Installing LaClede Alpine Mud Snow Chains on a Suzuki Samurai

Installing LaClede Alpine Mud Snow Chains on a Suzuki Samurai. I found this snow & mud chains brand new on Ebay at a heavily discounted price. Late winter may be the best time to buy snow & mud chains, rather than waiting for a snowstorm or a time when you need snow & mud chains. What happens is that when you need them, everyone needs them and they are either not available or the price is a high list retail price. I got these mud and snow chains brand new, for about half the retail price. Make sure you get the right size mud and snow chains for your tire size. And also test fit and install your mud and snow chains before you actually need to use them. DEFINITELY the Best Snow Chains, Easy to put on and Strong. The biggest problem with snow chains is the time it takes to put them on the tires and also getting down on the ground in the snow. With these chains the process of installing snow chains is very easy. It literally took me 5 minutes to install these snow chains the first time I put these snow chains on. The manufacturer of these snow chains says they can be installed in as little as 2 minutes. When You need snow chains, it usually is just for a short stretch of road or a very steep snowy hill. You want to be able to put the snow chains on in a few minutes and take them off as soon as they are not needed. that are fast and easy to install and at the same time snow chains that are strong. These LaClede snow chains are a unique design and that is what makes them so easy to install. Yet they are true high quality snow chains and not flimsy. I am keeping extra heavy duty zip ties with the chains in case a chain link breaks.

Suzuki Samurai FACTORY HALF DOORS, How to make them

Suzuki Samurai FACTORY HALF DOORS, How to make them. It should be pretty easy to make the standard Suzuki Samurai doors in a copy of the original style factory Suzuki Samurai half doors. I have a Jimny 1300 (SJ 413 or Samurai) that came with the factory half doors when new.

Brake Bleeding, Rear Locker Demo & Heater Running on Diesel

Brake Bleeding, Rear Locker Demo & Heater Running on Diesel. This install was more difficult because it was a Suzuki. The locker will totally lock both wheels in low traction situations only. A regular vehicle could not drive away with one tire off the ground. The tire off the ground would just spin and the vehicle would not move. With the locker, as soon a traction is lost, the internal racket locks and both rear tires have traction.

Installing PowerTrax LockRight, Suzuki Samurai, Part 4 of 4

Installing PowerTrax LockRight, Suzuki Samurai, Part 4. The Jeep locker is now installed and I checked it by raising one wheel with a jack and driving it right off the jack, with either tire. Some people said they were noisy going around corners, but I remembered an old trick. The trick is to use ultra-high performance fluid (like Royal Purple) and that is what greatly cuts down the clicking noise. It uses a racket mechanism for complete lock up of both tires in low traction situations. It is much better than posi-traction.

Installing PowerTrax LockRight, Suzuki Samurai, Part 3 of 4

Installing PowerTrax LockRight, Suzuki Samurai, Part 3. This install was more difficult because it was a Suzuki. The locker will totally lock both wheels in low traction situations only. A regular vehicle could not drive away with one tire off the ground. The tire off the ground would just spin and the vehicle would not move. With the locker, as soon a traction is lost, the internal racket locks and both rear tires have traction.

Installing PowerTrax LockRight, Suzuki Samurai, Part 2 of 4

Installing PowerTrax LockRight, Suzuki Samurai, Part 2 Before you buy a PowerTrax for a Samurai, SJ or Jimny In the USA a lot people are not familiar with the exact changes to the Suzuki SJ's when they changes from the SJ410 to the SJ413, In 1985 , they sold both and SJ410, which was a 1.0 liter engine with a 4 speed transmission. When the Suzuki Samurai came out in 1986 the engine was a 1.3 liter and the transmission was a 5 speed. The differential housing was wider on the Suzuki Samurai by about 3.5 inches over the SJ410. The gear ratio was 3.73 in the Samurai and the SJ410 had a 4.11 gear ratio. But in the 1985 change over year the model that came out was a SJ413 or Jimny 1300 (Asian model) and the rear axle housing was the same width as the SJ410 although the 1985 SJ413 (or Jimny 1300) had the 1300 cc engine and the 5 speed tarns. In 1985 the SJ413 (or Jimny 1300) has a gear ratio of 3.90 for that year only. The rear brake calibers were the same as the SJ410 and the axles and the axle housing was the same width as the SJ410, but the differential carrier is the same as a Suzuki samurai. The only difference is that the 1986 and up Suzuki Samurai has 3.73 gears and the 1985 SJ413 (or Jimny 1300) has 3.90 gears. In 1985 they sold both the SJ410 and SJ413 (Jimny 1300). Iff you have a 1985 SJ413 or Jimny 1300 you would use the Powertrax part number 1510. It is easy to screw this up because the 1985 gear ratio is almost the same as the SJ410, plus the axles and axle housing is the same width and also the brakes in the rear are the same as the SJ410, but the differential carrier is the same as the Suzuki Samurai. An SJ410 with a 1.0 liter and 4 speed would take Powertrax Lockright part no. 1520. Roadless gear was about the ONLY USA vendor that knew this stuff right. This install was more difficult because it was a Suzuki. The locker will totally lock both wheels in low traction situations only. A regular vehicle could not drive away with one tire off the ground. The tire off the ground would just spin and the vehicle would not move. With the locker, as soon a traction is lost, the internal racket locks and both rear tires have traction. If you install one locker you want it to be in the rear versus having the locker on the front wheels where the steering is. This a full time locker. On the trail having lockers on both axles may be a huge advantage in going through mud, sand or snow. But when driving on the streets in the snow, a front locker can be harder to control when you are going around turns and corners. When driving in snow on the roadways with a front locker, you would be better off locking only one hub and locking the other hub in a situation where it may be needed. With the rear locker only you will stay pretty stabile on snowy roadways and you might find that the rear locker may be good enough to get through the snow without using the 4 wheel drive.

Installing PowerTrax LockRight, Suzuki Samurai, Part 1 of 4

Installing PowerTrax LockRight, Suzuki Samurai, Part 1 Before you buy a PowerTrax for a Samurai, SJ or Jimny In the USA a lot people are not familiar with the exact changes to the Suzuki SJ's when they changes from the SJ410 to the SJ413, In 1985 , they sold both and SJ410, which was a 1.0 liter engine with a 4 speed transmission. When the Suzuki Samurai came out in 1986 the engine was a 1.3 liter and the transmission was a 5 speed. The differential housing was wider on the Suzuki Samurai by about 3.5 inches over the SJ410. The gear ratio was 3.73 in the Samurai and the SJ410 had a 4.11 gear ratio. But in the 1985 change over year the model that came out was a SJ413 or Jimny 1300 (Asian model) and the rear axle housing was the same width as the SJ410 although the 1985 SJ413 (or Jimny 1300) had the 1300 cc engine and the 5 speed tarns. In 1985 the SJ413 (or Jimny 1300) has a gear ratio of 3.90 for that year only. The rear brake calibers were the same as the SJ410 and the axles and the axle housing was the same width as the SJ410, but the differential carrier is the same as a Suzuki samurai. The only difference is that the 1986 and up Suzuki Samurai has 3.73 gears and the 1985 SJ413 (or Jimny 1300) has 3.90 gears. In 1985 they sold both the SJ410 and SJ413 (Jimny 1300). Iff you have a 1985 SJ413 or Jimny 1300 you would use the Powertrax part number 1510. It is easy to screw this up because the 1985 gear ratio is almost the same as the SJ410, plus the axles and axle housing is the same width and also the brakes in the rear are the same as the SJ410, but the differential carrier is the same as the Suzuki Samurai. An SJ410 with a 1.0 liter and 4 speed would take Powertrax Lockright part no. 1520. Roadless gear was about the ONLY USA vendor that knew this stuff right. This install was more difficult because it was a Suzuki. The locker will totally lock both wheels in low traction situations only. A regular vehicle could not drive away with one tire off the ground. The tire off the ground would just spin and the vehicle would not move. With the locker, as soon a traction is lost, the internal racket locks and both rear tires have traction. If you install one locker you want it to be in the rear versus having the locker on the front wheels where the steering is. This a full time locker. On the trail having lockers on both axles may be a huge advantage in going through mud, sand or snow. But when driving on the streets in the snow, a front locker can be harder to control when you are going around turns and corners. When driving in snow on the roadways with a front locker, you would be better off locking only one hub and locking the other hub in a situation where it may be needed. With the rear locker only you will stay pretty stabile on snowy roadways and you might find that the rear locker may be good enough to get through the snow without using the 4 wheel drive.