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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: PositiveVibes on August 25, 2004, 10:46:29 AM
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Just picked up an '87 Samarai from a swap meet. Its spring over with around 2.5" lift blocks. 32x11.5x15 Mud terrains. Engine rebuilt around 7000 miles ago, by owner who is a mechanic has an edelbrock carb and some other mods inside the engine. Came with some extras like axles front and rear from toyota along with leafs, shock mounts and a xfer case. Not sure exactly what the donor vehicle was except its a toyota. Diffs are open. Rattle canned charcoal black. Thats about it. Needs some re-wiring and tlc other wise looks to be a good wheeler. Oh and the current xfer case is a 6 to 1 so the puppy crawls. This is my first sammy so be nice and any helpful remarks or info is welcome. Thanks!
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Sounds like a good grab! Got any pictures?
:)
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No pics yet. I don't have a digital camera. Oh and I picked it up for $900, I figured that was a decent deal?
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No pics yet. I don't have a digital camera. Oh and I picked it up for $900, I figured that was a decent deal?
Decent deal?..... Are you kidding me?
Some guys can just fall into the sh** and smell like a rose! Thats a great deal! Wish I had that kinda luck :( insert mumbling here < ....... > ;D Welcome to the board
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Decent deal?..... Are you kidding me?
Some guys can just fall into the sh** and smell like a rose! Thats a great deal! Wish I had that kinda luck  :( insert mumbling here <  .......  >  ;D Welcome to the board
Thanks! Well I've been looking for another explorer but haven't found a decent deal. This was just by chance, he wanted $1200 but after a few beers I had him down to $900 with all the extra parts. I have modified explorer now but this will be a great toy to play with. The thing is so tiny its like a tonka toy!
What do you guys run for lockers?
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I think the usual lockers can be seperated into 4 major ones:
ARB air locker
Lock-Rite
Spool
or Welded (Lincoln Locker)
:)
I think there's more.. like a Detroit Gearless or something too.
I run a Lock-Rite in the Kick.
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Welcome!
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WELCOME ABOARD...WE GOT ANOTHER EXPLORER ZUKI GUY ON BOARD HERE...I'M SURE HE'LL CHIME IN. ;D
MATTY D. 8)
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Thanks for the welcome guys.
I'm sure I will posting a ton of questions for you guys!
Anyone else running lockers and what are you running.
In my Explorer I run an ARB up front and Detroit in the rear.
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welcome.i'm a nubie too. ;D
 i'm running spool in the rear and loc rite up front.(if i did it again i'd go loc rite in rear also,spool eats the tires.) :-[
  oscar
p.s. if you can do ARBs that the shibit.
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Thanks for the info Oscar. So it seems the Loc rites are popular I guess its safe to assume they dont have a lot of problems. Is the loc rite selectable or full time or LS?
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full time,they release the axel to the inside in a corner.
oscar
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Welcome aboard. ;D
I like to run the ARBs, THis way you only stress the axles when you need to.
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Ok I'm back with a little more work completed. I pulled the dash out and got everything working but the reverse lights which I pretty sure is the sender. And the hazards which is the switch and I'm not going to bother fixing it.
Also bought some doors (the doors I had, nothing worked) and decent seats for $200 from a pick and pull.
Seeing how I have everything out of the cab and the dash off I was thinking I could pull the body off to easier access to the drive train components. I have Toyota axles I was thinking of throwing in.
So my questions are:
Should I just get her ready for the trails and wait till I break something?
Or do I swap in the Toyota axles?
Is the body easy to remove?
Do you think it would be worth the effort to remove the body to swap axles?
Also he never installed the front drive shaft, he said the angle was to bad. Any thoughts on that. I haven't actually tried connecting it but the angle is pretty steep.
Thanks guys and thanks for all the welcomes!
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Wait till you break somthing, that
is if you could get the front shaft
back in, rotate the front axle and
re align the caster so the steering
wheel will return to straight and
then get a custom front shaft with
double U-joints on the T-case end
Should be fun, and
Welcome to the board
;)
Wild
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what kind of steering does it have? welcome aboard!
stu
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Welcome :)
Your missing front drive shaft might be due to the fact that lifted Samis tend to have problems with the shaft hitting the X-member. You can butcher the X-member or go this route: http://www.rock4xfabrication.com/transmount.htm
very nice ;D
If your drive shaft angles are too severe (u-joint bind) you can try to clearance them a bit or go with a cv shaft:
http://www.rocky-road.com/zukdrive.html again, very nice ;D
And finally, as long as you stay with the 32s, keep the stock axels. Sell the Toy axels to me ;)
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I should have read your profile first :P Welcome Banana Slug :D (http:// http://www.baytreebooks.com/webitemimages/721/i177-t.jpg)
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Wait till you break somthing, that
is if you could get the front shaft
back in, rotate the front axle and
re align the caster so the steering
wheel will return to straight and
then get a custom front shaft with
double U-joints on the T-case end
Should be fun, and
Welcome to the board
;)
Thanks. I was thinking the same thing. Just wait till it breaks.
I was talking with people on the ford explorer site and they were saying lift blocks arent good. Its SOA with around 3" blocks/spacers. They were saying to remove the spacers. Do you guys agree?
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I don't like blocks. If you had that 3 inches in suspension, you would have a lot more flex ;) If you remove the blocks, your 32s might rub. Post some pictures of the suspension and tire clearance. :)
(http://www.baytreebooks.com/webitemimages/721/i177-t.jpg)
Don't you like the slug pic ;D
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Thanks people!
Not sure on the steering I pretty sure its just stock.
And thanks for the links on the drive shaft I will check them out. I take it the toy axles are good cause everyone seems to want them!
Yes I dig on the banana slug! Go slugs!!!
I have taken a few pics with the disposable camera, I will finish the roll and get them put on disc so I can post them.
So as of now I'm gonna have the seat mounts welded, the nuts are coming loose and the mounts are ripping. I'm gonna go ahead in install the dash.
I have a buddy, Tdavis on the explorer board he also has a sammy, his is pretty pissed off and can crawl over almost anything. He may be lending me a hand. I will keep you guys posted and thanks again for everyones input and suggetions.