Does anyone still make kick/kick doublers? What about kick/samurai? I don’t want to make my own, need to entertain an extra gear option in a sidekick/tracker that I don’t to butcher up things like the floor.
facebook search samurai/sidekick dual t-case kit. thats where I got mine
they do them in batches so you might have to wait.
Try to send Keith Rice on Facebook a message.
thats because 99 percent of suzuki guys are cheap bastards
thats because 99 percent of suzuki guys are cheap bastards
thats because 99 percent of suzuki guys are cheap bastards
I'd like to see a track kick vitara trans to toyota tcase adapter. No funky welded coupler or having to weld aluminum.
The issue is that the kick trans and toyota tcase are both male if you could broach out the tcase input to look like the stock kick case, the adapter would be pretty simple. But again zuk people are cheap.
With how many issues toyota dual cases have had over the years upgrading bearings, and still having issues with the coupler moving around and wearing out the splines, I don't see how the little welded together floating spud shaft deal will hold up long term. Maybe not in a trailer queen, Adamwende seems to have proven their strength.
I'd like to see a track kick vitara trans to toyota tcase adapter. No funky welded coupler or having to weld aluminum.
The issue is that the kick trans and toyota tcase are both male if you could broach out the tcase input to look like the stock kick case, the adapter would be pretty simple. But again zuk people are cheap.
The guy I built this for wasn't........
The guy I built this for wasn't........
A single samurai case COULD do what I need but then I need 4.30 diff gears. Or a kick/kick doubler that I could leave the range box in low all the time and then I need 3.73’s in the diffs.
It is a shame you can easily do dual transmissions like the yotas. But the length would likely be too long.
That guy may have not been cheap when he had you build but when he sold that truck he realized how cheap zuk guys are. That truck was for sale locally here in Northeast PA about 3 years ago for $7500 and I could tell by the mod list and work done on it someone got a steal at that price, and that's what he was asking, not necessarily what he ended up getting.
because Toyota guys insist on running 1/2 ton parts under 1 ton trucks.
the Ringr setup with a w56 and dual cases is shorter then a stock samurai 5speed jack shaft and tcase
It's not a strength issue, it's a wear issue. Toyota tcase are well suited behind a 4 cyl as long as the right axle gears are used.
Where did you read this? I find that very hard to believe.
The issue with Toyota cases in place of a samurai case is the rear put put is way higher. So even if you run a centered rear, your angle will likely be worse. I ran divorced dual cases with a super shortened intermediate shaft and with a ~8" rear stretch my rear driveshaft was a stock toyota front.
It's not a strength issue, it's a wear issue. Toyota tcase are well suited behind a 4 cyl as long as the right axle gears are used.
The issue with Toyota cases in place of a samurai case is the rear put put is way higher. So even if you run a centered rear, your angle will likely be worse. I ran divorced dual cases with a super shortened intermediate shaft and with a ~8" rear stretch my rear driveshaft was a stock toyota front.
“Right” axle gears being 6.xx+ ? That is less than 5% of the Toyota crew. I remember when the group i wheel with started going to 1 tons and it was blown cases left and right with 4.xx gears. Most wound up with 5.38’s because of 14 bolts and it helped, but they still broke cases every 1-2 yrs
The Sammy has been bought and sold at least 3 times that I know of since I built it for the guy. Original owner from CT was asking 10k for it when he put it up for sale, but since Zuk guys are so cheap nobody wanted to fork over the cash. He kept dropping the price until it got to like $7,500 and it sold to the guy in PA. He then offered to sell it to me for $6,500 a few months later. I wasn't intrested so he ended up selling it to a guy in Ohio. I have no idea where it is now though.