INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS AND PARTS LIST
APPLICATION: MODEL 401529 W2W GRIP STEP BRACKETS ON:
2015+ FORD F150 PICKUPS
NO DRILL APPLICATION
1.
READ INSTRUCTIONS COMPLETELY AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL REQUIRED PARTS
(LISTED ON SERVICE PARTS LIST) ARE ON HAND BEFORE STARTING THE INSTALLATION.
2.
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE INSTALL TWO 1.5” ISOLATOR WASHERS (ITEM #3), THE STEP
MOUNTING BRACKET (ITEM #2) AND TWO M8-1.25 FLANGE NUTS (ITEM #4) OVER THE FACTORY
PROVIDED STUDS ON THE INSIDE OF THE ROCKER PANEL AS SHOWN.
3.
REPEAT STEP 2 FOR THE REAR BRACKET.
4.
CHECK THAT THE FRONT AND REAR BRACKETS ARE LEVEL AND TIGHTEN ALL FLANGE NUTS.
NOTE: IF INSTALLING ON A REGULAR CAB PICKUP SKIP TO STEP #10.
5.
REMOVE THE CENTER BODY MOUNT BOLT AND INSTALL THE CENTER INBOARD MOUNTING
BRACKET (ITEM #10) AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 1.
6.
USING THREE 3/8”-18 X 1.0” HEX BOLTS (ITEM #5) THREE 3/8” FLAT WASHERS (ITEM #6) AND
THREE 3/8”-18 FLANGE NUTS (ITEM #7) ATTACH THE OUTBOARD BRACKET (ITEM #11) TO THE
INBOARD BRACKET (ITEM #10). ADJUST THE HEIGHT TO MATCH YOUR STEP BOARD AND
TIGHTEN BOLTS.
7.
ASEMBLE THE LOAD REACTION STUDS AND HARDWARE (ITEMS #6-9) AS FOLLOWS.
7.1.
ON THE SHORT THREADED END OF THE LOAD REATION STUD (ITEM #9), INSTALL A 3/8”
FLANGE NUT (ITEM #7) BACKWARDS ONTO THE BOTTOM OF THE THREAD. THEN INSTALL A
3/8” FLAT WASHER (ITEM #6) AND RUBBER CUSHION WASHER (ITEM #8) TIGHT UP AGAINST
THE FLANGE NUT. (THE END OF THE STUD MUST BE RECESSED IN THE RUBBER WASHER
APPOX. 3/16”)
7.2.
ON THE LONG THREADED END OF THE STUD, INSTALL A 3/8” FLANGE NUT (ITEM #7)
BACKWARDS TO NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE THREADS.
8.
CHECK THAT THE CENTER BRACKET IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE AND
TIGHTEN THE BODY MOUNT BOLT PER THE MANUFACTURES SPECIFICATIONS.
9.
INSTALL THE LOAD REACTION STUD INTO THE CENTER INBOARD BRACKET (ITEM #10) AS
SHOWN IN FIGURE 1 AND ADJUST THE INBOARD NUT SO THAT THE RUBBER CUSHION WASHER
IS SNUG UP AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. INSTALL A 3/8” FLANGE NUT (ITEM #7) ON
THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE STUD AND TIGHTEN TO 19 LB-FT.
10.
REMOVE THE CABLE GUIDE BRACKET FROM THE LEAF SPRING SHACKLE. NOTE: THIS IS ONLY
NECESSARY ON THE LEFT (DRIVERS) SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CABLE GUIDE BRACKET
WILL NO LONGER BE NEEDED AND MAY BE REMOVED.
11.
REMOVE THE NUT ON THE SPRING SHACKLE BOLT AND INSTALL THE REAR INBORAD BRACKET
(ITEM #12) AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 2. MAKE SURE THE INBOARD BRACKET IS VERTICAL AND
TIGHTEN TO 80 LB-FT.
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