Hi,
What changes have to be done, if I lift a 40 for about 2" ?
Thanks.
regards
christian
What changes have to be done, if I lift a 40 for about 2" ?
Thanks.
regards
christian
Question Bodylift
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you have to extend the steering colunm shaft and put a 2 inch spacer under the bib suport. and the fender suport will end up only haveing one bolt to the frame unless you extend the mounting bracket. and a 2 inch spacer under the running boards. other then that and the other longer bolts and body spacers every thing else will have enough play to work (e-brake, speedometer cable etc.) i have a 2 inch body lift in mine and it was easy to do.
How did you go about extending the steering shaft and fender supports?
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Minor remount on the clutch slave line where it attaches to the body. THe only thing I forgot when I did mine in the early 90's.
One of the hard brake lines near the firewall on mine was bolted to the frame. It was the 90* elbow where it goes to the back brakes. Had to unbolt that one.
I used 1/4" or 3/16" plate for the fender relocation which allowed me to reuse the top two holes in the frame for both the plates and the fender. The bottom two were the plate only and the top two in the fender were fender to plate bolts with nuts. Worked fine.
I converted to PS at the same time so I didn't do anything different with relocating steering etc. If you already have PS and have a slipyoke steering shaft then you should be fine.
PS I tack welded most of my mounts on and ended up not using a front bib extension/spacer. My radiator is mounted to my front bib (like a jeep
;p )
One of the hard brake lines near the firewall on mine was bolted to the frame. It was the 90* elbow where it goes to the back brakes. Had to unbolt that one.
I used 1/4" or 3/16" plate for the fender relocation which allowed me to reuse the top two holes in the frame for both the plates and the fender. The bottom two were the plate only and the top two in the fender were fender to plate bolts with nuts. Worked fine.
I converted to PS at the same time so I didn't do anything different with relocating steering etc. If you already have PS and have a slipyoke steering shaft then you should be fine.
PS I tack welded most of my mounts on and ended up not using a front bib extension/spacer. My radiator is mounted to my front bib (like a jeep
;p )
mine already had chevy tilt colunm and a slip shaft in between the gear box and the end of the colunm with plenty of extra length. and it doesnt need much more then a 1/2 inch or maybe an inch extra length. and on the fender i used one bolt, i havent got around to fixing that yet.
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thanks for your answers...currently I am restoring a '82 BJ 42.
I will fit a 4" lift kit and I am deciding whether I'll do a bodylift or not.
After reading your answers, I think I will go with a 2" bodylift, the modifications aren't that difficult as I thought.
regards
christian
I will fit a 4" lift kit and I am deciding whether I'll do a bodylift or not.
After reading your answers, I think I will go with a 2" bodylift, the modifications aren't that difficult as I thought.
regards
christian
