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Steering shaft mod HELP!!
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:21 pm
by Xr246
Need to lengthen my steering shaft on my Isuzu MU
Whats the go with doing it legally?
Just take it to a engineer with a welding ticket get the paper work then get cert?
I have a 3" body lift and need to lengthen the steering shaft to make it all work
Re: Steering shaft mod HELP!!
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:25 pm
by derk
Xr246 wrote:
Just take it to a engineer with a welding ticket get the paper work then get cert?
nope
can you bolt a spacer in somewhere how much extra length do you need, 3" is a pretty big bodylift
Re: Steering shaft mod HELP!!
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:29 pm
by Xr246
Na no way i can put a spacer in. Not like a toyota shaft
Its got prado diffs front and rear and the spring/strut comes up past the chassis so lifted the body to get clearance. With 3" its only just enough to get the body back on.
Re: Steering shaft mod HELP!!
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:15 pm
by Mattman
Can you cut the inner guards and lower the body?
Don't believe you can cert welded steering pieces.
Re: Steering shaft mod HELP!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:13 am
by mudlva
Find a longer shaft and get it shortened would be a better at a guess
Re: Steering shaft mod HELP!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:28 am
by Smurf
Would a Bighorn column be any longer?
Re: Steering shaft mod HELP!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:44 pm
by Xr246
Mattman wrote:Can you cut the inner guards and lower the body?
Don't believe you can cert welded steering pieces.
Yea i can cut the front guards to get the body lower. It use to have no body lift and the front guards cut and the floor in the rear chopped to fit the rear suspension thru. Ive taken the old body off and scraped it and put a tidy body on
I don't want to cut the new body up as i want back seats. maybe its not possible
Re: Steering shaft mod HELP!!
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:45 pm
by Xr246
Smurf wrote:Would a Bighorn column be any longer?
Not sure does anyone have one they can measure?
Have only tired a wizard column
Cheers