Hello again im back for a couple weeks then back to the damn sandbox. I am going to put highsteer on my 82 with 39.5's and was wondering if there is anything special i need to know like est. on size of pitman arm i might need? Also i do not know what size of life i had besides the 3" body lift. I have sackles and the 39's fit fine also considering going wiht the chevy leafs to get up there a little more . thanks for your help sorry outta the loop right now

 

for high steer i herd you have to have am minimum of 3inch suspension lift in order to clear the leafs

 

You "herd" correct.

 

I stole these from Brian (waskillywabbit) I think it is one of the best examples of IFS box mounting I have seen, wish I had seen it when I did mine:




Hope and pray you make it back from the sandbox safe and sound. From an old Army Vet, remember to aim center mass..thanks for serving

 

I have since cleaned up the hole I cut there showing the IFS box/mount so it is more open and less likely to cut a philage.

I will get some more pics when I do my front shock towers.

 

Mine is mounted almost exactly like that, I even cut my inner fender identical to that. All I did was made the steering shaft and steering box input shaft line up in a strait line and made sure the pitman cleared and the spring didn't bottom out on the pitman nut.

 

Got a Question I cannot find in a search , is it a must that you have high steer with a 3 inch lift or can you still run with the stock push pull for a while this application would be on an 85 solid axle runner with 2 " body already .

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85 sr5 4runner
2" body/ And collecting parts for 3"
have 3.5 superlift rear springs and was thinking of stock rears up front with 6" shackle thats in the rear now.

 

You need 3" of lift and an IFS steering box.

The whole point is to get your steering links above your springs and to throw the crappy push pull box in the scrap pile.

:wabbit2:

 

To clarify, you need a 3" suspension lift as you need the room between the frame and the axle up front to fit the steering components above the axle. At 3", it is a tight fit, BTDT:

My '85 w/ 3" suspension lift and the old low crossover steering and that was a tight fit, took a few iterations to space the drag link far enough up to clear the springs yet not too high so as to hit the frame. As is, I think the paint on both the top and bottom of the drag link got scraped off:

 

Ok . guys thanks ,But can I keep the old push pull on for a while , oh and do I need to extend my steering also .
Thanks in advance!

 

When I had cross over steering installed on my '85, we had to drill out the pins and slightly extend the steering shaft to fit the IFS box. All depends on the year of box you install and how far forward on the frame you install the box. Easy to extend:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...irculatingBall

 

You can. A cheap investment is the drop drag-link, which corrects your steering geometry somewhat.

 

So Ok Another high Steer ? can I keep the power steering in my 85 instead of getting another one from a pick and pull or I need a total different, pump in general off of a 2cnd gen then?

 

Everything but the p/s box works fine with cross over steering. So pump is fine, steering shaft is fine (may need an adjustment), hoses are fine, reservoir is fine, etc.