Parts for your 1998 Suzuki Jimny-Wheel hubs

1998 Suzuki Jimny wheel hubs — what they do and how to look after them

Technical sources make it clear wheel hubs are very much used on the 1998 Suzuki Jimny. The Suzuki factory service manuals for JB23/JB33/JB43 models (1998-on) describe serviceable front and rear hub assemblies with taper-roller bearings, and detail the front free-wheeling hub mechanism. Suzuki’s Electronic Parts Catalogue lists the hub, drive flange and free-wheel hub components for this model, and Aisin’s manual locking hub application guides include the 1998 Jimny. So, wheel hubs are fitted and relevant to this vehicle.

On a 1998 Jimny, the wheel hub does a few critical jobs: it supports the brake rotor and wheel, houses the wheel bearings, and (at the front) connects or disconnects drive from the axle to the wheel. Many Jimnys of this era came with vacuum-operated free-wheeling hubs