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Offline SIDEKICK65

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SAMURAI HUBS
« on: February 28, 2012, 10:08:56 PM »
WILL HUB'S OFF A SAMURAI AXLE FIT A SUZUKI SIDEKICK?? IS THERE A WAY I CAN TELL WHICH YEAR OF FRONT END I HAVE FROM A SAMURAI?? I HEARD SOME YEAR'S OF THE SAMURAI FRONT END'S ARE BETTER.

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Offline Skyhiranger

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Re: SAMURAI HUBS
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2012, 07:12:37 AM »
The hubs fit, but the problem is the snap rings on the axle shafts go on before you put the hubs on, on trackicks.....and you have to put the hub body on, then the snap ring, then the cap on the hub, on samurais.  So the problem is that usually you have to space the samurai hub out, when you put it on a trackick....so the inner part of the hub doesn't bottom out on the snap ring.  Most people just put 2 paper gaskets between the hub body and the wheel hub and the hub to snap ring clearance is fine.

For the samurai front axle, the 86-88 front axles are better, because they use 3 pin carriers, instead of the single pin carriers, like found on the 88.5-95 samurais.  The 3 pin carriers have bolts that hold the end cap onto the carrier.  The single pin carriers are held together with the bolts that hold the ring gear onto the carrier.
You can actually remove the oil fill plug in the axle and look at the end of the carrier.  If you can see bolt heads, then you have an 86-88 axle with the 3 pin carrier.  If you can't see bolts, then you have the later axle with the single pin carrier.
Other than the carriers (and sidegears in the carrier), all samurai front axles are identical.
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Re: SAMURAI HUBS
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2012, 04:51:04 PM »
Thank's sky for the info. so i should be able to put my warn hub's from my sidekick right on the samurai front axle with out no mod's??

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Re: SAMURAI HUBS
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2012, 06:01:36 PM »
Thank's sky for the info. so i should be able to put my warn hub's from my sidekick right on the samurai front axle with out no mod's??

Maybe.  I am not sure if you'll be able to get the snap rings on.
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Re: SAMURAI HUBS
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2012, 09:34:47 PM »
Ok sky..   i took the oil plug cap off and i can see bolts that look like it holds the ring gear together.so does that mean i have the 3 pin carrier?

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Offline Skyhiranger

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Re: SAMURAI HUBS
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2012, 05:52:52 AM »
Ok sky..   i took the oil plug cap off and i can see bolts that look like it holds the ring gear together.so does that mean i have the 3 pin carrier?

If you can see bolts on the end of the carrier, then you have the earlier 3 pin carrier.  The bolts you are seeing are the ones that hold the end cap on the carrier (the ring gear is on the other end of the carrier and you can not see the ring gear bolts by looking through the fill hole).
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Re: SAMURAI HUBS
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2012, 12:11:05 PM »
ok, that mean's i have the better front end 8)