toyota axle , Samurai rebuild , Pickin away

[Creepy]

Looking good. A little more wheelbase will be great on the Zuk. Climb better, better on the road too. Going Toy IFS steer box I assume? Easy mounting area you got cleared off...going to sleeve it?

I dig the chopsaw stool. heehee

[ronin]

Thanks , I'll be up to about 86"or 87" in WB from the factory 79" . The toy box will be sleeved and plated , kit from TG .

Stool was there , wasn't being used , needed a stand . There ya go

[ronin]

got everything cleaned off both sides of the front part of the sammy's frame .



found this



this number tells me my junk is a 91 Tin Top . Funny thing is the vin # on the dash is different and it says my rig is a 92 soft top . The whole vehicle was red at one time , still is under it all except the drivers door wtich is blue . On a side note , I bought the Samurai from the Suzuki dealer in Dartmouth .

back on track ,,,,,,,the frames on Samurais are very thin and once I had the rails cleaned off I could see they were starting to buckle where the shock towers were , made some fish platers



plated the frame where the old towers were and where the new ones will be





cut the shackle hangers out as they have to be moved forward to match the 3" stretch and out to match the Toyota's 29" perch spacing





made these to fill in the back part of the cut out





I'll now cut out the outlined areas and reweld the mounts back in the right place .

the drivers side . Only went up this far



As I said before , the PS box will go here and it will be plated




Also got two of the wheels done to fit the Toyota hubs . had to open the center of the rims about 1/8 of an inch . I have 5 of these . had them in the barn for 15 years . Makes me think I was planing this build for some time



all for now .

[Creepy]

Lookin' good, dig those rims.

[ronin]

Mar 30, 2014 9:35:06 GMT -4 Creepy said:

Lookin' good, dig those rims.

Thanks Jan , yah , I like them as well and their Scott recomended 15x7 poorman beadlocks .

[ronin]

got the shackle mounts moved and welded in





repaired the body mounts and thru down some cheep primer to keep the rust at bay













springs mounted



time to blow the dust off of this and get it under the Samurai



new tie rod





lots of beef



15/16th wrench



toy axle on the front and sammy,sidekick hybred axle still on the rear . with the different offset of the rims it turned out pretty good



I have some bodywork to do on the front before I start the rear swap .



Time to go away and make some money , build on hold for a few months .

[Creepy]

Looks really good! You'll be hard pressed to hurt that axle with your powerplant and weight, should be super reliable. The primered frame looks real good too, came out nice.

[C Monster]

Looking good, what's the plan for the front fenders

[tmk]

Gonna be a tank when it's done. Looks awesome.

[ronin]

Thanks guys , C Monster , I plan to stretch the fenders and the hood . this will open up for the tires and make room for a motor swap .

found this on Pirate . Something along this idea

[rue]

Nice work, lookin forward to the front stretch

[ronin]

Thanks Rue . On a side note , the green Zuk in the pic I posted is in the Guinnies Book of Records for a motor driven vehicle been driven to the highest elevation in the world .

[ronin]

here it is

[rue]

Doesn't that Zuk have a 2JZ in it, or is that another?

[ronin]

think you're right Rue . he is on Pirate and from Chili , you have probably seen his builds .