It was a long weekend. Friday after work, Cheapzuk drove over his stocker and pulled it into the shop. It went from stocker to wheeler in three days. We put in Toyota axles, a lockright in the rear, CV shaft, frame extension with S/R, home made cross-over steering, Ford towers, and slapped on some 35's. We still have the 6.5:1 gears to go, but we will save that for next weekend. At least for know he can cruise the mall :D Welcome the world of Zuk's Cheapzuk. Now that I have taken the sawzall to your sheetmetal, there is no turning back :vader:

Here is a before picture:

And here is the finished product:

Very nice work for one weekend . With all the cold we have here my accomplishments have been nil !

nicely done ;)
I'll probably be heading back in a few weeks with the prize.
And I finally got a available garage again so tommorow I'm starting my toy swap :D

Originally posted by Tusker
It was a long weekend. Friday after work, Cheapzuk drove over his stocker and pulled it into the shop. It went from stocker to wheeler in three days. We put in Toyota axles, a lockright in the rear, CV shaft, frame extension with S/R, home made cross-over steering, Ford towers, and slapped on some 35's. We still have the 6.5:1 gears to go, but we will save that for next weekend. At least for know he can cruise the mall :D Welcome the world of Zuk's Cheapzuk. Now that I have taken the sawzall to your sheetmetal, there is no turning back :vader:

Here is a before picture:

:laughing: I think you did more in one week end than I have in 12 years:D :D

more details/pics on the Toy stuff? years 'n things?

great job!:cool:

Originally posted by jeeppartz
Very nice work for one weekend . With all the cold we have here my accomplishments have been nil ! Thanks UZI, but you got that electrical/engine guru status somewhere other than sitting on the sidelines :D

There were a lot of sparks flying that's for sure. I was whining about the rain, but I guess you a lot of you guys have it a LOT worse.

Originally posted by Tintop
nicely done ;)
I'll probably be heading back in a few weeks with the prize.
And I finally got a available garage again so tommorow I'm starting my toy swap :D A garage!? Sweeeet! I can't wait to see your rig on Yota axles. Let me know when you come home so I make sure I am around.

Originally posted by UZI 9mm


:laughing: I think you did more in one week end than I have in 12 years:D :D

more details/pics on the Toy stuff? years 'n things?

great job!:cool: The details you have seem before, but here are a few more pics. The frame extension alla 'scwafish':

Here is the cross-over arm I made:

Here is a shot of the home made rear YJ hangers:

Here is a shot of the front end. We used '83 axle f&r.

:D sweet, looks beefy!

:beer:

nice work:D
thats a big shop/garage you got there...

Originally posted by Islandzuki
nice work:D
thats a big shop/garage you got there... Thanks. It's a 3+car garage with RV height ceilings. I also have a 1,600 s.f. barn full of crap so I can fit a couple of projects in the garage. It is really nice. I recently put in a sub-panel too so I don't pop the breakers anymore :D

Damn you are lazy. Seriously that looks great. Instant wheeler!

I spent the whole weekend bending tube...for a huh hummm an ancient go kart some joker gave me. We ended up bending a new bottom member and front axle up for the cart since they were beyond hope and then grafted the rest of the cart onto the new platform. Chris is loving it BTW. Thanks for the kiddie project.

Chris' weekend...

:rolleyes: Nice job scwafish. I don't even recognize the thing. I hope you took some before photos. Glad he is liking it. Keep up the practice on that bender. I want my new cage to look like a pro did it :D

Uno mas...

I don't know what is cooler, the Zuk or the go-cart :D


Tusker, You are becoming quite the pro at toy axles aren't you ;)

Originally posted by NC Zuk
I don't know what is cooler, the Zuk or the go-cart :D


Tusker, You are becoming quite the pro at toy axles aren't you ;) I am trying to talk scwafish into some narrowed Toyota axles for the kart :eek:

Originally posted by Tusker
The details you have seem before, but here are a few more pics. The frame extension alla 'scwafish':


Thats nice looking fab work Tusker.What's the total extension on
the front of the frame?

What's Scwafish doing,building the ultimate light weight rock
buggy? :D

Originally posted by rollerskate



Thats nice looking fab work Tusker.What's the total extension on
the front of the frame?

What's Scwafish doing,building the ultimate light weight rock
buggy? :D This time I think I did it 8-inches. I did mine 6.5 inches and found that I needed to push the axle forward another 2 inches to get the tires to clear the firewall. We use the bolt -on CJ spring hangers in the rear; I just flipped them around this time with the bushing facing forward.

scwafish is taking my wife's old turd of a cart and working with his son on a mini buildup. Scwafish wanted to teach him the value of the prize by having him help make it. Problem is, the "value" of that cart will be registered in the millions $ when he gets done with it :D

Hey tusker, details on how you set up the steering? power steering? what links? were from? I like how you fabbed everything up, looks killer. When I finally make the journey home I may need to 'borrow' some of that space of yours to get my steering dialed in :eek: :D

Tyler: I owe you anyway, so no problemo. I don't know what you are doing for steering right now, but on Cheapzuk's rig I just went from Zuk box to the cross-over for now. When he gets power steering, we will go right to high steer.

I just made him a drag link out of a combination of rod and pipe. I beveled and butt-welded pieces together and then slipped pipe over each joint and lap welded those on each side of the butt welds. The end product is a solid 1.25-inch thick piece of metal. It is has a Yota ball joint on one end and Zuk on the other. If that is what you want, I can pick up ther pieces for you and have them ready when you show up. You will just need a cross-over arm (or we can make one of those if you get the spare Toyota arm). Just let me know what you want and I'll make it up for you.

Hey thanks George! that would be awsome. I do have a spare arm so i'm definetly down to fab our own junk
;)
For powersteering I've decided on going the celica box and pump route. I'm running that with RRO's kit on my dad's zuk. That way parts are interchangable between the two.
gonna go cut up some zuk housings, i'll get some pics of my progress soon :D

oh yeah, my goal is to have my junk done in time for the HAMMMMERS yeaaa when you guys go soon :eek: :eek: :eek:

Well while your both here, Tintop...I still have some calipers for you and some other stock zuk stuff if you want it for your Dads ride.
Tusker: If I get another toy arm could you weld me up one of those crossover arms??? I got to install the 'Kick power steering first, but that will get me on the road a little faster. $$ or trade for labor?? :D

Originally posted by zuk88
Tusker: If I get another toy arm could you weld me up one of those crossover arms??? I got to install the 'Kick power steering first, but that will get me on the road a little faster. $$ or trade for labor?? :D

I have a toy arm I'd like to get rid of..

Originally posted by tdavis


I have a toy arm I'd like to get rid of..

Is that a welded x-over arm? If zuk88 isn't interested let me know...

Originally posted by DemoMike


Is that a welded x-over arm? If zuk88 isn't interested let me know...

It is just a stock arm. Nothing more. You would need to find another arm, and do some welding still.

Originally posted by tdavis


It is just a stock arm. Nothing more. You would need to find another arm, and do some welding still.

I've already got one off those, thanks the same:beer:

Originally posted by tdavis


I have a toy arm I'd like to get rid of..

I'll take it!! Send me a PM with price and shipping info:D

Hey Tusker, just to let you know, it drove like a dream today, (for a zuk on 35's anyway). I had a big grin on my face all day long. Thanks again. It was like the make a wish foundation but I'm not even deathly ill! You rule! Talk to you soon!

So nothing fell off :confused: I just remembered that I forgot to put that castle-nut on your pitman arm, and the lug nuts were only hand tight! :eek: :D :D :D

Seriously, we can do the t-case gears and the rest of the little stuff as soon as the wives are smiling again :D

BTW, did the engine run any different/better?

It seemed to idle better, that's for sure. I even tried to take it on the freeway once. Not exactly zippy without those tcase gears:D . Maybe it needs a few more stickers to get some extra horsepower!!!

How come you didn't show off our dragster zuk? That was the best it'll ever be.

Hey, have you guys set a date for the hammers yet? :eek:

Originally posted by Tintop
Hey, have you guys set a date for the hammers yet? :eek: April 14th through the 18th. Bring your rig and we will test it for you :D

oh yea i'm for sure down to test it out :D :D :D

Woah, quick work

Originally posted by scwafish
Uno mas...

Scwa,

Start a new thread on this go-cart k? Once I get healthy I was thinking of starting one for me errrr.....the boy:D

Originally posted by Tusker
I am trying to talk scwafish into some narrowed Toyota axles for the kart :eek:

Sounds like the Kart is just the thing for those old Zuki axles :D


Nice job on that Zuki build up, widh the snow would go and warm up enough to start doing real work on my junk again:(

Originally posted by zuk88


I'll take it!! Send me a PM with price and shipping info:D

done.

Originally posted by Orionn
... wish the snow would go and warm up enough to start doing real work on my junk again:( I knew there was a benefit to living in California :D And to think I whined about the 10 inches of rain :p

Hey George in a few weeks i'm putting together a snow run up to the highlakes, more than welcome to join us up there to whine about 8 feet of snow :D :D

:rolleyes: Are you kidding? My tears would melt all the snow :D Seriously, I better stick to hunting and making the wifey happy before I go off to JV, or it will be a one-way trip :eek:

HEHE


were do you hunt at? any cool trails around there?

did you keep the frame extention at the same plane as the end of the frame or did you level it out? I will be starting mine shortly and am trying to deside which way to go.

I just extend it and keep it in the same plane as the original frame piece. With 6* castor shims, it comes out perfect.

Start a new thread on this go-cart k?

Ok. We should have the chassis finished next weekend but getting the the rest together will take a while, we will be going to the vintage kart reunion in a few weeks to pick up the official old skool power plant. This go kart is a 1960 k&P bug. We want to do the whole thing resto style. My kid is LOVING this project.

thanks tusker, i will be doing 6-8" frame extention with toy rears and a waggy 44. shooting for 100"wb including the rear streach that i did.:D

100 inches is the perfect target. ;) Let us see it when it is done.