3" body lift steering adjust
3" body lift steering adjust
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73CJ
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The steering shaft is held onto the steering gearbox with a coupler like this bottom one:
then the bottom half of the shaft can compress into the top half. The steering shaft is telescopic. This is to compensate for flex between the body and frame or when you are in a front end crash.
When I took my steering shaft out the 2 halfs came apart but you may need to heat up the joint with a torch.
Edit: I'm not sure if the shaft is really supposed to be telescopic but it made it easy to remove when the 2 pieces slid apart. When I am rock crawling I can hear the shaft compress and extend. I think there is plastic in there. Get out the torch.
then the bottom half of the shaft can compress into the top half. The steering shaft is telescopic. This is to compensate for flex between the body and frame or when you are in a front end crash.
When I took my steering shaft out the 2 halfs came apart but you may need to heat up the joint with a torch.
Edit: I'm not sure if the shaft is really supposed to be telescopic but it made it easy to remove when the 2 pieces slid apart. When I am rock crawling I can hear the shaft compress and extend. I think there is plastic in there. Get out the torch.
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73CJ
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The plastic was designed to shear and collapse. Federal mandate to eliminate the column from going through your chest on impact.
Mine moves by design yet will still collapse. Flaming river
Really helps from taking out your steering gear input seal when you're twisting your frame offroad.
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Sounds like a good mandate.
I'd rather break a plastic pin instead of having a steel rod hit me in the chest.
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Mine moves by design yet will still collapse. Flaming river
Really helps from taking out your steering gear input seal when you're twisting your frame offroad.
How much travel does that have?