[Benz]

are you going to repack the cv's too?

reading the "king pin removal" one... is it possible to over pack a cv with grease?

[watermouse]

Yes, Cv's will get checked and everything repacked with grease. They should still be ok as I haven't done much hardcore 4wding.

In the manual they are called "Barfield Joints" but it doesnt specify how much grease to pack them with.
I am thinking pack with grease, give it a twirl and reinstall.

Still waiting on the tool. C'mon FedEx.

[zuk85]

Its wierd how they do a front wheel drive bearing style on the jimny 4wd's are usualy tappered bearing not roller aye. But I suppose its not a very heavy vehicle

Yea have to suck it in and buy the tool next pay and got the right gear to tighten up to way past 220nm. Just hadnt tried to pull the hub apart yet, and wanted too see what everyone elses opinion was

cheers for the links too

[zuk85]

watermouse you should sell the tool to me when your done, then when im done i can sell to the next and so forth. easy to get to for us aussies lol

[watermouse]

Another question:

The manual says to uncaulk and recaulk the locknut. What is the caulking specifically? Silicone, Sikaflex, polybisulfide?

[Benz]

it's the unbending and rebending of the nut that holds the bearings together

go back to... http://www.bigjimny.com/images/document ... arings.pdf
scroll down and look at the pic of the wheel nut just above the first pic of the special tool. the text in-between the two photo's tells you what the caulk crap is all about. he just down't use the term caulk...

haha i would copy and paste but the page wont let me....

[watermouse]

You're a champ. Completely different use of the word altogether!

I would have had it apart looking for some goop and scratching my head as to what they were on about.

All makes sense now.


Got the tool finally. Looks like I'll be doing it on Monday.

[Benz]

haha any time =]

have fun getting covered in grease!

[watermouse]

I got the wheel bearings and king pins done on Monday. Messy job, plenty of rust sand and grimy grease in there.
Took plenty of photos pulling it apart and the first part putting it together but got a bit impatient towards the end of the day and the photo rate dropped off.
The bit that held me up was a seized sleeve in one brake caliper.
It took me a couple of hours to get it free again

The king pins tightened up nicely and the steering is awesome now. What felt like shuddery suspension/steering before is now nice and smooth. The car handles sooo much better. I put one shim under each pin so if it loosens up again I can remove the shim to lower/tighten the pins on the bearings.

Also got the timing belt done yesterday and did a thermofan conversion. Wanted to change the waterpump as well but they had sent me the wrong style. Engine is heaps quieter and more responsive without the fan.

[zuk85]

how much was your timing belt if it was for the m13a vvt?? did you do it ya self mate?

our 07 m13a jimny is on 98,000km and we are about to drive to cairns, I know the timing belt needs to be done and I dont wanna risk it. But what are your guys thought with a new car belt lasting past the 100,000km mark?

finaly have my nut removal tool sent off today so next weekend will be a front hub rebuild for the leaky left seal and a new towbar on ohh yea :D

[89_tintop]

zuk85 wrote:

how much was your timing belt if it was for the m13a vvt?? did you do it ya self mate?

our 07 m13a jimny is on 98,000km and we are about to drive to cairns, I know the timing belt needs to be done and I dont wanna risk it. But what are your guys thought with a new car belt lasting past the 100,000km mark?

finaly have my nut removal tool sent off today so next weekend will be a front hub rebuild for the leaky left seal and a new towbar on ohh yea :D

m series are chain driven..

[zuk85]

ahh well there ya go

[zuk85]

did you press your front wheel bearings in yourself on the jimny???