INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS AND PARTS LIST
MODEL 570231 MEGA STEPS BRACKETS:
2002 AND NEWER DODGE RAM REGULAR CAB PICKUPS
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.
ASSEMBLE THE LOAD REACTION STUDS AND HARDWARE (ITEM #12 THRU #15) AS FOLLOWS.
2.1.
ON THE SHORT THREADED END OF THE LOAD REACTION STUD (ITEM #12), INSTALL A 3/8”
SERRATED FLANGE NUT (ITEM #14) BACKWARDS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE THREAD.
THEN, INSTALL A 3/8” FLAT WASHER (ITEM #15) AND RUBBER “CUSHION” WASHER (ITEM
#13) TIGHT UP AGAINST THE SERRATED FLANGE NUT. (THE END OF THE STUD MUST BE
RECESSED IN THE RUBBER WASHER APPROX. 3/16”).
2.2.
ON THE LONG THREADED END OF THE STUD, INSTALL A 3/8” SERRATED FLANGE NUT
(ITEM #14) BACKWARDS TO NEAR TO THE BOTTOM OF THE THREADS.
3.
ATTACH THE LOAD REACTION STUD ASSEMBLIES TO THE FRONT STEP MOUNTING BRACKETS
AS SHOWN.
3.1.
INSERT THE STUD, FROM WHAT WILL BE THE INBOARD OR FRAME SIDE, THRU THE HOLE
IN THE BENT FLANGE OF THE STEP BRACKET SO THAT THE RUBBER WASHER WILL SEAT
FIRM AGAINST THE SIDE WALL OF THE FRAME. INSTALL A FLANGE NUT ON THE
OUTBOARD END OF THE STUD. (FINGER TIGHT ONLY).
4.
REMOVE THE FACTORY FRONT AND REAR BODY MOUNT BOLTS (ONE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE
AT A TIME) AND INSTALL THE STEP MOUNTING BRACKETS. ON MODEL YEAR 2002 THRU 2005
THE BODY MOUNT STEEL WASHER PLATES WITH RUBBER CUSHIONS ARE REUSED BETWEEN
THE BODY MOUNTS AND THE STEP MOUNTING BRACKETS. ON MODEL YEAR 2006 TO
CURRENT USE A 5/8” FLAT WASHER (ITEM #11) BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE BODY MOUNT
AND THE STEP MOUNTING BRACKET.
4.1.
ATTACH THE FRONT AND REAR STEP MOUNTING BRACKETS. (ITEM #2 THRU #5) TO THE
BODY MOUNTS AS SHOWN. USE M12-1.75 X 110mm (APPROX 4-3/8” LONG) HEX HEAD BOLTS
(ITEM #8), ½” LOCK WASHERS (ITEM #9) AND ½” FLAT WASHERS (ITEM #10).
4.2.
LOCATE THE FRONT AND REAR STEP MOUNTING BRACKETS TO THE INBOARD MOUNTING
POSITION. THIS IS DONE BY PUSHING THE BRACKETS INWARD TO THE END OF THE SLOT.
4.3.
ROTATE THE STEP BRACKETS SO THAT THE SLOTS IN THE FLAT STEP PLATE MOUNTING
SURFACE ARE STRAIGHT OUT (AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE) FROM THE FRAME. TORQUE ALL
BODY MOUNT BOLTS TO 60 LB. FT.
5.
ATTACH THE STEP ASSEMBLIES (ITEM #1) TO THE STEP MOUNTING BRACKETS.
5.1.
INSERT TWO (2) 5/16-18 SQUARE HEAD SCREWS (ITEM #6) IN THE OUTBOARD SLOT ON THE
UNDER SIDE OF EACH STEP.
5.2.
POSITION THE STEP ON THE STEP MOUNTING BRACKETS SO THAT THE STEP IS
CENTERED, FRONT TO REAR, ON THE CAB AND THE SQUARE HEAD SCREWS ARE
LOCATED IN THE SLOTS OF THE STEP MOUNTING BRACKETS.
5.3.
INSTALL 5/16-18 SERRATED FLANGE NUTS (ITEM #7) ON THE SQUARE HEAD SCREWS AND
TIGHTEN TO 19 LB FT.
5.4.
INSTALL 5/16-18 SERRATED FLANGE NUTS (ITEM #7) ON ANY UNUSED SQUARE HEAD
SCREWS IN THE INBOARD SLOT OF THE STEP AND TIGHTEN TO 19 LB FT.
REV B 27MAR06
REV A 21SEP05
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