I have an ’89 Toyota 4WD Truck (22RE) with a 3" body lift (done by the
previous owner). Whoever did the lift, extended the lower steering shaft by
cutting it in two and welding a section of steel rod in the gap. The problem
is that they did a lousy job: the shaft is not concentric and (I believe)
the added section is too short (because there is only about 1/2" of shaft
clamped in the splined coupler under the dash).
I understand there are spacers made for this purpose. I want to replace my
lower steering shaft with a "new" (used) one from a wrecking yard and add a
spacer. Can anyone point me to some online sources for these spacers? Also
can someone *without a body lift* tell me how much of the shaft should
extend into the splined clamp? I’d like to know what the factory "specs" are
for this coupling.
Thanks,
Michael
DeepDiver wrote:
> I have an ’89 Toyota 4WD Truck (22RE) with a 3" body lift (done by the
> previous owner). Whoever did the lift, extended the lower steering shaft by
> cutting it in two and welding a section of steel rod in the gap. The problem
> is that they did a lousy job: the shaft is not concentric and (I believe)
> the added section is too short (because there is only about 1/2" of shaft
> clamped in the splined coupler under the dash).
Sounds like a true bozo, the shaft is easily extendible:
http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/4×4/ForSale/Docs/BodyLift_HowTo.shtm...
I make a bolt-on spacer:
http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/4×4/ForSale/BodyLiftKit.shtml#Steeri...
It works with both the rack and pinion steering ont he ’96 and newer trucks as well as the recirc.ball steering on the older
trucks.
> I understand there are spacers made for this purpose. I want to replace my
> lower steering shaft with a "new" (used) one from a wrecking yard and add a
> spacer. Can anyone point me to some online sources for these spacers? Also
> can someone *without a body lift* tell me how much of the shaft should
> extend into the splined clamp? I’d like to know what the factory "specs" are
> for this coupling.
About 1/2" is all you need, I’ve run as little as 3/8" w/o problems.