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07-11-2011, 05:19 PM
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Body Lift Questions
Hey guys. I just bought an 82 3/4 ton and it has a 3" body lift on it. I am going to be taking it off and I wanna know what all is entailed. Im not a newb to wrenchin, I installed and removed my lift on my Jeep Cherokee but I've never dealt with a body lift. Any advice would be helpful.
After the body lift is gone I plan on installing a Rough Country 4" suspension lift. I had good experiences with them when I had my Jeep. Anyone have their kit? Posted via Mobile Device Posted via Mobile Device |
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07-11-2011, 07:14 PM
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Grease Monkey
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Re: Body Lift Questions
The only thing with the body lift is that you'll need original size hardware to replace the longer hardware from the body lift.
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07-11-2011, 08:10 PM
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just can't cover up my redneck
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Re: Body Lift Questions
There is more to it than that...
Depending upon what transmission you have (stick or automatic) you will need to address different things. An automatic will have an extension piece welded into the shift linkage, which will have to be cut out and rewelded, or you could just replace it with a stock unit. Similarly, there is an extension in the clutch linkage of a manual trans truck. The same methods can be used to remedy that. There is probably an extension piece of tubing in the fuel filler hose too. Sometimes leaving that in can kink the hose enough to make for slow filling Another thing to look for is in the wires. When they get some "slack" you have to watch for pinching. Many times the bottom half of the fan shroud is removed to clear the fan....it's a good idea to put that back too.
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07-12-2011, 08:46 AM
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Grease Monkey
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Re: Body Lift Questions
Aw crap I forgot about that. My bad. Thank you longhair.
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07-12-2011, 07:41 PM
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just can't cover up my redneck
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Re: Body Lift Questions
No problem, it not exactly fair...I used to work in a 4x4 shop. I have installed hundreds of them. At one point I had it down to a point of being able to install one in about 2 hours, by myself.
It did help to have a few of the more common shift or clutch linkages already welded up though
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07-14-2011, 05:24 PM
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Re: Body Lift Questions
So it basically sounds like a pain in the ass to put back to stock height..lol. The hardware part should be easy, just buy the same size bolts but 3" shorter. Shift linkage shouldnt be too bad I guess, just a pain to do.
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