Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey guys, I'm looking at buying a SWB 4x4 to have a bit of fun on the weekends, my brother in law has a drover, and i was thinking of getting a sierra (or drover, whichever one comes my way), but he says that he would have never bought it if he had know about the aluminum diff. He hasn't had any problems with it as yet, but has a fear of rocks being thrown up and shattering it and stuff. Is this a major concern? Has anyone had similar problems to this?

Thanks,

Paul.

sounds like a vitara with an ali housing, all sierras and drovers are solid front ends.

The Vitara alloy front diff centre will bolt into a sierra housing. All sierra\drover diff centers are iron and very durable (I have never seen or heard of a broken carrier and I have broken just abut everything there is to break on a sierra)

Thanks guys, i feel alot better about getting a mighty suzzie. Is there anything in particular i should be checking on a second hand sierra or vitara? Which car would be a better idea, the vitara or sierra, i'll be spending about 5000. I'm leaning towards the sierra, i like the look of them.

paulclarke wrote:Thanks guys, i feel alot better about getting a mighty suzzie. Is there anything in particular i should be checking on a second hand sierra or vitara? Which car would be a better idea, the vitara or sierra, i'll be spending about 5000. I'm leaning towards the sierra, i like the look of them.

Have a read through the bibles, and search the forum. There is a ton of infomation regarding choice of vehicle.


Layto....

paulclarke wrote:Hey guys, I'm looking at buying a SWB 4x4 to have a bit of fun on the weekends, my brother in law has a drover, and i was thinking of getting a sierra (or drover, whichever one comes my way), but he says that he would have never bought it if he had know about the aluminum diff. He hasn't had any problems with it as yet, but has a fear of rocks being thrown up and shattering it and stuff. Is this a major concern? Has anyone had similar problems to this?

Thanks,

Paul.

Do you think you could post a piccy or two of this aluminium diffed drover? (The actual diff I meen). It could be a Vitara centre or something as said, but this has me interested. I would find it comical if the car was actually a Vitara with Drover badges .

Here, Buy this.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/4WD_W0QQitemZ200 ... dZViewItem

Although he specified wanting to buy a SWB, I'd be tempted to drop a bid on this one if I was after a new project.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... :IT&ih=019

I brought my zook just before i turned 16 and modded it up while on my p's to get it going how i wanted it!

Wheel it stock for a while because they will go further then you think! The only thing is if you mod it too much(Like mines starting to get!) you will not want it as a DD!

Also keep up with the maintenance(I didn't and now it';s off the road for a while!)

BUt yeah get a zook the best 4x4 i have driven off road (driven hiluxs, nearly every model jeep, nissans you name it!) the only thing that comes close is a jeep wrangler!

As for the diff thing mines a drover and both diff pumpkins are dinted to what must be close to the gears! And theres no leaks or metal shavings or anything(I check every time!)

Get one and get out there on the tracks!

His drover is this shape yeah(could be high top or hard top or soft top but you get the shape! )

buy mine
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1990-suzuki-sier ... dZViewItem

Ok, the confusion is now explained, he was speaking about his vitara that he owned a couple of years ago (didn't say that at the time!!). So there's no random hybrid going on there. I'll be preparing my Volvo for sale over the next few weeks and then she'll be on the market while i look for a nice replacement in the brisbane area.

paulclarke wrote:Ok, the confusion is now explained, he was speaking about his vitara that he owned a couple of years ago (didn't say that at the time!!). So there's no random hybrid going on there.

OK

I was sort of looking forward to seeing some sort of unique bizare arrangement.