Samurai leaf spring tech

zukiscott · Mar 25, 2016

Stock zuk front leaf on bottom and stock zuk rear leaf with bottom out leaf replaced with a stock middel front leaf on top...

These are the springs I have under BOX STOCK right now with 1" lft shackles and Old Man Emu shocks & rides soft on road and has a lil flex off road...

zukiscott · Mar 25, 2016

Chad youv'e had that mochine in bout as many stages as my ole green n purple zuk!

Bebop · Mar 25, 2016

Scott, what did you do for the rear leaves ?

zukiscott · Mar 25, 2016

Bebop said:
Scott, what did you do for the rear leaves ?

Still runnin slap bone stock rear leaves with 1/2" bolt polyurethane bushings and Trail Tough 1" lift shackles.

and yes I made me a REAL back bumper as well ;D

Bebop · Mar 25, 2016

Ok thanks.

Mine had a bad tendency to do the California squat after a while with that same leaves/shackles combo. :gay:

So I mix matched the leaf packs with some lifted leaves to solve that, but apparently you don't have that issue.

MoparMan · Mar 25, 2016

Stickboyracing said:
Sadly thats because I did not bring any FAB tools with me to Japan and I could not drive around a stock Jimny (Samurai). The trail tough Epik trek kit was the most lift and flex for the money on the market I found that I could do with the tools I have access to here. So far in the greater Tokyo area I have not seen anyone else without a body lift run 35's and that was my goal until we get back to the states.

Will the stock axles hold up to 35's? Since I've seen so many people swap to yota axles I've always assumed they wouldn't.

Bebop · Mar 25, 2016

Hell no !

I found myself going though rear axles shafts a lot with 31" tires and aggressive driving.

MoparMan · Mar 26, 2016

Bebop said:
Hell no !

I found myself going though rear axles shafts a lot with 31" tires and aggressive driving.

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification.

Jon Piper · Mar 26, 2016

Sweet!

So it seems it's a Yj world out there.

I'm going to clean up the relocation plates and shackles this weekend and do a little measuring. Thanks guys

Stickboyracing · Mar 26, 2016

MoparMan said:
Will the stock axles hold up to 35's? Since I've seen so many people swap to yota axles I've always assumed they wouldn't.

I don't count on them holding up to long, I did drive it around with a spool for almost 3 mo and didn't have any issues. But wheeling out here has been all pretty slick tree roots and sandy mud. I will be swapping to something full size just so I don't have to worry about folding the front axle in half. The truss is cheap but since this is a Jimny not a samurai the axle is even narrower and don't want to have to cut anything else up to make it fit. I had to put 2" spacers on it to keep the tires off the front shocks.

Stickboyracing · Mar 27, 2016

MoparMan said:
Will the stock axles hold up to 35's? Since I've seen so many people swap to yota axles I've always assumed they wouldn't.

I don't count on them holding up to long, I did drive it around with a spool for almost 3 mo and didn't have any issues. But wheeling out here has been all pretty slick tree roots and sandy mud. I will be swapping to something full size just so I don't have to worry about folding the front axle in half. The truss is cheap but since this is a Jimny not a samurai the axle is even narrower and don't want to have to cut anything else up to make it fit. I had to put 2" spacers on it to keep the tires off the front shocks.

Jon Piper · Mar 27, 2016

jeff150 said:
How "built" to you think it will be in the future? It seems like every year I have upgraded my suspension and cut off what I thought was good the year before. That's part of the fun of building but looking back, I wish I had done some of it from the beginning.
If I was building one now for a dual purpose rig, I would go YJ front and rear with a shackle reverse on the front.
If you want to try some Waggy springs, I have a set of Rough Country 8004 springs with one pack removed that you can have for this project.

I see I never really responded to this post.

I don't see swapping axles for anything other than samurai stuff, I don't mind upgrading front shafts and id like to do a 9" mini spool and replined 9" axles just cause my old man thought it'd be cool. It will probably have 33-35" tires and be a back up / cold weather / mall crawler / fishing truck. I have the other samurai to beat up and let rust away :dblthumb:

jta · Mar 28, 2016

If I wasn't gonna link one I'd run stock yj's. That's when my tin top was the most fun and was plenty capable. I ran 33 boggers on stock axles.

Jon Piper · Mar 28, 2016

jta said:
If I wasn't gonna link one I'd run stock yj's. That's when my tin top was the most fun and was plenty capable. I ran 33 boggers on stock axles.

Dude ! That's slick