Jimny from Greece

Unfortunatly i can't compare the jimny axles with any other axle set, because the jimny axles don't do for off-road events

especialy the front one is very week and bents. Also the axleshafts are small in spline and weak.

And to catch you the HD axle shafts are just for weekend play car.

If you want to do challenge reces (trohpies - wild terrain) the axle swap is one way option.

Apart from the toyota LJ 70 , which are 3cm bigger in diameter and 2cm wider from jimny stock ones i can't think

anything else, that are better choise.

What do you have in mind?

panosd wrote: Unfortunatly i can't compare the jimny axles with any other axle set, because the jimny axles don't do for off-road events

especialy the front one is very week and bents. Also the axleshafts are small in spline and weak.

And to catch you the HD axle shafts are just for weekend play car.

If you want to do challenge reces (trohpies - wild terrain) the axle swap is one way option.

Apart from the toyota LJ 70 , which are 3cm bigger in diameter and 2cm wider from jimny stock ones i can't think

anything else, that are better choise.

What do you have in mind?

That's why you can get trusses for front a rear axle for reinforcement. Also, Zanfi makes HD axles of different strengths and prices. Same goes for Trail Jimny that makes 26 splines HD shafts and CVs with 3 years warranty up to 33" tyres. Also RCV Performance are in the process of making shafts and CVs for the Jimny with 5 year warranty.

You comment on HD shafts only are for weekend play, well sorry. But you're completely wrong on that one. Standard shafts and CVS are of not particularly useful for offroad challenge use. But they worked okay for me, until they broke.


I would stick with Jimny or perhaps Samurai axles with uprated internals. Especially Samurai axles have proven themselves over many years of offroading. And HD shafts and CVs come with lifetime warranty from RCV up to 40" tyres.

I cleaned the axles and fitted wheels and tyres so i can work easy.

I fitted the rear patrol axle. It still looks like stock. Thats the goal i want to succed to.
I also took it for quick test drive with the stock front axle on and only forward drive.
I didn't expect to became so smooth at the rear. It became better than before ( stock). Probably because the new axles
are a bit heavier.
I managed to get it 1.5cm lower (from 10cm to 8.5cm) at the back by cutting a spur of the rear springs.
The same to be done also at front.
Shocks at rear now are Rancho RS9000XL, perfect. At front i might go with Gabriel gas shocks.
An OMP internal roll cage is on the road.

Looking good

great job