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Seasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. Greetings, fellow Rookies. I regret that I was unable to write the usual article — an interview, some maintenance tips, and possibly a recipe for some good holiday cookies. Truth be told, even The Seasoned Rookie needs to step away every so often and look at […]
Continue ReadingSeasoned Rookie with Murph, The Seasoned Rookie. Hey Rookies! It has indeed been a while since I’ve written. For those of you who are new at the sport: My name is Murph and I’ve been Zookin’ for about three years now. I drive the bright yellow Tonka Toy, now known as Zook-n-a-half. […]
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 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 […]
Continue Readingwith Bill Johnston We are officially into the buildup of a seemingly stock 88.5 Samurai. When the vehicle was first purchased, it was done with the provision from the finance director (FD) that it would always look stock. A few pieces were added, but they were factory options so it didnt upset […]
Continue Readingwith Bill Johnston The Stance One of the most important details that need to be addressed when using ‘larger than stock’ tires and any kind of lift is the overall usability of the suspension, and the finished ‘Stance’ of the vehicle. When we started with this vehicle, it ran a set of 2.5″ OME springs […]
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