Outer Limits 4x4 Board

g'day,

I have been searching for a few things the past few days but i only found little bits of what i needed to know.

1. What is involved in swapping a leaf sprung transfer case(parts needed, time, cost)?

2. What is involved to fit a Jimny front locker in the front?

3. Can any shock be turned into a strut with a coil seat welded onto it?
Is it a wise idea to get a them professionally welded?

4. Are lockers readily available for the rear?

Any help will be appreciated

Cheers,
Sean

Sean wrote:g'day,

I have been searching for a few things the past few days but i only found little bits of what i needed to know.

1. What is involved in swapping a leaf sprung transfer case(parts needed, time, cost)?

2. What is involved to fit a Jimny front locker in the front?

3. Can any shock be turned into a strut with a coil seat welded onto it?
Is it a wise idea to get a them professionally welded?

4. Are lockers readily available for the rear?

Any help will be appreciated

Cheers,
Sean

1: you need both t case mounts, the flanges on the case, the jack shaft, and the shift lever.

2:you need to machine/ grind the housing where the centre fits in and change the studs slightly

3: yes. you will need to sleeve the shock where you mount the coil hat to, most of the time you will need to machine the centre hole out on the coil hat also.. pro weling is better as most shocks have thin walls and it doesnt take bugger all to burn through them releasing the oil.

4: yes they are jimny, bolt straight in you will need to change the crown wheel though, it is bolt on also.

cheers mark

jimny diffs are differnt ratio arnt they? so does this meen the front crown wheel and pinion inter changable?

YER JUST A FEW ANSWERS FOR YOUR QUESTION I'VE GOT A COILY SIERRA WIT A LEAF SIERRA TRANSFER CASE AND ITS ALOT OF MUCKING AROND YOU'LL NEED TO CHANGE TAIL SHAFT AND TRANSFER CASE INPUT SHAFTS AND TRANSFER CASE MOUNTS AND IT JUST AS MUCH TROULBE TO PUT FRONT AND REAR LOCKERS IN YOUR BEST BET IS TO BUY JIMNY LOCKERS AND GET THEM MODIFIED BY AND ENGINEERING PLACE THIS IS WAT I DID ALL UP THE REAR WILL COST ABOUT $2OOO AND THE REAR AROUND $4000 ITS NOT CHEAP BUT ITS WORTH IT TRUST ME AND FOR THE STRUTS I GOT CUSTOM BUILT SHOCKS AND COILS ALL UP I GOT 7 INCH COIL LIFT AND 2 INCH BODY A GRAND TOTAL OF 9 INCH LIFT AND EVERY ONE SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE SO I PROVED THEM ALL WRONG AND 34 INCH TYRES ON 15 / 10 RIMS WIT BEAD LOCKS BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT BIG GET READY TO DO SOME REINFORCING LIKE YOUR DIFF'S AND TRAILING ARMS CAUSE DIFFS AND TRAILING ARMS DO SNAP AND ITS NOT PRETTY TRUST ME AND BIG DOLLARS TO FIX HOPE I COULD'VE BEEN OF SOME ASSITANCE

In Fact, OFFROADFREAK, any locker suitable for a Sierra rear will go in a coil rear. No machining or custom work is required.

Why do you need to change the tailshaft? Mud4B's list covers everything. I have swapped a leaf case (actually a 1.0litre case) into a coil car and no change was required to the rear driveshaft.

Jimny's are 4.09:1, or 4.3 in some autos (apparently) Coil sierras are 4.11.

Bearing this in mind Mud4B, why can't a whole jimny third member be swapped into the front of a Coiler? Has anyone tried this? Could be easier than the machining etc.

shock absorber welding is something of a black art. Also, Coil sierra shocks are very small diameter, and need to be to fit up inside the shock tower. This limits wha shocks can be used. I have seen Koni's valved and with the seat welded on for t his application but it wasn't cheap and there was no meaningful increase in travel.

Steve.

OFFROADFREAK wrote:YER JUST A FEW ANSWERS FOR YOUR QUESTION I'VE GOT A COILY SIERRA WIT A LEAF SIERRA TRANSFER CASE AND ITS ALOT OF MUCKING AROND YOU'LL NEED TO CHANGE TAIL SHAFT AND TRANSFER CASE INPUT SHAFTS AND TRANSFER CASE MOUNTS AND IT JUST AS MUCH TROULBE TO PUT FRONT AND REAR LOCKERS IN YOUR BEST BET IS TO BUY JIMNY LOCKERS AND GET THEM MODIFIED BY AND ENGINEERING PLACE THIS IS WAT I DID ALL UP THE REAR WILL COST ABOUT $2OOO AND THE REAR AROUND $4000 ITS NOT CHEAP BUT ITS WORTH IT TRUST ME AND FOR THE STRUTS I GOT CUSTOM BUILT SHOCKS AND COILS ALL UP I GOT 7 INCH COIL LIFT AND 2 INCH BODY A GRAND TOTAL OF 9 INCH LIFT AND EVERY ONE SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE SO I PROVED THEM ALL WRONG AND 34 INCH TYRES ON 15 / 10 RIMS WIT BEAD LOCKS BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT BIG GET READY TO DO SOME REINFORCING LIKE YOUR DIFF'S AND TRAILING ARMS CAUSE DIFFS AND TRAILING ARMS DO SNAP AND ITS NOT PRETTY TRUST ME AND BIG DOLLARS TO FIX HOPE I COULD'VE BEEN OF SOME ASSITANCE

Hi-Jack
Why so much lift, and still on zook diffs?
Oh, and damn turn the caps lock off.

Layto....