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Suzuki Vitara Drive Shafts Known Weak Points??

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:31 pm
by Blair P Kerr
Hey All,

My Question is,

If Suzuki Vitara's Drive Shafts are a known Weak Point on them?!

Or are there any other known Weak Points?!

Replies are greatly Apprieciated!!

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:37 pm
by cj
They are not actually that big a problem if you drive accordingly, even solid axles blow CV's.

There is another issue that can be a problem and that is the alloy front housing but that is generally caused by too much load in reverse. The best cure is the steel housing from the GV's and XL-7's.

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:32 pm
by Polar_Bear
yeah i think people make them out to be worse than they actually are, ive only ever blown 1 and that was with the front locker on and only 1 hub locked in :roll: full lock left and trying to climb big embankment out of a creekbed at quite a few revs ;)