I installed this yesterday and even after generously (as in no more to trim)trimming inner boot the shifter still pops out of gear (never happened before) due to the geometry change of the relationship of the lever to the body and shift bezel housing. The OUTER boot pulls the lever up out of 2,4,6 and after searching around it is an issue some have corrected by bending their lever but did not say how they bent their lever. The inner boot is no longer affecting the lever. Any suggestions as how to do this or a good way to seal the inner cut area where the boot was. I'm thinking something thinner like an inner tube. Something has to be done to make this safe to drive. Any ideas??

 

So you've trimmed as much as you can here and it's not hitting or?

 

And have you read through the write-up for the install? If not, here you go, http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...ation-write-up

 

aiya all this talk is scaring me! I just ordered a BL for an easy way to gain an inch...but it doesnt seem that easy.

 

I know a guy on this forum who had the same problem, but it was a 2" body lift.

I have never heard that for the 1" body lift.

Are you sure that the Jeep is 1" higher? Did you forget to remove something and the body is a little bit too high?

Like you see in my signature, I will install the same kit in March. Please give us more updates about this. I'm really curious

Good luck

 

I would draw the same conclusions as you guys, which is I did something wrong. I am capable of that but no I didn't and yes I read through the write up. I've done three lifts over the years, had three jeeps, etc. I think the reason some people have problems and some don't lies in how far forward the body is sitting relative to the frame. I would estimate almost a quarter of an inch of movement could occur one way or the other and the body would still bolt up to the frame. I guess this variance allows for the body to bolt on without being absoutely centered. That being said I am stating the shifter OUTER boot pulls the gear shift back to center because of the leverage it gets from the shift lever being lower and tilting back against the outer boot. When the lever is higher (before the lift) the boot doesn't affect it as much. I read a peice of a post by sasquatch saying he had a problem and bent his shifter to fix but didn't go in detail. Any ideal if the internals of the transmission would be affected by the heat? Any other solution ideas?

 

The inner boot is not the problem. The trim took care of that. The outer boot moves the shifter back to center unless you push it totally flat and then it rides back up and starts over. Read someone else with this lift keeps his hand on the shifter all the time. I'm not cool with that solution so the only way I can think of to fix is change the shifter rod so it is coming more straight up through the bezel. The fact it leans down some makes the OUTER boot want to pull it back to center in 2,4,6 gears.

 

Been there done that. It's a great write up.

 

It is easy and some people haven't had the shifter problem. It looks great so I would recommend it, once I figure out the shifter cure. I'm not so big on cutting that inner boot and not replacing it with some type of thinner material that won't give a bind on the inner. Its an easy install though.

 

I'm thinking before I do that I might extend it an inch by cutting it and welding or bolting an extension into it. If it went up an inch or two it might cure all the boot cutting and be a better install. I'm nervous about screwing up my transmission in heating that. Have you ever seen it done that way?