Suzuki help please...
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:54 pm
Hi all,
New to the forum and hoping some of you Suzuki experts out there might be able to help me.
I run a 1950s car which I use in classic trials (basically organised/tame greenlaning.)
Having rebuilt the car a few years back, I fitted a back axle from a mid-80s Supercarry (as I had a few lying around). The axle was the right width, had a helpful ratio of 5:1 and appeared to tick all the boxes.
However having competed for a few years I have broken the pins in two of my three diffs which has resulted in withdrawal from the events and knackered diffs, so clearly there is an area of weakness.
So I'm now looking at the options to change/replace the inners of the diff - primarily to move to a four star 4x4 diff rather than the weaker van option I currently run. Having done much digging around the web it looks like the inners from a LJ50/LJ80 or SJ410 may fit in the supercarry casing, but has lead me to have several questions:
1) Am I correct in saying these diffs are compatible?
2) If so, are there any breakers or garages that specialise in old Suzuki parts?
3) Or, alternatively does anyone have any old axles/diffs kicking around they are looking to offload?
Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to help get the car back on the hills!
New to the forum and hoping some of you Suzuki experts out there might be able to help me.
I run a 1950s car which I use in classic trials (basically organised/tame greenlaning.)
Having rebuilt the car a few years back, I fitted a back axle from a mid-80s Supercarry (as I had a few lying around). The axle was the right width, had a helpful ratio of 5:1 and appeared to tick all the boxes.
However having competed for a few years I have broken the pins in two of my three diffs which has resulted in withdrawal from the events and knackered diffs, so clearly there is an area of weakness.
So I'm now looking at the options to change/replace the inners of the diff - primarily to move to a four star 4x4 diff rather than the weaker van option I currently run. Having done much digging around the web it looks like the inners from a LJ50/LJ80 or SJ410 may fit in the supercarry casing, but has lead me to have several questions:
1) Am I correct in saying these diffs are compatible?
2) If so, are there any breakers or garages that specialise in old Suzuki parts?
3) Or, alternatively does anyone have any old axles/diffs kicking around they are looking to offload?
Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to help get the car back on the hills!