AVM 500 Hubs $65 each, had AVM 400 hubs before where more trouble than they where worth usually cause of the smalls crews in the week plastic like cap.

the 500s have been good.


http://www.roadrunneroffroad.com.au/Fre ... itara.html

aren't AMV hubs are only good for saving a CV as they'll break before a CV... all well & good apart from the fact that you can't get replacement parts easy, do they also randomly fall off like the mile marker hubs?

Mr OP, search for "vitara locking nut" posts by jonno_racing.

pretty sure he uses the vitara locking nut assembly on the wheel bearing to eliminate the jimny set up & so you don't have to grind down the jimny one & then bolt up sierra FWH as if you were fitting them to a sierra, best thing about the aisin FWH is they share many common internal components with ALL aisin FWH, so you can potentially get spares from any japanese 4wd with aisin FWH.

With the spacer aisin are bolt on.

Thanks Gecko, do they ones in the link just bolt straight on? Given that they are for a vit?
I have just found out about the Aisin hubs, my workmate has them on his Hilux. Does Aisin makes FWH that bolt straight onto a Jimny?

I don't want to be putting something like vitara hubs on, or spacers, or anything like that. I just want something that is a direct bolt on

and if you don't like the thought of putting vitara bits on your jimny then you can't use these AVM's as suggested by gecko-xl7 as they also suit a vitara, sierra & a samurai. OMG

just seen the price, could buy many sets of aisin FWH's & have a life time of spare parts if you ever required them.... all for the cost of just a pair of AVM's

:hey: Mr OP, search for "vitara locking nut" posts by jonno_racing.

pretty sure he uses the vitara locking nut assembly on the wheel bearing to eliminate the jimny set up & so you don't have to grind down the jimny one & then bolt up sierra FWH as if you were fitting them to a sierra, best thing about the aisin FWH is they share many common internal components with ALL aisin FWH, so you can potentially get spares from any japanese 4wd with aisin FWH.

i'm not a jimny person, just some how manage to absorb useless info such as this... best you do your own research, and if you notice i didn't actually mention vitara FWH's, but the vitara locking NUTS.

There's no better hub than an Aisin.

Just putting it out there... all i need to do is run vitara/sj80 bearing nut and retainer.. not a custom part. also allows me to use the bearing tool i already have and standard hub bolts that are common..
no custom bits. no adapters, just factory Suzuki parts. in fact this lets me to use 100% factory parts and NOT introduce custom parts/bolts etc.

As I am using FWH AND Sierra CV's I had to have quite a thick spacer, 16mm. The spacer is sealed and grub screwed to the locking hub, and sealed to the wheel hub. The 6 holes are a tight fit for minimal movement around studs (not bolts). These studs have a finer thread on the outside for better tightening.

When I had a rough cut 10mm spacer and bolts, I was always breaking bolts. The holes were too sloppy. I have not broken a stud with the new system since. Except to say I stripped the thread because I overtightened one when tensioning. They do need tensioning every so often.

some how manage to absorb useless info such as this..

I'll throw in my two cents worth.
I've been running the same set of refurbished used Sierra Aisin hubs for about 4 years. I used spacers from BigJimny.com and haven't had any problems with the setup. BenT has spacer rings for sale here

http://www.auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15009

jimnybits sells them too

http://www.jimnybits.co.uk/shop/jimny/d ... d_610.html