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Banshee · 14-12-2015, 15:55

Bringing this back to life and sticking it as myself and Alex have both had issues after doing a 2" body lift, Alex's incident seems to have been a lot more serious than mine however mine seems to have the potential to have grown a lot more serious had I left it and possibly the destruction of my Power Steering pump.

So my steering box appears to leaking fluid from the input bearing rubber seal I think, Rustic the genius that he is sussed that it must have been my body lift that caused this as I didn't loose the pinch bolt which is exactly the opposite to what Alex did and now I too have problems, the upwards force being applied to the input bearing appears to be allowing fluid out and air in which is why I'm getting pink frothy fluid and the noise from the pump, which goes to show that if you have a 2" body lift, you HAVE to do something to deal with the new angles and lengths, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE XPAJUN KITS!!!!!!!

In the light of the clear safety issues here, I think I have a duty to gather my findings and pictures here with Alex's and make this a sticky and also pass the info to XPAJUN with my permission to ship with their kits.
I would hate another young enthusiastic newcomer to come along, buy the kit, fit it and then get seriously injured because of this.

I took a look at my "donut" earlier in the car park at work and it looks as if the lift has caused the donut to warp in shape as it's being pulled in all directions!!!

So ages ago reading this very thread knowing my body lift was imminent I actually prepared for this and forgot all about it, had a rummaged around in the toolbox and found the donuts that I ordered from James, popped out at lunch and measured up that I needed some M8 50mm Nuts bolts and washers and now I'm ready to go when I get home from work

Please all pray for me that this seals the air/fluid leak that I currently

14-12-2015, 15:55	#51
Banshee Moderator Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: West Midlands Vehicle: 04 2.7 SWB Terrano II Van Posts: 13,525	Bringing this back to life and sticking it as myself and Alex have both had issues after doing a 2" body lift, Alex's incident seems to have been a lot more serious than mine however mine seems to have the potential to have grown a lot more serious had I left it and possibly the destruction of my Power Steering pump. So my steering box appears to leaking fluid from the input bearing rubber seal I think, Rustic the genius that he is sussed that it must have been my body lift that caused this as I didn't loose the pinch bolt which is exactly the opposite to what Alex did and now I too have problems, the upwards force being applied to the input bearing appears to be allowing fluid out and air in which is why I'm getting pink frothy fluid and the noise from the pump, which goes to show that if you have a 2" body lift, you HAVE to do something to deal with the new angles and lengths, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE XPAJUN KITS!!!!!!! In the light of the clear safety issues here, I think I have a duty to gather my findings and pictures here with Alex's and make this a sticky and also pass the info to XPAJUN with my permission to ship with their kits. I would hate another young enthusiastic newcomer to come along, buy the kit, fit it and then get seriously injured because of this. I took a look at my "donut" earlier in the car park at work and it looks as if the lift has caused the donut to warp in shape as it's being pulled in all directions!!! So ages ago reading this very thread knowing my body lift was imminent I actually prepared for this and forgot all about it, had a rummaged around in the toolbox and found the donuts that I ordered from James, popped out at lunch and measured up that I needed some M8 50mm Nuts bolts and washers and now I'm ready to go when I get home from work Please all pray for me that this seals the air/fluid leak that I currently __________________ Moderator 04' Terrano II SE 2.7 TDi SWB Commercial in Silver - Project Thread Toyo Open Country M/T 33's on 10J Steels, Super Strong Steering Job Navara D22 Snorkel, Front LOKKA, Maunal Hubs, EGR Blank TunitII ECU Chip, 3" Body Lift, 2" Suss Lift, Heat Exchanger Black Interior, 3.0 Borg&Beck Clutch, Eckes Heated Fuel Filter 99' Y61 Patrol GR SE 2.8 TD6 LWB in Blue/Silver - Project Thread Engine Transplant - In Progress!!! Last edited by Banshee; 21-07-2017 at 09:54.