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Re: Calmini 3" questions
« Reply #45 on: November 16, 2004, 05:52:52 AM »
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front axle shafts from a 2000cc 4cyl or V6 (not 100% sure for the V6) are stronger and 1" longer.


I went down to a specialist Suzuki breaker a while ago and looked at Vitara swb, Vitara lwb, GV 4cyl and Grand Vitara V6 shafts and couldn't see any differences whatsoever. As far as I can establish the only difference between shafts is that the earlier 22 spline shafts have stronger CVs but are weaker at the axle end. I've only broken one shaft in 3 yrs but I don't jump it and there aren't any rocks around here.
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Re: Calmini 3" questions
« Reply #46 on: November 16, 2004, 06:47:53 AM »
Their is a difference between a Vit and GV front drive shafts.  The mid shaft is longer, thicker.  The inner CV cup is 2 mm bigger in dia, the flower, cage and balls are all bigger.  In Aust anyway, we get the Jap build cars.

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Re: Calmini 3" questions
« Reply #47 on: November 16, 2004, 07:05:45 AM »
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I went down to a specialist Suzuki breaker a while ago and looked at Vitara swb, Vitara lwb, GV 4cyl and Grand Vitara V6 shafts and couldn't see any differences whatsoever.


Check the shafts from a Sidekick 2000cc 4 cyl if you can find it.I dont mean the Grand Vitara 2000cc.
The one I m talking about was  a Vitara SWB (Sidekick in US) with a 2.0L 4 cyl engine.It was wider than the 1.6L and I think 98 model..Here in Greece it was released as "excecutive"  series.
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Re: Calmini 3" questions
« Reply #48 on: November 16, 2004, 07:55:55 AM »
There may be a 2mm difference, I couldn't inspect them that closely, I was expecting a more noticeable difference. Maybe I will have to buy a couple of shafts so I can strip them and check them out, its not the sort of thing you can do in the breakers. I'll have to find out if we get the newer Jap models or not - that may be the difference. I know Wildgoody says he has larger shafts from a lwb. The 2ltr V4 swb wasn't sold over here but we did get a lwb version, I looked at the shafts off one of those.
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Re: Calmini 3" questions
« Reply #49 on: November 16, 2004, 12:52:02 PM »
Bigger front brake calipers and vented
rotors, not CV shafts, I'm still running
22 spline Japaneese axles and Cv's are
from a motorhome pusher I found and
robbed from

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