Category: Suzuki Tech

  Click Here To Visit   Zook Bumpers Following the Suzuki mailing list I have found there are as many bumper ideas as there are people. This section is dedicated to those ideas. To start the series Bill Johnston and Larry Harris will be installing bumpers from two different aftermarket suppliers. Larry is installing the […]

      with Richard Davis Suzuki Samurai Shifter Bolt Transmission fix   One inherent problem I have heard every samurai owner complain about is the horrible shifter problem. The one when you finally look into it, you find out the shifter bolt has broken off and you need to replace it. So you do […]

      with Larry Harris Samurai Box, Storage for the Zook   No leaks, no rust, no rattles. Sound like something you want in your truck? Adequate lockable and weatherproof storage space has always been lacking in the Samurai. JeepBox manufacturer of the SamuraiBox has solved this problem with its line of aluminum storage […]

    with Jim Cambron When Rocker Arm Cap Screws Turn Up Missing When you remove the valve cover to inspect the valve train, be sure to check the flat-headed Philip head screws that hold down the rocker arm shafts for tightness. Occasionally, one of these flat-headed screws come loose  — especially after work has […]

      ShrockBars with Art Lilley For the last year I have been deeply involved in building my first Samurai from the ground up. While the decision to purchase some of the components was difficult, I knew exactly what I wanted when it came time to put armor on my Samurai. SHROCKWORKS! ShrockWorks is […]

  Sidewinder with a ‘Kick’!Project Sidewinder/ARB part 1with Bill Johnston Tired of bending axles? Yup. Tired of being ‘careful’ when welding components onto the thin Samurai axle housing? Yup. Do you ‘have to’ go to Toyota axles to get something a little stronger? Nope! This series will show you how we put together a beefy […]

         Here you can see where a set of stock front caliper brackets are used to hang the brakes. The axle housing is designed to make this a direct bolt-on.   The stock donor front wheel hubs were cleaned up and outfitted with new bearings. As long as you have everything torn down […]

We move on to the center of the housing to add the air vent, oil cap and drain plug. For those that have upgraded their rear drive shaft to a CV style drive line will like the fact that after rotating their axle up to face the transfer case straight on, the oil fill cap […]

         Putting the axles side by side made it easy to transfer the pieces we were going to reuse. These pieces only included the rear flexible brake line, and the wheels and tires. The Sidewinder is available in three different lengths (stock, 3″ and 6″ over). As you can see in the […]