6
56713B/K2079B
Revised
2.19.15
1. Prior to installing this kit. With the vehicle
on the ground, measure the height of your
vehicle. This measurement can be re-
corded from the center of the wheel,
straight up to the top of the inner fender
lip. Record the measurements below.
2. Ensure that your work space is of ade-
quate size and the work surface is level.
Set the emergency brake. Place your floor
jack under the front axle and raise vehicle.
Place jack stands under the frame rails
behind the front wheel wells and lower the
frame onto the stands. Remove the jack
and place blocks both in front of and be-
hind the rear wheels. Remove the
wheels.
3. Remove any skid plates or debris shields
from the bottom of the vehicle.
4. Unbolt both brake line brackets from the
frame and front axle brackets to allow for
free movement of the suspension compo-
nents.
5. Unbolt sway bar from end links.
6. Unbolt and remove the front track bar from
the vehicle. Save the
OE
bolts and hard-
ware for reuse
7. Raise a jack under the coil springs to sup-
port the axle.
8. Compress coil spring with coil spring com-
pressor tool.
9. Locate the top shock mount in the engine
compartment. Remove the nut, retainer
and grommet from the shock. See
ILLUS-
TRATION 2.
10. Unbolt the shock absorber from the lower
mount bracket on the axle. Remove the
shock through the engine compartment.
11. Carefully lower the floor jack until coil
spring is free from the upper spring
pocket. Remove the coil spring.
12. Remove and set aside the upper rubber
isolator pad for the coil.
13. Repeat on other side of the vehicle.
14. Locate the front rubber bump stops,
mounted on the frame near the coils. Re-
move the bump stop from it’s pocket using
a pair of pliers. A back and forth action
will assist in working it out.
15. Place the new bump stops, PN
15-10995
,
in existing bump stop pockets, as shown
in
ILLUSTRATION 3
. By using leverage
against the bottom of the bump stops,
force the bump stop into place (detergent
soap may help if the fit is tight).
16. On the bottom of the lower control arm.
Mark the location of the index mark on the
adjustment cam-bolt and bracket, remove
the cam-bolt, washer and nut.
LR
:
RR
:
RF
:
LF
:
Work on one side of the vehicle at a time.
Complete control arm replacement on
one side of the vehicle before removing
the control arm from the other side.
ILLUSTRATION 1
Factory set-up
SWAY BAR
Front Installation
