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Just wondering what is involved in doing a 2inch lift on my ol Cruiser, apart fom the obvious of the raised bushes, do I need to do any mech work on any parts to account for the lift, ie: gear lever, tranfers lever, anything on the suspension or steering?.

Megsy! wrote:Just wondering what is involved in doing a 2inch lift on my ol Cruiser, apart fom the obvious of the raised bushes, do I need to do any mech work on any parts to account for the lift, ie: gear lever, tranfers lever, anything on the suspension or steering?.

if you're talking about a body lift, then two inches is reasonable. you may have to bend the shifters so they don't foul on tunnel and pop out of gear. dans60toyowagon put a 3" body lift on his and he said he had to modify the radiator bracket to keep the radiator at stock height. there should be enough slip in the steering shaft to accomodate. suspension can be left the same. you will also have to raise your bars to suit, otherwise you'll leave a gap which makes it obvious you have a body lift.

I cant remeber if 60 springs are centred. If they aren't you will be better off if you put some castor correction wedges in between the axles and the springs.

As NAM said. I've got a one and half inch body lift & all I did was trim the radiator shroud. If its a suspension lift, any good aftermarket kit will normally give you two inches lift as starter. Add extended greasable shackles if you can stretch the budget that far.

Al

Thanx guy's, yer, I am getting the springs reset at a local blacksmith up here, and he said I should get around an 1 1/2" to 2" gain which is good, as the ol beast is just sitting low at the moment, and was just playing with the idea of a body lift.

So if I go the 2" lift on the body, mainly all I need to do is modify the gear & transfer levers & trim my radiator shroud?..

Am looking at getting the greasable shackles as well, just not sure on what bushes to use, some say stick with rubber, some say use the neoprene, so what is the prefered option used by most??..



Forgive this dumb question 2car but what do you mean by centred??

megsy, he is talking about pinion angles

dude (unsure if male or female, name suggests female) so dudette etc

2" body lift is highly recommended, for mine, my gearbox shifted fine and all i did was bend the floor tunnel cover, at the rear of the hole, just folded the lip back another half inch to get full clearance a bit to clear a 2" body lift.

it takes around a day!

Megsy! wrote:Thanx guy's, yer, I am getting the springs reset at a local blacksmith up here, and he said I should get around an 1 1/2" to 2" gain which is good, as the ol beast is just sitting low at the moment, and was just playing with the idea of a body lift.

So if I go the 2" lift on the body, mainly all I need to do is modify the gear & transfer levers & trim my radiator shroud?..

Am looking at getting the greasable shackles as well, just not sure on what bushes to use, some say stick with rubber, some say use the neoprene, so what is the prefered option used by most??..



Forgive this dumb question 2car but what do you mean by centred??

And extend the steering shaft.

Grease and rubber suspension bushes don't mix.

I meant does the axle sit in the middle of the spring, but it doesn't matter if you are just re-arching the springs back to stock.

Ok, thnx again, think I will give it a bash soon, sounds like the way to go,

Just another question, apart from buying the body lift kit, what else can be used, just normal solid aluminium bar??....

U can use aluminium, mild steel, or nylon bar. The nylon works well, no corrosion or sqeaks.

might aswell add to this thread

has anyone does this with the UHMW blocks?

is it much dearer to use UHMW ?

to lift the rear bumper and bull bar up do you need to form up brackets? or is it more involved.

wouldnt mind a 2" body lift on my 60 but if its too technical to move th bars up i wont bother.

body lift on 60 is piss easy
i used uhdpe blocks
wouldnt worry bout lifting the bull bar u can barely notice it
i got my kaymar bar lifted for 150
id highly suggest doin a bodylift on a 60

my hilux is lifted and the bullbar is in the way of the headlights so i will need to move the bar up aswell tried to but need to weld new brackets on.

hilux's are a little different to 60's
the headlight on a 60 is in the way a tiny lil bit
i dont worry bout it when i got 6 more lights on the b/bar

I have just done a 2" body lift to my HJ60...the lift itself was all too easy...do one side first then the other...certainly easier than doing from front to back or vice versa. Trimmed the radiator shroud...a minor adjustment around the transfer case gear lever...and the job was done...all in all it took just over 5 hrs.

As for the bullbar/bumer bar issue...I am getting custom made bars made up for mine...

No work was required on the steering and the diff angles are fine...My truck also has a 2" suspension lift. The job was certainly a lot easier than I was thinking...But as said before...I am happy that I did it.

so steering shafts didnt need to be adjusted?

what about clutch and brake lines? and speedo

did you use a kit or make the blocks yourself

my brake lines were already lengthened anyway. But I would get longer ones made up...mine were made 200ml longer than the factory version, that may be a bit longer than needed but at least this way I know they wont be strained at all.

There was enough length in the steering shaft...But I may still get it sleeved for my own piece of mind. I used a kit, neoprene blocks.

Everything else is normal.