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THE "silly" question thread

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Post by Gwagensteve »

Do you mean the drag link from the steering box to the tie rod or the tie rod between the knuckles?

I bent a drag link last time I was out.

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Post by ofr57 »

Gwagensteve wrote:Do you mean the drag link from the steering box to the tie rod or the tie rod between the knuckles?

I bent a drag link last time I was out.

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yes i can never remember there names, I am refereeing to the bolt / link what joins the two together

it becomes loose/ sloppy making the steering to have free play in it
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Post by ofr57 »

croatian4x4 wrote:
ofr57 wrote:i believe its as simple as you said ... but I'm not 100% since mine doesn't work :lol:
Thanks mate, can anyone else confirm this?
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Post by alien »

ofr57 wrote:
Gwagensteve wrote:Do you mean the drag link from the steering box to the tie rod or the tie rod between the knuckles?

I bent a drag link last time I was out.

Steve.
yes i can never remember there names, I am refereeing to the bolt / link what joins the two together

it becomes loose/ sloppy making the steering to have free play in it
Tierod - Ties the two wheels together keeping them parrallel
Draglink - Links the steering to one wheel

never heard of one "flogging out" or even coming loose and causing play though.
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Post by croatian4x4 »

Trying to get info off the suzukiinfo website but its not working for me... :( Is it just my computer or is the site down?

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Post by Guy »

ofr57 wrote:Is there any reason that the link that connects the two steering arms together will flog out .. I've done 2 now :?
Well it appears you need to stop flogging your link ... :lol:
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Post by gomulletgo »

Next silly question. I have searched and searched and I cannot find the link to the "sierra vs escudo" discussion thread on which vehicle is better and why. I'm sure I found it on this site. Could someone please post up the link? :D thanks.
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Post by want33s »

gomulletgo wrote:Next silly question. I have searched and searched and I cannot find the link to the "sierra vs escudo" discussion thread on which vehicle is better and why. I'm sure I found it on this site. Could someone please post up the link? :D thanks.
Here in Aust. they aren't Escudos but Vitaras.
Try searching Sierra Vs Vitara. You may have better luck.

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Post by ofr57 »

what ever happened to the "critta" :?:
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Post by jimbo jones »

why doesn't wideaz post his Q in this thread would make more sense? :?
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Post by GRPABT1 »

Because he is an idiot
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Post by GRPABT1 »

Ok well the front left rim took a bit of a beating today and now the steering wheel is a whole lot out of centre and We are thiking this could be my flogged out tanfer casie not the new one :P
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Post by Gwagensteve »

ofr57 wrote:what ever happened to the "critta" :?:
Mick pulled it off the road, prepared it for Oz-Rock, where I drove it in the first round of OZ-Rock, December 2005.

He then parted it out and built the Rodent buggy.

Apparently the chassis/tub/cage was bought buy some guys in NSW?

Mock may know more.

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Post by croatian4x4 »

BAHHH! suzukiinfo.com is still down :S:S:S

Anyone got a copy of the scaled drawings of the Sierra WT Hardtop that were on suzukiinfo? They were 1:30 scale i believe!
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Post by nicbeer »

croatian4x4 wrote:BAHHH! suzukiinfo.com is still down :S:S:S

Anyone got a copy of the scaled drawings of the Sierra WT Hardtop that were on suzukiinfo? They were 1:30 scale i believe!
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Post by greg »

Does the 2L V6 vitara engine share the same bell housing bolt pattern as the g16's and j20a?

i.e. will a vitara trimatic bolt up to the back of it?
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Post by Gwagensteve »

I think so.

hehehe that's such a dumb idea it's cool.

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Post by GRPABT1 »

GRPABT1 wrote:Ok well the front left rim took a bit of a beating today and now the steering wheel is a whole lot out of centre and We are thiking this could be my flogged out tanfer casie not the new one :P

LMAO I shouldn't post while drunk lol, what I meant was the front left side of the car took a big hit while fourbying today and since the steering wheel does not sit centred while going straight and I've lost a fair bit of right hand lock. The steering box was well and truly on it's way out and I have a new one there ready to fit, could it be that it has skipped a tooth or something in the steering box? The tie rod and drag link don't appear to be affected and the steering nuckles don't look bent. So should I just fit the new steering box and try and get it back to centre?
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Post by croatian4x4 »

Can't seem to find it in bible etc...

My mate has the Jimny G13bb engine in his 1990 WT zook along with the Jimny power steering box... Will the EF-EL Alternator Upgrade still fit considering the G13bb is the same block as the G13a?? If not what are his other options for more charge?

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Post by GRPABT1 »

GRPABT1 wrote: LMAO I shouldn't post while drunk lol, what I meant was the front left side of the car took a big hit while fourbying today and since the steering wheel does not sit centred while going straight and I've lost a fair bit of right hand lock. The steering box was well and truly on it's way out and I have a new one there ready to fit, could it be that it has skipped a tooth or something in the steering box? The tie rod and drag link don't appear to be affected and the steering nuckles don't look bent. So should I just fit the new steering box and try and get it back to centre?
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Post by greg »

back to my silly H20A idea... has anyone measured one of these up?

i'm wondering if it is shorter than the J20A - i.e. will allow an engine driven fan to fit into a sierra.
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Post by joeblow »

greg wrote:Does the 2L V6 vitara engine share the same bell housing bolt pattern as the g16's and j20a?

i.e. will a vitara trimatic bolt up to the back of it?
no it doesn't. but you could mod the h20 auto bellhousing to suit the trimatic, or get an h20 with an auto.
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Post by GRPABT1 »

Righto, nobody cares I get it :cry: I'm pretty certain it's the steering box now after another look and another (read scary amounts of play in the steering lol) drive.
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Post by GRPABT1 »

Ok here's one for you guys, my zook has a mk1 GTi motor and there are two small coolant lines comming from the back of the motor that feed in and out of a tiny little radiator (about trans cooler size) that just sits jammed up near the headlight. It's been there since I bought the car and today while changing the steering box I managed to snap off one of the brass pipes going into it. For now I have just used the snapped pipe to route it straight from one hose to the other and removed the little radiator. I will get it fixed eventually but out of interests sake what is it for? And do all G series motors have this? Also could it benifit cooling if I used a bigger radiator and mounted it properly in front of the main radiator? Thanks guys.
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Post by Zook_Fan »

my windscreen wipers so slow that they stop even if they hit a partially dry (it is still wet just not pooling with water) patch on my windscreen. I think that it is caused from a very tired wiper motor. Would there be any other causes? Anyone no how much these cost?
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Post by joeblow »

inside the wiper pivots will be rusty.
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Post by mr green »

hello friends, just starting to mount a j20a and vitara 5speed into my sierra and looking through a couple of search results, there is talk of all the 2lt being aw4. thats fine but what is aw4??? :oops: i am planing on using the vtara gearbox -sierra jackshaft-sierra transfer. so if aw4 means constant all wheel drive the divorced transfer should be ok?looking at possibly fitting it without a body lift as the trans tunnel will need work either way
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Post by lexplay »

GRPABT1 i cant think of a good reason why those little lines would have a cooler on them. iv just been putting my gti motor in these holidays and theirs going to be some little coolant pipes left over that im either goingt o return to the next one or block up, probally block up. so maybe who ever done it just wanted to put a cooler their for no good reason.
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Post by GRPABT1 »

Yeah that's what I figured also, it's been off in the NQ summer for a few days now and it's all good so I will probably just loop the hose back on itself.
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Post by over land 4x4 »

ok iv got a silly Q for you all how much should i sell my 15x8 -24 off set rims for iv got 5 of them 4 without tyres and one with a 31 inch baja claw (tyre not that good) got them with the car and now dont have it so dont need them there in good nic just some dirt and Scratches on them

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