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Offline jaybyrd92

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2wd to 4wd conversion
« on: April 23, 2007, 01:46:28 PM »
I am going to convert a 2wd to 4wd. Haven't ever done it before. Does anybody have a guess as to how many man hrs. it will take? I will be working alone biggest part of the time.
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Re: 2wd to 4wd conversion
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2007, 02:57:03 PM »
Quote from: jaybyrd92 on April 23, 2007, 01:46:28 PM
I am going to convert a 2wd to 4wd. Haven't ever done it before. Does anybody have a guess as to how many man hrs. it will take? I will be working alone biggest part of the time.
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Samurai or Sidekick?

First do a search... This has been discussed.

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Offline jaybyrd92

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Re: 2wd to 4wd conversion
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2007, 04:08:07 PM »
Sorry I didn't reply sooner, out of town.

I was thinking of converting a '92  Samurai 2wd to 4wd. What do you think?
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phloop

Re: 2wd to 4wd conversion
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2007, 04:19:54 PM »
That is a good afternoon job. You do not need to do it all in one day if you are by yourself and pressed for time. You can swap in the front axle without putting in the TC or vice-versa. I thought about doing the same thing myself when I was looking for my first Sammy 10+yr's ago. Seemed like all I could find at that time were the 2WD's. At the time I did not have the extra parts that I do now.

Search all you want, some times a question is better than a search.
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Re: 2wd to 4wd conversion
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2007, 04:29:51 PM »
I did mine this winter.The biggest hurdle is the bracket to mont the front diff to the drivers frame rail(get it off your donner).The pass side one is there.Other than that it's just nuts and bolts.I'd book the whole weekend for it if your pretty handy. ???
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Re: 2wd to 4wd conversion
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2007, 04:57:27 AM »
Quote from: Sabercat on April 30, 2007, 04:29:51 PM
I did mine this winter.The biggest hurdle is the bracket to mont the front diff to the drivers frame rail(get it off your donner).The pass side one is there.Other than that it's just nuts and bolts.I'd book the whole weekend for it if your pretty handy. ???

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Re: 2wd to 4wd conversion
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2007, 10:06:48 PM »
Quote from: Sabercat on April 30, 2007, 04:29:51 PM
I did mine this winter.The biggest hurdle is the bracket to mont the front diff to the drivers frame rail(get it off your donner).The pass side one is there.Other than that it's just nuts and bolts.I'd book the whole weekend for it if your pretty handy. ???


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phloop

Re: 2wd to 4wd conversion
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2007, 04:45:33 PM »
Hey Sabercat, Sammy's have a solid front axle. No front third member brackets to worry about.

See, here is why this is confusing. There is only one forum here for both the Samurai's and the track/kicks while the new models get their one special forum.

Oh well, nothing I can do about it.
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subieracer

Re: 2wd to 4wd conversion
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2007, 10:08:37 PM »
anyone post a write up for doing this?  i've tried searching but no luck so far....

thanks..
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homer74

Re: 2wd to 4wd conversion
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2007, 05:17:36 PM »
This job is cake. actually autozone.com has the info in generic terms. I just did the convert last week and its a gravy job you need some advice let me know.
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tracker8v4x4

Re: 2wd to 4wd conversion
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2007, 06:38:38 PM »
i converted my tracker to 4wd in a couple days by myself it not bad at all but i would suggest pulling the motor to attach the drivers side mount from ur donor you will also need parts from the 4wd hub as well as the trans transfercase and driveshafts
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