Hi All,

LOL! First off, I meant to have a user name of SolidBlk85 (not soldblk85) but I guess I misstyped, hopefully the moderator will accept my change <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

I'm a Yota newbie getting familiar with my one month old 85 Xtra cab 4x4. It's got a rebuilt 22RE, solid black, black wheels with 31's, 3" body lift and is a typical 20something year old.
I tracked down a parasitic battery drain to the cruise control brain and threw that away.
Now my only two issues are as follows:
A) When I hit a pothole or substantial hole in the road the steering column (from the best I can guess) clunks pretty bad. Is this typical on these things? It seems to be in the firewall bearing or support from the best I can tell.

B) The drive shaft support (rubber bushing) has a slight whine to it when driving slowly, is this typical, or should I spray some silicone lube in there to soften it up a bit and get rid of some friction? Or am I eventually going to have to get a new one. The support and rubber look to be in great shape, no cracking or drying out.

Right now, I'm working on getting this to be a good DD and weekend camping/hauling truck.

Thanks in advance for any help/info you guys can provide, I'm sure I'll have more post and questions in the near future.

Wih the body lift, you may need to recenter the firewall passthough bushing with the steering shaft. With the lift, the angle of the shaft changes and you may need to move the bushing a little lower.

Thanks, that makes sense to me. Right now, I'm debating on going back to stock height. If I do, hopefully it will resolve itself. If I keep the lift, I'll take a look at the bushing and see about lowering it. Would it be just loosen the bolts through the firewall and adjusting the whole plate?

It is bolted in place on the earlier trucks, so yes that would seem to be a logical way to proceed. I did not have to do anything on my '85 when installing a 3" body lift. Might also see if the steering shaft up front is good and tight. Some u-joints and slip joints up there that could be loose as well. I took mine apart and cleaned/regreased the u-joints.