Zuknation.net Forums-viewtopic-John's 1994 Geo Tracker buildup thread.

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:29 am

Bought for $200.00 and a rotted out s10 2wd trade.
Needed exaust work and steering work right away other wise seemed ok mechanicaly.

after puting a cheep cat and adjusting steering gear box went to the cliffs insaine terrain to check everything off road

I was very impressed for stock but need more clearance on diffs
well on the way home the steering tried to lock up on a couple of turns and with the exaust quit now i could hear a bad bearing in the transfer case and sycros in trans.
steering gear box

yes thats a broken tooth
well called the junk yards around here and was shocked that the first one i called had 2 samis got the replacement for $25.
Also went back the next week and got the trans and replaced it for $75.
ordered new bearing for out put shaft in transfer case. no more noise.
next i repaired the rusted out rockers wich i didnt realy notice untill i lost one of the plastic covers on the trail.
left side new steel welded in

before

after
right side

before

after
Next came the 2" calmini shackle reversal
here is pict before and after

and next sky 2" body lift

wheel wells should have room for larger tires now
and here they are

had to cut the bumper mount tubes off and modify rear of front wheel well

and modify bumper and mounts

and here it is with the tires on

The ride was better after the reversal but the 31 11.50 ltb's made it rough again
Now im waiting on calmini rocker skids and shrokworks gas tank skid (old one rotted off)
Ill take more picts when installing them and post. Should be here soon

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:43 pm

Nice rig cuz! I havent seen you on here before are you new or just been away for a while?

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:28 pm

Im new as of feb 25
Thanks for the compliment
this is a great site Very Happy

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:04 am

Glad to see you posting and like what you've done with your rig Cool

What size angle did you purchase for your rockers? Thats gonna be my next project and I haven't figured out what size to use.

Also, did you do anything with the crimped metal on the bottom of the rocker or did you just run the angle over it?

Now that your here please feel free to post more often! Very Happy

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:14 am

Hi Redwolf
I ordered calmini formed rocker skids here is a link
http://www.puresuzuki.com/formed_skids.htm
The lip on the bottom can be left as is with these and they do not tie the body and frame together only bolt to body.
Here is a install link also
http://www.zukiworld.com/month_110105/feature_calmini_rocksliders.htm
they will be here on fri so ill take pict and post them here. Very Happy

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:06 pm

nice little truck.

keep up the good work Laughing

Trail Guide Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 229 Location: NC

Nice build! Are ya happy with everything so far?

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:32 pm

Thanks
so far everything works well. Need a little more power and the cd skips Laughing

but its my first zuk and im very impressed with it.
actually the power is good before the 31's it would do 65 - 70mph on highway (not with strong head wind) and with 31's the spedo says 55
(no gears yet) guessing its realy about 60.

Trail Guide Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 229 Location: NC

CD skips

I only have a tape deck.. figured that might happen.

If you decide to go with lower gears you will love the difference, I'm running 33"s and have the 5:13's and the 4to1 case, for awhile only had the 4to1 case, but love the what seems like new found power with the 5:13's and the case. currently doing the 1.6 motor swap and have heard that with the added power i might be to low, Have to wait and see.
Sounds like your hooked Cool

can wait to see your next addition.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:01 pm

Im hooked in every way including the wallet Ive put all other projects on
hold Have a partily remodeled laundry room waiting for cabinets but the
money always seem to go to the sami. Calmini formed rock sliders
showing up tommarow ill post picts of the install and shrokworks gastank
skid should be here next week. Hows the 1.6 going I was looking at the
sumo 1.3 but that will be a while I still need to get a another tire and rim
so i have a proper size spare. Very Happy

Trail Guide Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 229 Location: NC

Im hooked in every way including the wallet.. funny how that works.. If there wasen't 30+ inches of snow on the ground I'm sure my 1.6 swap would be done hard to get in the building mood when its cold and you spend all day shouveling snow... Still waiting on the harness from trail tough so not all my falt. Looking forward to seeing your upgrades, as for that spare tire I know what you mean, not sure if you have seen by build up post, but that was my last post Finialy a 33" spare to mach after almost 2years. Just glad I never needed it. Shocked

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:13 am

the new rocker skids showed up today Very Happy

here is a picture of the bare rocker

rocker skid held in place with jack to mark mounting holes in
in rocker and floor

installing bolts the hole behind the rocker is larger and a sleeve
is inserted to prevent the rocker from crushing

this is kinda hard to see there is a large washer plate on each
bolt to give extra strength to the mounting locations

here is the finished install

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:16 am

ok here is the finished install

nice to be able to lift by the rocker

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:48 am

they look nice Cool

Trail Guide Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 229 Location: NC

Looks good! time to go test them.