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Suzuki Samurai Driveline Upgrades Custom Driveshafts
Tom Wood's Custom Drive Shafts built these beautiful driveshafts for Project RocZuk. The rear will employ a CV shaft, and the front will use a conventional two-joint driveshaft. The shafts shown are exactly what you'll get from Tom Wood's if you order a set; however, the polish and clearcoat finish will cost you an extra $15.		 Suzuki Samurai Driveline Upgrades Side View
Inside the RocZuk, the rollcage was designed using 1 3/4-inch tubing except for where a few 1 1/2-inch pieces were employed here and there. An Optima RedTop battery was installed beneath the dash. Other interior and exterior extras include a Grant steering wheel, a Home Depot utility box installed in the rear bed, Black Magic front off-road lights, American SuperLite oval taillights, a custom safari top, and a custom-lengthened full top.		 Suzuki Samurai Driveline Upgrades Rear View
A rear bumper and spare-tire carrier was constructed from 1/4-inch, 4x2 steel tube and supports a 35-inch spare.
Suzuki Samurai Driveline Upgrades Front Angle
RocZuk easily covers rocky ground.		 Suzuki Samurai Driveline Upgrades Front Crawl
Warn Premium hubs replace the stock Toyota hubs. The hubs also required use of a spindle-nut conversion kit.		 Suzuki Samurai Driveline Upgrades Left Side
The increased wheelbase is evident in this shot.
Suzuki Samurai Driveline Upgrades Driveshaft Layout
The new Tom Wood's custom driveshafts are shown here alongside the stock Toyota driveshafts that we'd installed just to get around town. You'll notice where the stock front shaft was lengthened.		 Suzuki Samurai Driveline Upgrades Shaft Splines
Steel tube is in place to protect the long slip-spline shaft from damage when it becomes exposed as the slip-yoke cycles with the suspension. The splines are bigger and there are more of them than the Toyota shafts use.		 Suzuki Samurai Driveline Upgrades Shaft Yokes
Here, the long slip-spline shaft is shown with the larger-than-stock yokes.
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