Marius's Gen4 Pajero life thread

[MariusFourie]

Heard a noise like a wheel bearing

Disconnected propshaft to eliminate a bad shaft
Jacked up right side noise still there when spinning the wheel
Jacked up left side and noise disappears

Noise while driving is like wheel bearing noise - can't make the noise change with weaving or the accelerator

Fluid is clean with no metal flakes on the magnetic drain plug. Level is good.

I suspect the right carrier bearing inside the diff.

Common failure point?

Car does a lot of bad gravel, and is on 340'000km.

Bearings are cheap, but taking the diff out means stripping both rear hubs to get the side shafts out.

Realised I never updated. It was a rear wheel bearing

[MariusFourie]

Tomorrow I pick up my 2007 Pajero Gen 4 GLX.
Now I need to study this forum thread like it was exam prep.
Thanks for posting your Pajero journey.

Nice. Post some pics once you have it.

Congrats!

[MariusFourie]

Holiday travelling, the Pajero has just clocked over to 350'000km.

[MariusFourie]

Managed to get the economy down to 9.2l/100kms driving at 110km/h GPS with A/C on.

Day to day running around 11-12.

[Kix]

It has to be said this thread is much more boring than the one on your Touareg.

[MariusFourie]

It has to be said this thread is much more boring than the one on your Touareg.

I prefer it that way!

[MariusFourie]

Douglas to Queenstown

[MariusFourie]

Queenstown to East London

105km/h GPS speed

[Mr.G]

Those are great figures..Even if at 100kmh

[MariusFourie]

Starter said goodbye

It must have been worked on in the past. Solenoid had no spring inside.

Luckily the ring gear ate the bendix, and not the other way round.

Asked Mitsu for bendix kit and solenoid. R6k

Brand new complete starter from Midas - R1900 delivered to my door.

Simple job. Battery disconnect, ATF dipstick tube out. + Cable and spade off starter. Two 14mm bolts and out she comes.

[Reenen]

Ek sou gedink het 2x10mm boute. Seker overengineered. Hoop daai cinesium solonoid hou. Hou daai ou parte…

[Diversions]

Starter said goodbye

Asked Mitsu for bendix kit and solenoid. R6k

My Pajero is the Gen 4 with the Aisin gearbox and within the last month Mitsubishi quoted me just over R11k + VAT for this kit that I thought may be a good idea to carry as a spare on our present excursion. Not at R11k.

They also quoted over R8k for a new SCV and I got one from Masterparts for R1773.

[MariusFourie]

Proper wash and vacuum for the first time in a long time.

[jfh]

Hoop jou geluk is beter as myne, maar daai cheap starters hou nie baie lank nie.

[MariusFourie]

Hoop jou geluk is beter as myne, maar daai cheap starters hou nie baie lank nie.

Ek vermoed dis dalk agv battery.

Daai 3.2 engine vat baie oomph om te start.

Ek is al op my derde battery in ses jaar. Hulle hou gewoonlik so 2-2.5 jaar.

As hy een keer my drop en hy is ouer as twee jaar koop ek nuwe battery.

As jy nie vroeg spring nie is die voltage drop dalk te kwaai vir die cheap starter.

Ek is OK daarmee. Starter ruil is minder as 'n uur en ek kan drie starters koop vir die prys van een solenoid en bendix by agente.

[Reenen]

Gewoontlik die chinese solonoid wat oppak.
Autoelcs wil nie eens meer aan n chinese starter werk oor die swak solonoids, waarvoor hulle moet pa staan.

Probeer die battery omruil net voor die 2 jaar waarborg om is.

[MariusFourie]

Gewoontlik die chinese solonoid wat oppak.
Autoelcs wil nie eens meer aan n chinese starter werk oor die swak solonoids, waarvoor hulle moet pa staan.

Probeer die battery omruil net voor die 2 jaar waarborg om is.

Dankie..sal ou een invat as sample en Bosch solenoid in boot gooi.

Of dalk net nog 'n starter in boot gooi.

Jy weet mos hoe werk dit. Ek het al naastenby vier jaar spaar alternator, maar agv daarvan nog nooit een nodig gehad nie.

[MariusFourie]

I have been chasing a rear suspension knock for months.

I saw some play on the trailing arm bush on the hub side. Bushes didn't look bad but there was some play. Eventually bit the bullet and ordered a bush kit

At the price a bit disappointed. Would have liked the edges to be chamfered to make it easier to get them in. It was a PITA. Also had to take a bit of material from the sleeve on the ID to get the bolt to go through.

Eventually got them in, after removing the old bush sleeve.

Replacement bushes are considerably harder and a tighter fit.

Knock is gone, and car actually feels softer but more solid at the same time.

https://go4lo.co.za/products/mitsubi...m-hub-bush-kit