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Busted stub axle
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 12:13 am
by roadrunner
Wondering if anyone could give me some hints on what to watch for when replacing the right side front stub axle on a Vitara.
The diff rotates and the axle doesn't, and there's about an inch of movement where its supposed to be connected to the diff, so I reckon she's shot
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2003 9:40 am
by 12uke
Ok the right side has broken the axle (the bit that sits in the diff) keep the old cv for spares and you may have too pull the center out depends on how bad the broken bit is if you have a strong magnet or needle nose pliers you MAY be able to pull it out. A new seal would be good also as the shaft may have damaged it but the diff comes out real easy anyway and it's very light.
Posted: Fri May 09, 2003 8:45 pm
by bjtheking56@yahoo.com
u braking zooks as well as clods lol luke
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 1:53 pm
by roadrunner
Yep, she's all done. It was the inner CV joint that had shattered into lots of pieces
, but a trip to Suzi Four got me a complete front right axle for 50 bucks. Thanks guys ! Maybe the 31 MTR's are a bit hard on the drive train
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:41 pm
by roadrunner
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:14 pm
by camskizook
Is the front unlocked?
The only time i broke a CV when my zook was unlocked in the front was when i was turning and reversing up a hill at the same time.....A BIG NO NO....
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 6:07 pm
by Beastmavster
roadrunner wrote::? Just broke the left hand inner CV now. I detect a pattern forming. Girlfriend takes Vitara off road, girlfriend breaks Vitara, girlfriend waits for me to fix Vitara, girlfriend takes Vitara off road
LOL.
Ahhh well at least it was easy to fix....
How many k's had it done on them anyway?
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:12 pm
by roadrunner
Suzuki Viagra, the Cv's would be well over 90 000 k's by now
so no complaints there, I reckon its the 31's and lift that are showing up the age.
Camskizook, its not locked yet, I was tossing up an air locker or maybe Lockrite ( cheaper
) to try and reduce the shock loading of individual CV's, although I reckon by the way she drives I'll have to replace both at once n
Maybe rev limit the Vit to 1000 RPM
