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do it your self spoa for my sammy

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Offline samurai dan

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do it your self spoa for my sammy
« on: April 05, 2008, 06:03:53 PM »
hey ...I want to do a spoa myself as i dont have alot of cash to spare... is there any home modifacations that can be done at home in the your garage.. i have access to a welder and want to fit a set of 31.5x 10 s i picked up real cheap....any helps?

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Re: do it your self spoa for my sammy
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2008, 07:08:20 PM »
A ghetto SPOA is easy and cheap. You can do the whole job at home if you can do a little fab work yourself. Here is a link to a thread about this, http://www.zukikrawlers.com/showthread.php?t=174.


When I did the first one I used aftermarket spring pads(which you can make yourself out of 2X6 tubing). The rear u-bolt plates need swapped side for side and the front u-bolt plates need the shock mounts cut off and welded in the oppisite dirrection as they can not be swapped side to side, then you can use the stock shocks. Take the brake hoses out of the frame mounts and let them hang. I added a drop pitman arm to help correct the steering linkage angle and an aftermarket stabilizer.
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Offline samurai dan

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Re: do it your self spoa for my sammy
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2008, 08:27:38 AM »
Wow... looks pretty simple. how do you feel about using spacers for the drive lines rather than cutting the existing ones up?
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Re: do it your self spoa for my sammy
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2008, 11:17:50 AM »
Its a pretty common thing to do on samurais, most of the Spoa kits that you can get will have drive line spacers included with them.

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phloop

Re: do it your self spoa for my sammy
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2008, 12:05:10 PM »
The spacers are not a big issue. I have had them on my Sami for about ten years. I have had no problems with them.
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Offline samurai dan

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Re: do it your self spoa for my sammy
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2008, 10:34:18 PM »
thank you phloop... just about completed my spoa.... the thread was alot of help... i went with a home made z link.... i will let you all know how it works .. i found a mercedes high steer arm but a friend had a z link he made and said worked well laying around so thought i may try it for simplicity. i will have it all complete this weekend... i am trying to stuff 31x11,5 under it. love this site... great resources...  hope i can contribute sometime
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Offline samurai dan

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Re: do it your self spoa for my sammy
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2008, 05:19:28 PM »
Ha i am done! 8) I got it done with very little trouble and lots of elbow grease... it actually handles better now than it did before, i am quite suprised  how basic it is....even made my own spacers outta some anodize aluminum i had lying around. had to do a little cutting around the front wheel wells to fit the tires tho...
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