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Lost a true American hero and friend yesterday:

Master Sgt. Art Lilley
US Army 7th Special Forces
Fort Bragg, NC.

He leaves behind a wife and two children. Art was killed in Afganistan and I currently don't know all the details to his death.

Art was one of my best friends and I can truefully say ...

I tried running a traction bar with a stock rear end housing and ended up twisting the housing. A traction bar will stop axle wrap BUT they are really hard on a stock Samurai housing because the housings are so thin. I replaced my traction bar by adding a 6th leaf to my YJ springs. The only traction ...

For 29s I would use a SJ-410 case or upgrade the diffs to 4.30s or 4.62s. If you plan on bigger tires in the future go with the 4.16-1 minimum.

CairnsZook wrote:I see Trail Tough have brought out 4.24:1 which give a 134% low range reduction from stock. What reduction would these gears give for high range? Too much for my little 29's?

The 4.24-1 kit is for the Vitara/Sidekick/Tracker t-case. Not a Serria/Samurai case.

Get a bearing kit too.

I have never broke one. My old 4.16-1 case has the regular one. My new case has the HD one. Trail Tough built my new 4.9-1 case. You will probably be OK using the stock one.

I am trying to get a straight answer myself.

You can buy them (6.5s) direct from Trail-Gear at http://trail-gear.com/zuk-tcasegears.html

If your t-case is 1990 or newer it should have the HD front shaft in it already.

I can't give you a whole lot of metric specs but I can help you with tech information. I work at a Ford dealer in the parts department and I own a 2000 F-350 7.3 diesel. Most F-250s here from 1999-2003 models have a 8800 lb gross vehicle weight rating and gross combined capacity (truck and trailer ...

I am on 12.50x33s. I am running 5.38s and a 4.9-1 case. Its a little low for a daily driver. I believe you should spread the reduction between the axles and t-case. This eliminates overloading the U-joints. I have only broken one in two years of rock crawling.

Crawl ratio: 96.274-1, Hi-range ratio ...

If all else fails then knock the paint off the head of the screw and weld a nut to the top of the screw. Then use a wrench that fits the nut. I had to do that to get the screws off a couple of my hinges.

Here is a permanent fix:

http://www.izook.com/tech/samurai/doors ... ngecut.htm

http://lowrangeoffroad.com/samaxles.htm about half way down @ $109 US

You can also find it at http://www.trailtough.com who is the manufacturer.

The shipping will probably kill the decent price unless ya'll have a local dealer that sells Trail Tough parts.

I have Lockrites in both axles of my rig and I have yet to have a problem with them un-locking on a down hill. My biggest issue with the is the popping an clunking. If I had it to do again I would run a spool in the rear and a Lockrite up front.

Not too low if you like to krawl.

I will be purchasing a set next winter when I do my Toyota axle swap.

Here in the US we use the 1979-1985 axles. The 84-85 housing are stronger than the earlier models. In 86 the pickup (Hilux) went IFS here. Here is a link at Zuwharrie.com that may help you also:

http://bbs.zuwharrie.com/content/topic,35660.0.html

My Zuk has changed a little since the last time I posted here:

There is a couple of us Americans over here too.

I use 80w140 because I have such a tall ratio. With the small pinion on a 5.38 gearset spinning so fast I thing that 75w90 would probably foam up. I use no additives.

I fed my rig some rice. It has grown a little. :D

1988 Zuk SJ-413 Samurai
Mods include a Schrockworks Winch Bumper, Warn XD-9000 Winch, Rocky Road Crawler II rear bumper, Olive Hill Welding aluminum rocker guards and aluminum bed mounted tool box, SPOA suspension lift using stock YJ springs, 82 ...

Another vote for a head gasket.

Sounds like your pinion angle may be too low.

Thanks for the welcome. I posted a link at Zuwharrie to this board so I am sure a few members there are lurking also.

I am just dropping in to say hello from North Carolina, USA! You guys have a nice forum going on here. I have been lurking here for a couple of days and you guys have some nice rigs. :)

If this is posted improperly please accept my apology. I felt my greeting should be directed to the Zuki crowd ...

Here is my rig:

1988 Zuk
Mods: Mods include a Winch bumper by Paul Plante, Warn XD-9000 Winch, Rocky Road Crawler II rear bumper, Olive Hill Welding aluminum rocker guards and aluminum bed mounted tool box, 2" shackle reverse suspension lift by Calmini, SPOA using RRO pads, TSL Super Swamper ...