Rear axle with new perches and shockmounts

Rear axle with new perches and shockmounts

Rear axle with new perches and shockmounts

Front axle with new perches and shockmounts.3 positions possible on the perches,this made it possible to move the axle forward to clear for bigger tyre's

Front axle with new perches and shockmounts

Test fit of the JMDesign overhead steering arm

Longer front brakelines

Longer rear brakelines

Axles painted and 5.125 diff installed with rear ARB-Air locker

JMDesign expander shackle's ready for paint/install

Jack up the vehicle and remove the wheels and driveshaft,then remove the shocks,remove the U-Bolts,remove the shackles and remove the axle.

The new axle is 12cm wider (it's from a Samurai) but the perches are on the correct position,also you can see the welded rear caliper holder for the disc-brakes

Axle removed

Axle installed under the springs

Axle installed under the springs

Install the expander shackles

An other view on the rear axle

Back on his own feet,plenty of space for bigger tyre's

Jack up the vehicle at the front, place some jack stands under the chassis and remove the wheels

Disconnect the steering rod with a special ball-joint tool

Remove the brake calipers

Remove the front axle in the same way as we did with the rear axle

Rear spings are going the be installed at the front.

I took the rear spingpack,remove the counterleaf and added the bottom leaf of a front springpack.

Rear springs installed up front

Axle installed

Brake caliper installed with new longer brakelins

Back on the wheels, same as in the rear,enough space for bigger tyre's

Installed new longer brakeline in the rear.

JMDesign with custom drag-link (By: J.Stegeman)

I welded and extra brace on the overhead steering since i didn't like all the forces on just 4 bolts of the knuckle gear.the brace held in place by the 2 M12 bolts which hold the brakepad holder.

Also for added strength i used grade 12.9 bolts. (this is the steering we are talking about)

an other view, drag-link installed and some paint.

Drag-link installed

Installed the 31×10.50×15 BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain tyre's on the zuk and did some flex tests. not bad for stock shocks.

Looks like this is a good option for lifting the vehicle.but i have to warn you,use an overheadsteering system from day 1. a Z-Link is going to let you down.