Category: Suzuki Tech

  Clicky Starter Quick Fix Kit with Bill Johnston When I picked up an 88.5 Sami last year, it would start anytime, all the time, without fail. I was lucky to get such a solid vehicle. But after I started on the trip to the 2003 ZookiMelt there was a problem at the first fuel […]

with Ron Sutcliffe Calmini Winch Bumper Installation The Calmini instructions were generic, they seemed to be written to fit other bumpers as well. The instructions for the winch bumper appear to be the same as the tube bumper. The ARB style winch bumper looks far cooler than the tube bumper.  Here are the tools you […]

    Page 3   Now you’ve got all that back together it’s time to put the caliper guide pins and their rubbers back in.  I filled one rubber with grease and put it in place, then I put some grease on the caliper guide pins and pushed that all the way through from the […]

      Page 2   Yep, not good at all. At first you’d say this piston is beyond repair, but it appeared that a “quick” scrub with a clean Brillo pad was enough to save me a trip to the store.         See? Yes it’s the same one !! Check it […]

    with “NitroMax” Brake Caliper OverhaulPage 1 If – like me – you do a lot of Offroading you know how important it is to maintain your vehicle every time you’ve been in the mud. You also know how hard it sometimes is to find the time or – after a long day of […]

    You got Crabs? When Myron Thorson first told me he had Crabs, I had to wonder why he would be bragging… and then I saw the new Zuks Off Road differential protection he had just finished producing and it all fell into place. The quarter inch steel bash plate he designed looked like […]

    with Tim Tackett North Coast Off Road Calmini Rocker Skids with North Coast Offroad  The Calmini Rocker Skids offer a simple inexpensive solution for protection of the vulnerable rocker panels on the Samurai. The kit is very basic, consisting of two prefabricated pieces, one for the left, and one for the right side […]

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With Scott Rossow Time for Bumpstops When you install YJ springs on a Zuk you need bumpstops.  The YJ springs are so flexy that they invert and damage to springs.  Also, if you have shock hoops the tire will rub on both the hoop and the shock.  Then there are the fenders to worry about.  […]

      with Steve Shoop Installing A Rocky Road Body Lift On A Tracker   On my 1994 4-Door Sidekick, I already had the Old Man Emu suspension package, as well as the 1 coil spring spacers from Rocky Road Outfitters. I was running 29×10.50 TSL Thornbirds. On the street, all was good, but […]