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Buddies72

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Joined: Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:14 am
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Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: 96 LWB Vit

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:07 am

Hi All,

Long time reader, first time poster.

I'm in the process of buying a Manual LWB Vitara, have just had a look at it tonight and will be going back in the morning to put a deposit on it.

I just have a question about the gearbox. A friend of mine has been into zooks for ages and reckons this is no problem but....

Whilst driving the car around i notice the gearbox is quite noisy in 2nd and 3rd gears, 1st, 4th and 5th are all fine. Also the synchro on 2nd is quite worn and the gear selector moves around quite a bit.

Are these expensive to repair/replace?

Any info is greatly appreciated.

Joe

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:11 am

Nearly all vit boxes are noisey so dont stress to much about it
I just had my gearbox recond for $1100

Oh yeah welcome to AZ

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Gonzo

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:29 am

Or you can buy a good second hand one cheep . Heeps around From all the seira drivers pinching the 1.6 's

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Buddies72

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:48 am

Thanks for that guys, that's what i was thinking but needed to hear someone else say it i suppose....

Also i've got the change to get some 30 x 9.5 mud terrains cheap, set of 4 about 1/2 tread.

Would a 2" body lift make these clear?

Plan is to go for a 3" calmini lift but wasn't wanting to do that or anything in-between for the next 6 months or so.

joeblow

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:02 am

should have bought an auto........

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steak_knife

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:04 am

Gonzo wrote:

Or you can buy a good second hand one cheep . Heeps around From all the seira drivers pinching the 1.6 's

Tis the only thing worth pinching!!! :roll:

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Joe

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:04 am

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Joe

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:05 am

steak_knife wrote:

Gonzo wrote:

Or you can buy a good second hand one cheep . Heeps around From all the seira drivers pinching the 1.6 's

Tis the only thing worth pinching!!! :roll:

Power steering :roll:

Oh and

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dave07

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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:55 pm

my 30" bighorns fitted fine when i still had my 2 inch body lift never rubbed at all.

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shandy92

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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:46 am

dave07 wrote:

my 30" bighorns fitted fine when i still had my 2 inch body lift never rubbed at all.

i dont know how that is possible, but then again your rims have almost the same off-set as factory rims. do ur tyres stick out of the guard??

buddies72- it depends on the off-set of the rim that you run, that will decide how much it scrubs and where.

Mitch

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