I can't believe this tread is still going 

Anyway, I have been away for quite some time from ZukiWorld but thought I should check in 

It has been 14 months of hard thrashing on the steel set up with the following set up :

Sammie moded third
Calmini banjo
Moded sammie carrier
Lockrite locker
33" Wranglers

Problems - the odd CV but that is about to be addressed ( been on the back burner ). Apart from that no other problems so get to it fellas / felleses.

Happy trails 

I can't believe this tread is still going 

Anyway, I have been away for quite some time from ZukiWorld but thought I should check in 

It has been 14 months of hard thrashing on the steel set up with the following set up :

Sammie moded third
Calmini banjo
Moded sammie carrier
Lockrite locker
33" Wranglers

Problems - the odd CV but that is about to be addressed ( been on the back burner ). Apart from that no other problems so get to it fellas / felleses.

Happy trails 

Welcome back, and thanks for the write-up. It made it much easier to cut into my diff and make the mod.  Provided just enough clearance.

Quote from: ZeusZuki on May 24, 2009, 08:13:26 PM

I can't believe this tread is still going 

Anyway, I have been away for quite some time from ZukiWorld but thought I should check in 

It has been 14 months of hard thrashing on the steel set up with the following set up :

Sammie moded third
Calmini banjo
Moded sammie carrier
Lockrite locker
33" Wranglers

Problems - the odd CV but that is about to be addressed ( been on the back burner ). Apart from that no other problems so get to it fellas / felleses.

Happy trails 

Welcome back, and thanks for the write-up. It made it much easier to cut into my diff and make the mod.  Provided just enough clearance.

Sweet as, always happy to help 

ok i am not a trak/kick person and just purchased my first sami. i do however know the basics of bearings and oiling. the part ur cutting of is the oil return for the pinion bearing closest to the flange and in doing this u arent starving the bearing of il but not allowing the oil that is thrown in there by the ring gear to return to the bottom of the housing and be cooled with all the rest of it. eventually u are just going to cook that oil down and it is going to become sludge. which will lead to bearing failure and posisble gear damage as it will heat up when the bearing goes out and that can cause the pinion teeth to break if it gets too hot and so on and so on. y not just cut and notch the crossmenber and plate the otherside to make it strong and use a uncut sami housing with the busing mounts on it? ... unless im totally missing something

erich

I have not had to do much high speed running in 4X, so do not see cooking the oil as a potential problem.  The tracker aluminum case does not have the oil passageway.  I have already dropped my crossmember (and strengthened it), but wanted to lower the diff another inch without loosing ground clearance.