Jimny diff guards.

[SteveW]

I'm looking at fitting diff guards to both the front and rear diffs of my Jimny and was wondering if anyone knew where to buy them from or had a good design for a diy version that I could get made.

Steve.

[glaggs]

Never heard of any one making them. A simple trick is to weld some extrea steel to the out side - means stripping first. To be honest all the people I know with Jimny's have never had a problem with damage. Unlike landrover Diffs which are extremely thin (being basically Rover car axels origionally) Suzuki diffs are quite substantial. Not saying you won't break one, but you are more likely to bend/break something else 1st.

[CNorman]

Never heard of any one making them. A simple trick is to weld some extrea steel to the out side - means stripping first. To be honest all the people I know with Jimny's have never had a problem with damage. Unlike landrover Diffs which are extremely thin (being basically Rover car axels origionally) Suzuki diffs are quite substantial. Not saying you won't break one, but you are more likely to bend/break something else 1st.

Unlike landrover diffs! That is the biggest pile of rubbish i have ever heard on this forum!!!

My GV has a bloomin Aluminium diff! Im sure landy diffs cant offer the ridgidity of theat. I hear they make them from playdough!

[SteveW]

Cheers Glaggs

I was looking at sorting a guard out, at least for the front, because the diff is very exposed, obviously. If the diffs are relatively strong as standard then thats good but might still look at making a DIY guard for the front.

Whenever I post on this site I seem to start some sort of suzuki vs landy battle!

Steve.

[mlines]

Its not a LR v. Suzuki battle - its a Suzuki Softroader v Suzuki Offroader battle  :lol: :lol:

The SJ and Jimny have steel axles - the Vitara range has aluminium (with a couple of sought after steel exceptions)

Martin

[simon slapstick]

The Offroad Armory have a weld-on diff guard on the way I think.

[minimog]

Idid some for a few friends on sj,s did a few bolt on ones and weld on ones the jimny is slightly diferent the diff housing is slightly tapered so a bolt around one is hard to do but a weld on one can be done these were 10mm cast steel items i posted to see if any one wanted any (at cost to me £60 pair for weld on ones) but no one replied so never bothered

[glaggs]

Never heard of any one making them. A simple trick is to weld some extrea steel to the out side - means stripping first. To be honest all the people I know with Jimny's have never had a problem with damage. Unlike landrover Diffs which are extremely thin (being basically Rover car axels origionally) Suzuki diffs are quite substantial. Not saying you won't break one, but you are more likely to bend/break something else 1st.

Unlike landrover diffs! That is the biggest pile of rubbish i have ever heard on this forum!!!

My GV has a bloomin Aluminium diff! Im sure landy diffs cant offer the ridgidity of theat. I hear they make them from playdough!

Not sure of your point here - first you slagg off my statement as rubbish - and then go on to agree with it.I. Landrover owners will readily agree that the diffs are made of inadiquately thinn steel which is prone to rock damage and also weakens due to rusting from the out side. I know people who have warped the diff housing just trying to remove the filler plug.

As for Vitara diffs. They may be strong when it comes to fending of rocks - but regularly fail big style on lifted Vits.

Anyway my point was people make diff guards for Landrovers 'cos they need 'em - and they don't make 'em for Suzuki's due to lack of demand, mainly down to the fact that they tend not to be easily damaged.

[CNorman]

What i meant is that the front GV case is Aluminium. Landy diffs would need to be made of playdough to be softer than that.

And as for your comments that is complete rubbish! Me and several friends off road Landrovers without any problems with the diffs.

The landrovers are used so much more that there is a higher demand for diff guards. Suzukis are not so common hence they do not have the range of parts.

I can pop into Alton from here to Keith Gotts and buy Landy stuff. There are dozens of sites that will come up if you search for a lift kit. Not so for suzukis, is that because they do not need to be lifted to off road whereas landys do....

Absolute rubbish

[mlines]

Try here http://www.asfir.com/ for the bolt on sort of protection

Martin

[glaggs]

Don't want to get into a Landy verse Suzuki arguement. But I never said Landy diffs were Rubbish - I did say that they are extremely thin. Yes there is more demand for Landy stuff 'cos the biggest % of off vehicles used off road are Landrovers. But its easy to buy lift kits for Suzuki's and loads of other bits, but diff guards don't seem ti be in high demand - even from Suzuki specialists - why - because they arn't as easily damaged - fact. Not 'cos they're bigger or better than landrover ones. In fact the rest of the landrover axel, half shaft etc is stronger and cheaper to repair than Suzuki axels. I know people that fit landy axels to Suzuki's. If in your opinion you think I'm talking rubbish - fine but it doesn't help the thread or answer the question. I tried to give a reasoned arguement as to why its difficult to get diff guards for Jimny's in particular and suzuki's in general. Probably the main reason is simply lack of demand as they still arn't common as serious off roaders. If you can't contribute constructively - pm me and tell me my opinions are rubbish hey.