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Title: gv front housing
Post by: jeff5000 on May 28, 2009, 06:54:24 PM: how mutch dose the grand vitara cast iron housing and 3rd member cost?
Title: Re: gv front housing
Post by: ppltrak on May 28, 2009, 08:58:31 PM: Call your local auto wreckers, I paid 250$ for mine.

Kevin
Title: Re: gv front housing
Post by: jeff5000 on May 28, 2009, 09:13:13 PM: ok thats cheeper than i thot i broke the mounting tab off my alum a wile back still ben driving it tho but it thumps and bangs around so thats prob not a good idea lol ::) need get it fixed
Title: Re: gv front housing
Post by: jeff5000 on June 01, 2009, 02:09:37 PM: im having no luck finding one no scrap yards have one and its no longer available from suzuki
Title: Re: gv front housing
Post by: Drone637 on June 02, 2009, 08:47:40 AM: You can give Hawk Suzuki a call, they should have one. Trail Tough would also be a good place to check.
Title: Re: gv front housing
Post by: Jeremiah on June 02, 2009, 02:41:41 PM: Quote from: jeff5000 on May 28, 2009, 09:13:13 PM
ok thats cheeper than i thot i broke the mounting tab off my alum a wile back still ben driving it tho but it thumps and bangs around so thats prob not a good idea lol ::) need get it fixed

I wonder how much it owuld be to have someone tig weld it... and maybe another tab for re-enforcement.
Title: Re: gv front housing
Post by: TRAC-9 on June 07, 2009, 06:39:39 PM: I found an article on IZook. It is about a pinion mount for this problem. It is a replacement for a broken one. Could be an option? ;D izook.com/tech/
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Post by: fordem on June 09, 2009, 08:14:41 AM: Would be nice if you posted a link ;)
Title: Re: gv front housing
Post by: ebewley on June 09, 2009, 08:24:57 AM: We've covered this in a couple technical articles. Take a look at our editorial Archives.

http://www.zukiworld.com/main_departments_archive.htm#technical

There are a couple of different ways shown to modify and reinforce the IFS componentry.

-Eric
Title: Re: gv front housing
Post by: fordem on June 09, 2009, 04:51:48 PM: OK - I found the pinion mount article on IZook - took me a few hours, but it was interesting reading.

By the way Eric - I took a look at your link too, and didn't find that much about modifying & reinforcing the IFS - I found two articles, the first on the installation of the Calmini Anvil - I'm not that keen on doing business with Calmini, the last time left me with, let's call it a bad taste in my mouth, and the second on replacing the weaker aluminium stuff with the cast iron, which is kind of hard to come by.

It's important to recognize - it's easy to find stuff when you know it's there and what to look for, but a lot harder when you really have no clue what you're looking for.

So - how about telling me what I missed?
Title: Re: gv front housing
Post by: BRD HNTR on June 09, 2009, 06:17:01 PM: (http://lh6.ggpht.com/_86HP5-adsWc/SXlaPCS0rgI/AAAAAAAAC8I/c4F5UvfAUO0/s640/CIMG3232.JPG)
Modified Sami housing for IFS.

I had this housing sitting on a rack and it sure looked like it wanted to be used, so with a cut off wheel, grinder, and welder it quickly became my steel front diff.
The diff build begins on page 2. http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=22395.15 (http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=22395.15)
I broke a diff mount and CV joint, and still used it to drive out, but case and third member still fine.. (Sometimes something has to break.) Lesson learned: (Do not back up with ARB locked.)