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TF rodeo 2" body lift

Postby magicdeo » Fri Nov 28, 2014 2:54 pm

G'day,
Thinking of doing a 2" body lift on my 97 rodeo 4JB1T but I have heard that I will have trouble with the gear sticks hitting the plastic shroud that sits around them. Is there any way to overcome this? Will lengthening the gear sticks work?
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Re: TF rodeo 2" body lift

Postby isuzurob » Fri Nov 28, 2014 2:58 pm

can do 30mm without issues, 50mm have to extend gearlevers, lower radiator and get a steering shaft extension or cut and weld the steering shaft
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Re: TF rodeo 2" body lift

Postby magicdeo » Fri Nov 28, 2014 3:23 pm

Cheers isuzurob! So extending the gear sticks will fix the issue with them?
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Re: TF rodeo 2" body lift

Postby slightlydodgy » Fri Nov 28, 2014 4:00 pm

You may have to bend them foward. When I first did the lift I couldn't use 2nd or 4th
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Re: TF rodeo 2" body lift

Postby isuzurob » Sat Nov 29, 2014 6:25 am

yes need to cut and weld the gear sticks, i tried bending them at the start, it just burnt the rubber out of the gear stick lever, just cut the small rod coming out of the gearbox and weld a piece of rod same length as the lift in, just tack them at the start as you will have to adjust them
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Re: TF rodeo 2" body lift

Postby muzila » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:09 pm

isuzurob wrote:yes need to cut and weld the gear sticks, i tried bending them at the start, it just burnt the rubber out of the gear stick lever, just cut the small rod coming out of the gearbox and weld a piece of rod same length as the lift in, just tack them at the start as you will have to adjust them


Ha Ha Ha Just make sure you remember to weld them... Don't rely on the tacks holding. lol I found that out when I replaced a gearbox with one out of a "lifted" truck. Thought great I won't have to muck around with gearstick when I do my body lift. Only problem was the tacks let go just as I was heading out for duck shooting opening weekend. Full trailer, Full Mu, 100 meters down the road and low and behold I have a gearstick in my hand and not attached to the gearbox. This is a year AFTER changing said gearbox..... I tell ya its not easy driving with just 2 inches of stick popping out of the box..... :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

The previous owner / modifier had just tacked an extension into it but never welded it up fully. Took me 3 hours to get it sorted then finally made it duck shooting. lol. :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Re: TF rodeo 2" body lift

Postby geeves » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:16 am

Didnt you have a nice long tube with you that you could of popped down insde the gear stick? Nice wooden handle on top as well. :twisted:
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them
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Re: TF rodeo 2" body lift

Postby magicdeo » Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:08 pm

isuzurob wrote:yes need to cut and weld the gear sticks, i tried bending them at the start, it just burnt the rubber out of the gear stick lever, just cut the small rod coming out of the gearbox and weld a piece of rod same length as the lift in, just tack them at the start as you will have to adjust them


Did yours need bending after you extended them?
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