Late is better than never, so I’m continuing my write up of Octobers work on the Suzuki.
After taking apart the first side I decided to change the following parts on both sides. Top and Bottom Swivel Bearings, axle oil seal and swivel seal.
As you can see, I used genuine Suzuki parts. Suzuki is very close to my work and I must say I’m really impressed by their parts department. They’ve got a parts book for the SJ which shows every part of the car in detail, with seperate part numbers for every single nut, bolt, washer and so on. Even better, everything is available, although sometimes you have to wait for it to be sent from Japan! Prices are not too bad either.
The first challenge was to get the top and bottom bearing carriers out. I didn’t like the look of this job, because there is very little of the inside of the carried visible.
Amazingly and luckily my Sealy 24mm impact socket fitted perfectly.
And the carriers were out in no time.
Then, once the oil seal was changed, it was a case of cleaning up the pile of bits.
And bolting it all back together.
On the other side it was clear that the axle oil seal had failed, still, at least the UJ had sufficient lubrication!
I had to borrow a 50mm socket from the Neighbour to adjust the wheel bearings. All in all not a bad job to do. I guess I should take it apart again every few years and pack bearings and UJ’s with new grease, if I can be bothered.
