all for your comments

Mart, i have a sketchs with dimensions in autocad.

If you're using autocad, send me a PM with your e-mail. I answer the same with dwg file attached

:unsure: is a sketchs, no normalised autocad drawing.......... :dry:

:lol: but these drawings, set was built :laugh:

Gustavo


Can I do the same :)

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02 Sep 2014 10:07 #123199 by gus2000
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Laminak wrote:

gus2000 wrote:

Docmartin4x4 wrote: Very impressive, did you make drawings of components so they can be replicated?

Mart


Thank you all for your comments

Mart, i have a sketchs with dimensions in autocad.

If you're using autocad, send me a PM with your e-mail. I answer the same with dwg file attached

:unsure: is a sketchs, no normalised autocad drawing.......... :dry:

:lol: but these drawings, set was built :laugh:

Gustavo


Can I do the same :)


Yes Laminak............. you or any user of Bigjimny forum...

I hope your pm

Gustavo
Gustavo LU2HC - Rio Cuarto (Argentina)
Jimny 1999 - 1.6 16V - SOHC

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25 Sep 2014 15:35 #125076 by Pirate4x4
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Great, Have done the same converison on mine... what did you do with the park prake??

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