Suzuki Club UK

Hey guys, stripped the Sj down to a chassie today, took the axles off and started to strip them down:

the rear drums where stuck on and half cracked and the pistons and brake shoes messed up:

so will need new drums either side new shoes and all the mechanisms and new pistons. is that going to be a massive bill? and is it going to be cheaper to switch to a rear disc conversion.

as this is all a charity rally we are looking for the cheapest solution to all?

as for the front it will need its front hubs rebuilding and the seals replacing too.






engine is currently half rebuilt just got to rebuild the bottom half and the body is getting there too.

what would you guys do?

Cheers

Definitely go rear discs - the drums fill up with crap and rot and stick and generally become a pain in the arse.

saw the method for doing the conversion on the guides section here and looks pretty sweet, will be trying to source a front axle locally and taking the parts off that i need, will help with carrying spares if needed on the trip.

cheers

Make sure you try and get the same brake calipers you have already...
i.e. spanish+spanish or jap+jap

then you only need to carry 1 type of brake pads

Question - do you have a transfer case handbrake?

Anton wrote:Question - do you have a transfer case handbrake?

Yes I can see it on the tbox in the pic

Brake bits aren't that expensive, however it probably would cost around the same amount to go rear discs.

Ah had forgotten about the spanish and jap, this one is spanish, good shout !

yeah it has the transfer case hand brake other wise would be screw with the conversion.

cheers

ScottieJ wrote:Yes I can see it on the tbox in the pic

Oh yeah! Doh!