...to remove my lift.(1984 wagon, Ea81, and this is the original pk mobile)...i will be working on it shortly, i just want to know a couple of things....i pretty much understand the rear except for something about a diff drop plate? where is this and how do i remove it? and for the front should i just pick up the motor and tranny at once(not take it out just unbolt and pick up an inch or so) remove the blocks and drop it back in? i have power steering and the shaft doesnt look to be extended so is this just a new steering shaft that byb makes for there kit? or did pk just do this in his early kits?....as for the struts i think thats good too. thanks for any tips -D

You shouldn't have a rear diff plate with a PK lift. There are two spacers that drop the entire diff hanger down, those will be removed. You should have a lengthened steering shaft but your's might look factory. I can't imagine lifting a ru without one. As for the engine, when I was installing my lift I used an engine hoist to hold the engine in place while i dropped the crossmember. You could try something similar to remover the blocks.

I still dont understand why you want to remove the lift, but okay.

 

Make sure you have ALL the original bolts. The bolts supplied with the lift kit will not work without the lift installed.

 

Support the engine crossmember, Remove the bolt holding the bottom of your strut to the steering knuckles. Remove the bolts holding the engine crossmember to the frame and lower the engine about an inch or so. Remove your lift blocks. Lowering the crossmember should pull the struts out of the steering knuckles as well. Then remove the top strut bolts and remove the struts all together. Then you can remove the strut blocks.

 

Locate your steering extension and remove that. Hope you have a stock extension laying around, cause you cant use the extension from the lift kit.

 

The tranny crossmember is going to be a pain in the rump roast. With the engine still lowered you can unbolt each of the 6 tranny lift blocks. Once you do so, the sway bar will make it difficult to line everything back up... but with all the blocks removed you jack your engine crossmember back up and bolt the crossmember back into its stock location then line up the tranny crossmember and bolt that in.

 

AFter that re-install your struts and you are done with the front.

 

THe rear is cake. There are 2 blocks for the diff hanger. One on each side. And then there are 3 blocks for the torsion bar. Find them all and remove them. Use your jack to support the differential. Remove the bolts and lower the differential a couple inches to get the blocks out. Once they are out replace the bolts with the stock bolts and you are done.

 

-Brian

I have an 84 that needs a lift!!!

 

What a conicidence:banana:

I have an 84 that needs a lift!!!

 

What a conicidence:banana:

 

ill have to get back to you on that one. it would probably be a good lift for you tho since its mild(2 in or so) im gonna start building a big lift and sell the wagon and look for something i really want.