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Just doin a bodylift on my LN106 lux, Question is that my my steering arm going to the powersteer box is too short, what ideas have you guys got to overcome this lil prob. Also I cant get 2,4 and reverse now, was thinking just chop a lil out of the tunnel housing, ideas?

Cheers, Phil

What size lift you do?
I'm assuming this would be similar to the Safari, so either chop the tranny tunnel, or bend the gear lever. Does it affect the transfer lever too?
As for the steering, is there a slip joint you can undo to extend the shaft?

Transfer case lever is fine, ran out of slack in the slip joint. The lift i did was 2 inches. Only thought i had about from chopping the tunnel housing was that water would find it nice and easy to get through.

Some people will heat the gear lever and bend it, while others do the chop. Have you checked the rubber boot isn't restricting the lever? Sometimes this happens.
As for the steering, there are extension available, but I'm not sure who sells them.
Theres bound to be someone with more knowledge on these, but it might be a waiting game this weekend.

Stop! Don't chop, don't bend... simple solutions are the best

1. remove the plastic trim with the leather boot, the undo the 6 screws holding the rubber boot down. Push the boot forward and hold it in a place that allows you to select all gears correctly, then using a 3 or 3.5mm drill bit redrill all 6 holes and screw the screws back in...

2. where the steering shaft goes through the firewall there is a spline that a UJ clamps on to... you can release the bolt on the UJ and let the spline slip out a little then do it up again... this should remove the stress from the shaft and allow enough spline to still remain. Visually check that once you're done tho to make sure.

Steve

Undone that bolt and slid the spline out but it is still not long enough to meet up with the safety bolts on the other part that is attached to the power steering box bit of a pain in the arse cause i need it for work on wednesday even if its something temporary to get it going for then [/u]

I'll be in Kaiapoi at some stage tomorrow... give me a txt in the morning on 021 637 600 and I'll have a quick look for you and see if I can recommend something...

Steve

im in riccarton now, hmmm

Better still, I'll be at storage king on Blenheim Rd at 9am... helping my sister move... can you be there just before 9? If so txt or call me around 8:30am... I'm off to bed now, maybe catch you in the morning...

Steve

Dont know if this helps, but....

when I did the 2" lift on my LN60 surf, I had the same problem with the steering shaft. I ended up using a LN61 surf steering shaft, which is alot longer, but when cut down (about 30-40mm?? cant remember) Worked perfectly

I'm just not sure if that's applicable to a 106.... Steve??

Not sure if this will help you or not.
Check it out .

http://toyotasurf.asn.au/techsite/bodylift.htm

Cheers
Trev

It turns out the ln130 surfs shaft is 30mm longer, thats just what i need so, did some ringing and tracked 1 down. YAY, should be all go now

Goose wrote:Dont know if this helps, but....

when I did the 2" lift on my LN60 surf, I had the same problem with the steering shaft. I ended up using a LN61 surf steering shaft, which is alot longer, but when cut down (about 30-40mm?? cant remember) Worked perfectly

I'm just not sure if that's applicable to a 106.... Steve??

Its a good thought, but its not... the 60-series are different to the 61-series which are different again to the 106 series... and different again to the 130-series... and so on and so on... and power steer vs. non-power steer are different again...

The best you can do (and I must admit when I dropped in and had a look I was quite surprised that it was so far short) is take the shaft with you and go shopping at Lineside or somewhere similar...

Let us know how you get on tho...

Steve

go shopping at Lineside

Thats what i ended up doing, turned out that a ln130 steering shaft was a perfect fit, Now all i got to do is lift the deck and its all done, thats tomorrows plan

Good to see you got it sorted.