[tanshi]

so joe, to side track a little, a jimny airlocker couldnt be made to work in a non highpinion i.e 1 litre diff?

[Highway-Star]

tanshi wrote:

so joe, to side track a little, a jimny airlocker couldnt be made to work in a non highpinion i.e 1 litre diff?

If ARB's parts catalogue is correct, then no

The parts catalogue for ARB air-lockers lists a Jimny front crown wheel bolt diameter (130mm) and the ID of the crown wheel (108mm) as the same as a RD88 (Sierra rear end). If this is true, a Jimny front diff is not a 1L size at all, but is in fact a high pinion 1.3 size. This makes sense, considering I have heard of people claiming they have modified Jimny front air lockers to work in a coily, and people in this thread have said coily front diffs are simply high pinion 1.3 size.

BlueSuzyi wrote:

Front of Jimnys diffs are 1L sierra size.

Would you care to verify?

[joeblow]

Highway-Star wrote:

tanshi wrote:

so joe, to side track a little, a jimny airlocker couldnt be made to work in a non highpinion i.e 1 litre diff?

If ARB's parts catalogue is correct, then no

The parts catalogue for ARB air-lockers lists a Jimny front crown wheel bolt diameter (130mm) and the ID of the crown wheel (108mm) as the same as a RD88 (Sierra rear end). If this is true, a Jimny front diff is not a 1L size at all, but is in fact a high pinion 1.3 size. This makes sense, considering I have heard of people claiming they have modified Jimny front air lockers to work in a coily, and people in this thread have said coily front diffs are simply high pinion 1.3 size.

BlueSuzyi wrote:

Front of Jimnys diffs are 1L sierra size.

Would you care to verify?

ok...lets get a few things straight.

the jimny ring gear may be the same ID as a 1.3, and may have the same bolt pattern, but this does not mean its OD and pinion are the same as 1.3, for which they are NOT.

the carrier (cast section) of the jimny IS 1.0 litre size in its diameter and bolt spacing, the 1.3 is much larger and the same as a coily. you can modyfy a sierra front locker as well as a jimny front to suit a coily, but this involves some horrible things to do to an airlocker.

[Highway-Star]

OK. So its not truely a 1.3 or 1.0L size at all. Some sort of semi-hybrid thats high-pinion to boot. It should just be called a unique diff type then.

Thanks for the clarification



I think there is allot more to discuss here, but I don't really see the point anymore...

[bone]

BlueSuzy wrote:

If your just going to be running 30's max. I wouldnt bother changing the ratios. It is going to cause a major headache.

hahaha, its looking to be the case currently im interested by jap tranny gears. but im gunna assume this would be a couple of k to get bought in yeah... maybe sluggy wheelin, or smaller tyres may be on the cards for this broke young man