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Seasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. Greetings, fellow Rookies! This month we continue our series of firsts, telling the tales of Zookers conquering their own fears and trying something new. Many of you have already met Laurie Graham while registering for any of the recent Zooki-Melt events. This year Laurie decided to leave […]
Continue ReadingRookie I was actually surprised that you did that hill it was awfully steep! Laurie It was a very interesting ride I do have to admit that one of the reasons I didnt chicken out was because I didnt think youd let me! Rookie Thats very true but something important to remember is that […]
Continue ReadingSeasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. Greetings, Rookies. Last spring we embarked on a major project. In a period of six weeks, the Rookie and some very close friends constructed a new-to-me Suzuki in my backyard. We handled painting, sanding, gaskets, driveshafts, thousands of screws, and gallons of fluid. After spending […]
Continue Readingwith Bill Johnston Stretched This 1987 Suzuki Samurai is straight out off of a true zookaholic’s dream sheet. Wayne Fling, out of Shawnee, Kansas, has put together a truly eye-catching, truly wheelable work of art. We caught up with him at the 2006 ZookiMelt in Attica, and he was very happy to share his […]
Continue Readingwith Lance K. Schall Something X-tra Why lift a Suzuki X-90 and turn it into a trail vehicle? Well, the easy answer would be: Why not? Its a Sidekick underneath and Calmini has responded to an enthusiastic following and markets suspension lift kits for Sidekicks. I have had a Calmini lifted Samurai for 16 […]
Continue ReadingPage two. Since these photographs were taken I have added Calmini’s steering stabilizer/truss and idler arm bracket. I upgraded all the fasteners and performed minor grinding to fit the idler arm bracket to the later Sidekick/Tracker/X-90 platform. Here’s what I did in the back: Cut the springs shorter, closed the last coil by […]
Continue Readingwith Jim Bova Project #2 Returns! Front Spring Over With Rear Springs With the rear SPOA done on #2 it was time to move on to the front. There is a little more work involved in the front with the steering. There are a few ways to address the steering issue, cross over steering , […]
Continue ReadingA case study in tinkering run amok… by TD (Troy) Graham Part 3: Fun with Mock-ups. Misery loves company: At this point, a little introduction is in order… where “me” becomes “we”; the other half of “we” being my buddy Tom Wilhelm. He is the President of General Crafts in Goshen, Indiana, […]
Continue Readingwith Jim Bova Project #2 Returns! This shows why after doing a spring over conversion steering correction is needed. The Drag Link looks quite close to the spring Here is the much maligned Z link. Editors Note: This is one area not to skimp! […]
Continue ReadingThis shows the Cj springs bolted to the relocation brackets in the front and the M/L’s in the rear. Another view showing the M/L shackles The rear is “U” bolted to the bottom of the springs. With the axles bolted in and […]
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