1991 Suzuki Samurai build

gp7186 · Post by **gp7186** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:26 pm

turbo-tom wrote:Very nice so pressuming the shock bracket will swivell on the 8mm plate or am I missing something? Looks like it really has been thought through

Thanks tom yeah It should swivel on the 8mm plate using the brass disc as a thrust washer to give slip and reduce friction at the joint

Post by **dan_2k_uk** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:02 pm

Looking forward to seeing this finished.

Keep up the good work.

gp7186 · Post by **gp7186** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:51 pm

dan_2k_uk wrote:Looking forward to seeing this finished.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks

Are they ever finished, mines like painting the forth bridge il finish it then start all over again when I have another idea pop in my head

gp7186 · Post by **gp7186** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:58 pm

Firstly drilled the anti rotate holes in the rear mounts.

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Then I made mounts for the bottom of the front and rear shocks

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And then fitted them

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Post by **dan_2k_uk** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:14 pm

Na never finished.

Superb shock mounts

gp7186 · Post by **gp7186** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:33 pm

Right time now to revisit OTT steering as previously shown arms have been machined and now its sitting at the height I wanted ive now measured up the tie rods. I am using ford transit track rod ends with a m20x1.5mm thread both left and right hand to create a tracking rod then the other will be transit one end snd standard sj the other. Heres some pics of it on the bench just got to fit it now

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Post by **Jordi** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:33 pm

That is super tidy!

turbo-tom · Post by **turbo-tom** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:03 pm

Very tidy.

gp7186 · Post by **gp7186** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:04 pm

Thanks for the comments, I had a bit more time today than I thought so I fitted it

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dazerede · Post by **dazerede** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 11:17 pm

Wow u have done a realy nice job on.this sj

All I need to.do is paint the backplates and jobs a gooden

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