Quick question about body lift and steering shaft..

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Re: Quick question about body lift and steering shaft..

Post by Jay18 » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:08 am

Hmm, will have a look at it today and see what needs to be done.
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Re: Quick question about body lift and steering shaft..

Post by ScottieJ » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:49 am

kiwizook wrote:as long as you lift the tbox an keep it level, ie lift all points an equal amount, I would say it'll be fine. you just have to make sure your propshaft angles don't get too bad, and a 25mm lift would be fine without spacers I think, this is a good mod to lift the vehicle belly, it's less stuff to get stuck on
This is what we did on my dads maruti, lifted it 50mm though so it's completely above the chassis rails, one of the best mods to do IMO I've done it on the blue Sj And I'm gonna do it on my Lwb but will have to mod the floor to raise it as I have no body lift :mrgreen:
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Re: Quick question about body lift and steering shaft..

Post by Jay18 » Sun Nov 24, 2013 6:43 pm

Ahh right okay Scottie, any chance of some pics? Just to see what sort of brackets/spacers you've made..
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Re: Quick question about body lift and steering shaft..

Post by Jay18 » Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:27 pm

Tried to remove the shaft today but could not get the splined end out, so I think I'm going to have to try another approach...

Hopefully get somewhere with it tomorrow as I need the zuk this weekend lol going to try and get the bumper ready for the weekend aswel
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Re: Quick question about body lift and steering shaft..

Post by kiwizook » Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:29 pm

did you complete remove the bolt clamping it in place? if you leave it in, it won't ever come out. I made that mistake once :D
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Re: Quick question about body lift and steering shaft..

Post by Jay18 » Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:24 pm

Well that explains it lol I thought I'd only need to losen it, will give it another go tomorrow with the bolt all the way out haha
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