Power steering help needed!

I seem to consistently have powering steering problems. I have big tires which no doubt put some strain on the system, but I'm not the only one with 33x12.50s on this truck so I'm not sure if that's the problem. I have a diff drop and some "custom" lines because of that. But now I'm not even sure what's leaking. This is so frustrating as I seem to have these problems since I bought mine 2 years ago.

I bought an adapter which changes the toyota 16x1.5 metric thread on the rack to a JIC -6 fitting, and then put a 90 fitting onto this which attaches to the steering line. Then due to the diff drop there is very little room for the fitting and it seems to last for a while, then due to the rack moving a little bit with bumps and steering input it makes enough contact with the plate infront of it to break something and then it leaks. I just put in another different fitting which doesn't even fit and I'm considering cutting part of the drop bracket out of the way to increase clearance for the fitting. But I REALLY don't want to do this. The worst part about this is that I don't even know where the leak is currently, it could be from the rack directly. Some days it's a few drops overnight, other days it's a lot more.

Can anyone offer some advice? At this point I'd be happy with nearly anything.

2000 TRD 4WD 3.4

 

Why not just remove the diff drop? I'm assuming the diff drop is to save your CV's, but for what it's worth, my CV's have been fine with OME 882's and no diff drop nor added front weight.

 

That'd be because I have 4 inches of lift, and I do have an extra load in the form of a custom skid plate and a plate bumper on the front end. As it stands now I need to upgrade the springs already.

I think I may have found a fitting which may work. Going to hopefully pick it up tomorrow!