JoeC

I got my truck lifted 3" on the cab so far, everything was going good until I got to the steering department.

I have a 3" performance accessories body lift; 5503M. this is on a 2wd p/u 1994 with no power steering.

Any ways.. it comes with a steering extension, nice solid aluminum piece that has been machined with male and female splines. After reading the instructions and the funky wording they use; aka.. steering coupler, steering joint, and not giving absolutely clear pictures showing where it installs; I assumed the extension went under the dash; and after a while we got it on there, but now the problem.. We cant get the other end onto the steering box. Not unless we dropped the steering column, but even then; how do I know it would even be able to get bolted back afterwords..

If I put the extension on the steering box; will I run into these fitment issues? Has anyone else installed a 3" performance accessories body lift on a 89-95 toyota pickup, 2wd or 4wd, its the same kit. maybe let me know what you did? Thanks!

gary96360

extension goes where the shaft goes to steering box

gary96360

loosen the bolt undernearth the dash where the mini u joint is. unbolt shaft fromsteering box. pull the steering shaft back

JoeC

I'll give that a try tomorrow and see how it works out. You have any pictures of the extension on your box?

gary96360

yeah ill take a pic tommorow

JoeC

cool; I did what you described and got it to go straight on today; hooked it all back up and have everything tightened and now its drivable! No more rubbing even with large bumps at 40mph! wooo!

Though; my shifter pops out of 2nd, and 4th gear because of the shift boot being too high on the shifter without an extension, so I will need to weld that bar in if I want to solve that problem.

gary96360

i didnt bother to extend the shifter, just bent theshifter foward and to the left a bit. had to do otherthings to make the transfercaselever work. butyou dont have that problem with a 2wd

JoeC

my old welding teacher called me up the other day and told me to stop by and visit; so I was thinking what the hell.. its so easy to pull the shifter out of the truck; ill just bring it in with me and tig weld it up and throw it back in.

JoeC

yeah; i had the firewall plate and mounted it; but i did need the extension at the steering box. all drivable now. Just gotta do the rear end.