i had to have one for my 96' f150

 

Dont listen to him, hes one of "those" guys that run rainbow painted rockwells.

 

When I body lifted my truck, I thought it was weird that it didn't have some sort of steering extension. I called the manufacturer to double check, and they said the kit didn't require one. You can make up the difference by loosening the bolts below the dash that hold your steering column up and adjusting the column inward, poking more column out of your firewall, hence moving your wheel closer to the dash. Then lock the bolts back down to hold your column there. That's for a late 70s truck though.

 

edited - FTE Fred. No personal attacks allowed

 

Steering wheel closer to the dash= farther from you. Im not gonna comment on that idea.

 

I thought it was for us to realize that Fred isn't just another admin, he's a well informed physics and mechanically inclined guy as well.



Oh, and also for us to make smart a@@ comments.........

 

That write up should be a sticky OR a must read for all bodylift questions,
OR easy for us to get to for people who ask about the pros and cons of BLs.

 

I will be honest - if that is the manufacturers advice, I would be running far away from them... and at a bare minimum would not be opperating the truck on the road.

 

wow...... lets just bury the column lower in the floor, now that's a hella of an idear...

 

It didn't require that much movement. Factory the holes are slotted and now it is pretty much to the max of the slot. It is just a 3” body

 

There's no such thing as "just a 3" body lift".

A one inch body lift is crap much less 3".

There are very few reasons They are acceptable and for a engine swap or something of that sort is about the only good reason, and it still must be done properly.

Takeing the bolt out of the steering for extra length is not proper.

 

I'm not sure everyone is seeing what he's saying. There are 4 slotted holes in dash where the column is bolted in. They're there for adjustments, I don't see any problem with it. In fact I think the whole safety issue with body lifts is blown way out of proportion. That said, they still bring the **** and I'd never run one unless I absolutely had to.

 

For obvious reasons Im unsubscribing to this thread and many of the other recent threads.

 

Yes that adjustment bracket
I didn’t remove any bolts ?

I’m curious if anyone else has a late 70s F250 with a body lift and if they have had a similar experience or not. I agree with safety and adjusting the column on its adjustment bracket didn’t sound to bad to me.



This thread is ALSO how to body lift and who better than someone who has actually done one, talk on it. I can’t imagine why there is less than a dozen people that post in here. Like STGFordCrazy04 says, everybody says do this, don’t do that…. Yet nobody can talk from experience and they barely have reasons why. The difference between doing and reading about it. I can take a picture of my body lift blocks…

Another benefit is reduced drive line angles over going all springs.
More room for that high rise intake.

 

In case there’s anybody else tempting the body lift here’s the math on a quarter inch