Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hi, after succesfull body lift , ive drilled a hole for the 4x4 shifter and bended the endds away. When the rubber cover is off it it shifts in easy, but when the rubber cover is off, i struggle to get it in there and once in (4L) then ive got to hold it to keep it in there.

whats the best way (sides bending the stick) to solve this problem?

cheers :

cut V in floor or Bend or cut and weld stick.

Talk to Greg Smith from Smithies Outback.
There are better solutions than cutting or bending.

Marks4wd have a new selector thingy for the transfercase selecter. That allows it to be locked into 2H, 4H and 4L.
I plan to bend mine using an oxy torch.

we bent the half way up the stick just abouve the big bit

why anyone would butcher a vehicle with a body lift is beyond me

Why anyone would give advice where it is not welcomed is BEYOND ME. Keep it to yourself, nobody asked your know-nothing opinion.

Why not just bend the stick? Shove it in a vice, whack a length of steel tube over it and go nuts

bend it cold itll snap for sure

rvh96 wrote:why anyone would butcher a vehicle with a body lift is beyond me

so what has been butchered?

4130warrior wrote:Why anyone would give advice where it is not welcomed is BEYOND ME. Keep it to yourself, nobody asked your know-nothing opinion.

Why not just bend the stick? Shove it in a vice, whack a length of steel tube over it and go nuts

couldnt get mine off so i cut and weldit it.


If someone is gunna tell me it will snap, ill try it on ya head

killer_garden_gnome wrote:bend it cold itll snap for sure

mine never snapped, I put it in a vice and just bent the bugger.

It would be mild steel? I can't see it snapping.. and if it does, good chance to weld it!

I undone all the screws holding the entire shroud down and moved it back about 50mm redrilled it in the new position it worked fine and you would never know it was done.

I lifted engine n gearbox 2" it was easy also gets tranfer inside chassis rails for a flat skid plate, you then have heaps of room from drive shafts to cross members n can run std rad shroud

Thanks for the exellent info guys... Uhhmm..

Well, decided just to drill 1 pilot hole and bended back the edges into a small V. Slips into 4L now, though not easily, when the going gets tuff, i can just lift the boot. then slops in fine. if that anoys me enough in the long run, ill just try to bend it i recon.

Thanks again guys

GUJohnno wrote:Talk to Greg Smith from Smithies Outback.
There are better solutions than cutting or bending.

Pull your carpet out and have a look at the setup.

There is no need to bend or cut any leavers or boots.

Simply moving the complete trans cover by 25mm fixes all probs. All that is required is 6 self tapers.

This also saves the boot around the gear selector wearing out premature. Also means if you want to take the body lift out again in the future, you can put it back to std easily.

I have done more of these than I could bother to count, it always works.

like mavnis and bundyrum4x4 i just slid the gear stick boot plate back and never had a prob and was a lot easier..........

bundyrum4x4 wrote:

GUJohnno wrote:Talk to Greg Smith from Smithies Outback.
There are better solutions than cutting or bending.

Pull your carpet out and have a look at the setup.

There is no need to bend or cut any leavers or boots.

Simply moving the complete trans cover by 25mm fixes all probs. All that is required is 6 self tapers.

This also saves the boot around the gear selector wearing out premature. Also means if you want to take the body lift out again in the future, you can put it back to std easily.

I have done more of these than I could bother to count, it always works.

I just pulled out my 30mm lift and installed my 50mm lift from the GU.
Modded the surround as above, very easy and great finish.

Thanks Greg.

nastytroll wrote:I lifted engine n gearbox 2" it was easy also gets tranfer inside chassis rails for a flat skid plate, you then have heaps of room from drive shafts to cross members n can run std rad shroud

how do you do this?
with spacers on the mounts?
its whats been holding me back doing a bodylift.

bent mine by putting in 4h then with knob off put pipe on to it and it went no prob

Removing a body lift from a zook, we pulled all the shrouds away, grabbed the shaft close to the base with some vice grips, held it very tight braced with both hands, then mate grabbed a piece of pipe and bent the shaft.
Worked fine, didn't snap - even on a cold Canberra evening.

If i want to move the GQ shifter back about a foot and across about 5" what would be the best method for this?

bj on roids wrote:If i want to move the GQ shifter back about a foot and across about 5" what would be the best method for this?

about a 100kph collision with a block wall on a 30 degree angle

Its not running yet and I want to move the shifter before I get it running..

Any further ideas?

angle grinder and a welder and some engineering

when i did mine i just got an oxy, pulled all the console out and just heated it up and bent it forard with a vice grip, works perfect for me, just keep flame small to avoid setting fire to any wires or carpet lol

i just used my mapp gas torch nice small flame easy as and you wouldnt even tell