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jimny diffs in sierra

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:57 pm
by zukezilla
hey got an idea how to ova come the problem of lack of travel in my sierra wondering if fitting jimny diffs and suspension setup whould work and if so how hard???

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:34 pm
by bazooked
do u wanna go backwards?

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:09 am
by GRPABT1
This will fix your flex problems http://www.rocky-road.com/yjkit.html

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:56 am
by Gwagensteve
Jimny's have the same wheel travel as a stock leaf sierra. A lightly modified leaf sierra will have more travel than a jimny could ever have without significant fabrication.

"Swapping" would be a large and expensive fabrication project, and you'll loose access to diff ratios, and heavy duty axles, and then have to deal with all the jimny specific problems like weak axle brackets, bushing bind and short bushing life, weak CV's and poor wheelbearing design.....

There's been lots of tech on here about adding travel with leaves. It's as hard or as easy as you want, but very good results can be achieved, with the end result far stronger than with a jimny coil setup.

Steve.

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:33 pm
by zukezilla
cheers for the input it gave me the answears i was afta