Category: Suzuki Tech

By Herman Hup Translated by Ko de Dorpsgek Daihatsu Charade 3 Cylinder Carb Swap I was surfing the Internet on the subject Suzuki Samurai technical and I found this article on swapping carburetors originally written in Dutch. As most of us know, the stock carburetor of Suzuki is a big pain in the @$$.  I […]

with Bill Johnston Do It Yourself Rear Bumper We all know how the stock Samurai bumpers are little more than glorified light brackets. If you take your zook off the beaten path – you should think about making a change. There are many aftermarket manufacturers that offer a strong alternative to the stock bumpers. But […]

    with Bill Johnston Next, we concentrate on the pinion flange. This will either be easy or very hard depending on how ‘weathered’ the components are. On the right you will notice a stock pinion flange in the foreground and the machined flange from earlier in the background.  To remove the pinion flange, you […]

with Bill Johnston Next we attack the Spring Perches! If you were planning to do a SPring Over Axle conversion then this is the time to do it! The perches need to rotated so the pinion points to the transfer case. It is much easier to just weld on new perches and go. Otherwise you […]

1. Detent Spring 2. Detent Ball 3. 2-4 Shift Rail 4. Interlock Ball 5. Hi-Lo Shift Rail 6. Detent Ball 7. Detent Spring 8. Plug 9. Shifter 10. Material to be removed 11. Support Sleeve 12. 4-2 Shift Fork 14. Hi-Lo Shift Fork 16. Snap Ring After disassembly, remove material from 2-4 Shift Rail as […]

DirectHits, A Real World Test with Bill Johnston Have you ever seen a late night commercial for an automotive product that was supposed to give you something for nothing? Maybe something you stuck in the air inlet to re-engineer the air flow, or something you stuck on the fuel line to realign the molecules? Install […]

    with Bill Johnston Add a New Tail Gate Logo Have you ever had the urge to look just a little bit different from the rest? Sometimes doing something unique can cause a head or two to turn. That may be why some of us stick with Zooks instead of going with the rest […]

    with Larry Harris Camden Supercharger I am installing a 1600 supercharger kit into my 1987 Samurai. The information for this series has been provided by Camden and Calmini. I have had the 1300 supercharger for several years, it has proven it self to be a very efficient source of “MORE POWER”. I recently […]

with Bill Johnston It only takes a first glance at one of Tom Wood’s drive shafts to realize the quality, workmanship and attention to detail that is put into each and every unit that Tom ships. The photo on the right shows the new CV drive shaft and the stock Samurai unit side by side. […]

with Larry Harris   Needed a new bumper, need a place to mount a full size spare and gas can. Know I do not want to reinvent the wheel so to speak. I will let someone else to all the engineering and the construction. It has to be bolt on. I gave Calmini a call, […]