by Greasemonkey » Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:41 am
Hi this is my first post on the Mu. I have bought a 95 Model 4X4 with the 4gj1 turbo diesel eng. The people I have bought it from put a 2 - 3 inch lift kit in it and had not lowered the diff, unfortunately if you get into extreme terrain and or get air it drives the wheel so for down that the CV inner axle pulls out of the Joint. I had read on this forum somewhere that a 25 mm lowering block would bring the diff down and reduce that problem. I have tried it and so far I have run into trouble with the Tie rod hitting the diff Mounting plate just under the Steering box. It also makes getting the tie rod ball joint in and out of the steering box pitman arm impossible. I am about to reduce the thickness of the lowering blocks by 5 mm to 20 mm and see how that works. The only other way around the problem would be to cut a section out of the diff mounting bracket and well that is an Engineering change here, more red tape..