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with Jim Bova Yankee-Offroad Samurai Hood Latches Have you ever had to open your hood in a hurry and had to search through a glove box full of junk? Or been in the nose up attitude and opened the glove box and had all that junk fall out onto your passenger? Well […]
Continue Readingwith Bill Johnston KAM Selectable Electric LockerPart 1 – Installation A few years back, when I first looked into the different lockers that were available for a Samurai, I came across a company that built one designed to be either cable or air actuated. I never got a chance to see one […]
Continue Readingwith Jim Mazzola Jim, What Have You Done? The glassy eyed look and lower jaw almost hitting the floor are the initial reactions which are usually followed by, youre kidding, right? But I guess thats to be expected when I tell everyone I was cannibalizing a perfectly good 2004 4 dr ZR2 Tracker, (with leather […]
Continue Readingwith Jim Mazzola – The Elusive Lower Geared Transfer Case The real work: Now comes the work. As you can see in the picture, the gear size difference will necessitate grinding the inside of the case for clearance. Youll need a die grinder, some grinding wax, and a lot of patience. The […]
Continue ReadingKlune-V R.A.D. Valve Stemswith Bill Johnston When on the street we run our tires at a set air pressure that will allow the best traction while maintaining a safe level of control. When on the trail we maximize the tire footprint by dropping the air pressure. But finding a way to […]
Continue Readingwith Mike Lewis ‘Kick Seats in a Samurai Editors Note – Here at iZook, we are always looking for a new approach at an old problem. Mike Lewis sent in this installation ‘How-to’ for folks that want to put Sidekick (or Tracker) seats into their Samurai. If you have access to welding equipment, […]
Continue Readingwith Bill Johnston KAM Selectable Electric LockerPart 2 – Hitting the Rocks Last month we installed the KAM Electric Locker into a stock Samurai rear axle housing. This month we finished up the installation by running the wiring harness to the dash board switch and then taking it to the trails to […]
Continue Readingwith Jim Mazzola – kb8ymf@juno.com The Elusive Lower Geared Transfer Case Lower IS Better – for some things! What more can be said? Ive always wondered what was so great about a low range transfer case until now. All of you Samurai folks with your 4.16:1 cases cant have it all […]
Continue Readingwith Jim Mazzola Idler Arm Bracket with BEEF! ATTN: IFS folks. From an engineering standpoint, Ive long been skeptical of the strength of the stock idler arm on the Tracker when pitted against 31 or larger tires. I inspected it from time to time and found that it just seemed to […]
Continue Readingwith Jim Mazzola – kb8ymf@juno.com The Elusive Lower Geared Transfer Case Getting started: Removal of the transmission / transfer case assembly. Follow your basic R&R techniques for removing the transmission and transfer case. These two units come out as one assembly. On the bench youll split the two. First remove the […]
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