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[285cupramatty]

Afternoon everyone

I managed to get my self some bf goodridge mt tyres the other day and ordered a 3" lift kit. So I fitted it all Saturday ready for a day out laning on Sunday. Well it didn't last to long as 2 minutes into our first lane I went in some bog and tried going over what felt like a mountain and BANG front passengers shaft snapped.

One of the fellas I was out with said that I need to either space the diff down or put spacers on the driver shafts.

Can someone she's some light on this as im not to clued up on these cars yet.

Many thanks
Matt.

[i_am_me]

hi
its common on vitaras for the front cv`s and even the aluminium front diff to shatter if they are put under too much stress after they have been lifted.
depending on how much you want to modify it you can put a suzuki samurai front axle on it with your diff internals in,but that would be a big job.
or you can get the diff drop mounts and driveshaft spacer from here:
bits4vits.co.uk

you can get away without doing anything if you adjust your driving to suit,you need to be aware of the weakness and adjust driving accordingly.
it took me 1 hour to shatter my first cv at korc on 28" tyres,then the next time i went i was there all day with no problems on 32" tyres.

[285cupramatty]

thanks for the reply,

would i need both drive shaft spacers and the axle drop or just either or?

thanks

[285cupramatty]

ive been looking around for these diff drop kits i have found a couple one on ebay and one on bits for vits and another webiste cant remeber which one know, but i also see on bits for vits this
http://www.bits4vits.co.uk/store/vitara ... d_496.html

do i need this as well?

[twiss]

Im not sure how needed those bits are but i imagine the standard ones will eventually wear out

You do want a rear axle spacer really if you haven't got one

http://www.bits4vits.co.uk/store/vitara ... d_963.html

[285cupramatty]

Ok I shall order one of them as well.