Front Axle Seals/Wheel & Kingpin Bearings Guide Needed

[Scouse Lee]

tighten to 20 hammer blows!......my hammer blows may be a wee bit less than say Giants Haystacks hammer blows, what do I do then

btw my Haynes manual says to remove the wheel nut with a hammer & chisel

[Anton]

btw my Haynes manual says to remove the wheel nut with a hammer & chisel

Mine says (in section 8.3) use a hammer and chisel to bend the locking tabs back (figure 22.7a), then use a socket to remove the actual nut (figure 22.7b).

It's annoying though, as the instructions are pretty poor. The instructions on replacing the kingpins aren't clear *at all*, and it says nothing about having to press the outer races out of the hub.

I did find this linkydink which seems to give more complete info on replacing the front wheel bearings, although still nothing about the kingpins...

The suzukiclubuk.co.uk guide is more informative and more useful in the real world, I think. I'll let you know for sure once I've actually found time/energy to actually do the work!

[ScottieJ]

Do what I did and throw your Haynes in the paper recycling, you never know that way it might actually get turned into something useful?

You can also view and download most of the SJ service manuals here, they actually tell you how to do everything properly.

http://forum.suzukiclubuk.co.uk/vi ... =16&t=2103

[Scouse Lee]

I think that's a good idea about the Haynes manual Scottie as Anton says the instructions are pretty dire........I've managed to find a few vids on youtube plus various guides, problem I've got now is the internet connection I need to watch them on the laptop is in the house and the SJ is in a barn up the track hmmm

[turbo-tom]

Save the web pages offline and read them!

[Scouse Lee]

Save the web pages offline and read them!

I knew someone was gonna say that..........I've only been using computers for 20 years or so, haven't learned to do that yet

[Anton]

Do what I did and throw your Haynes in the paper recycling

I have 2 of the useless things. About all I can see them as being good for is listing torque specs.

http://forum.suzukiclubuk.co.uk/vi ... =16&t=2103

Top! Much better! I may print those out, laminate them, and put them in a folder. Or something.

Meantime, I'll download onto my phone's ebook reader. Nice one Scottie!

[Darrell]

This ones not bad, I think a something more suitable than a soddin great chisel, but not bad.
http://www.suzuki4x4club.com/forums/vie ... php?t=9456

and although for the jimny, Martin's kingpin one is still OK for an SJ
http://www.bigjimny.com/images/document ... arings.pdf