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GU Shim Kit for King Pins?

Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:03 pm
by MissGU
Ok .. do anyone know where you can get these from in Brisbane?

I have tried CBC, Nissan, the 3 local bearing places to enoggera.. but cant find anything..


Help!

Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:17 pm
by weeksy
Buy some sheets of shim steel and make them if you need to.
Maybe Toyota ones will fit?
Have you tried a 4x4 specialist?

Hope one of these helps....

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:49 am
by SHIFTY
You can buy these shims from Nissan part numbers and sizes as follows
40571-01j00 0.5
40603-44000 0.762 mm
40604-44000 0.254 mm
40605-44000 0.127 mm
40206-44000 0.075 mm
Nissan's Brisbane warehouse is showing stock of all
Hope this helps

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:06 pm
by coxy321
Hi all. I've been in the process of tracking down shims for my GQ as well. All of the Cruiser/Hilux kits i've done come with shims - but not the Nissan kits. I've tried every workshop in my town with no joy, even the mechanic that owns 3 GQ's couldn't help me. Tried 3 major auto/4x4 suppliers down in Melbourne also with no luck. Nissan had stock of every size, but they wanted $16.85 FOR EACH BLOODY SHIM!!! I know genuine parts aren't cheap, but what a joke!!! The aftermarket Toyota kits come with 12 or 16 of the bloody things (3 or 4 thicknesses).

I think i might have to resort to shim paper/sheets and make my own.

Coxy

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:14 pm
by RoldIT
SHIFTY wrote:You can buy these shims from Nissan part numbers and sizes as follows
40571-01j00 0.5
40603-44000 0.762 mm
40604-44000 0.254 mm
40605-44000 0.127 mm
40206-44000 0.075 mm
Nissan's Brisbane warehouse is showing stock of all
Hope this helps
:armsup:

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:36 pm
by coxy321
Yeah, i got the spare parts guy to look up the parts for me, and cause i don't know exactly what size shims i need, i said "If they're cheap enough, i'll buy three different sizes in quantities of four". I reckon the guy at the sales desk 10 meters away heard my sphincter clamp up when he gave me the price. :shock:

Coxy

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:13 pm
by SHIFTY
Only the .5 one is $16.00 odd bucks but the others are between $3 & $6 ea.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:43 pm
by coxy321
Serious!!! The bugger told me they were all $16 regardless of size. I told him i'd get them somewhere else - i'm going to look like a tool when i go back in there......

Coxy