FRONT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Chock the rear tires and lift the front of the truck with a floor jack. Place jack stands under the frame rails . Lower the
vehicle on the jack stands. Never work under an unsupported vehicle.
2. Remove the tires and wheels.
3. Remove the stock shock absorbers using a 21 & 22 wrench.
4. Remove the brake caliper bolts
from the knuckle using a 17mm wrench and secure out of way. Do not let the brake
caliper hang by the brake line. Doing so could cause damage to the brake line.
5. Remove sway bar from the frame rail using a 12mm wrench and from the factory lower control arm using a 14mm
wrench.
See PHOTO 1 & 2
.Remove the front skid plate. (if equipped).
6. Remove the cotter pin on the tie rod and remove nut using a 19mm wrench. Strike the end of the knuckle to dislodge
the tie rod. Retain the hardware for reuse
7. Remove the cotter pins from the upper and lower ball joint castle nuts and loosen the lower ball joint nuts using a
22mm wrench, but do not remove. Using a hammer, strike the knuckle as shown in
PHOTO 3 & 4
to dislodge the
ball joint on the upper and lower ball joints.
PHOTO 1
PHOTO 2
8. Using a 17mm wrench remove the 6 nuts that secure the front half shaft to the differential.
See PHOTO 5
.
9. Remove the tie rod mount from the knuckle by removing the two bolts as shown in
PHOTO 6
.Using a 19mm wrench.
10. Remove the axle/knuckle assembly from the vehicle.
PHOTO 3
PHOTO 4
PHOTO 5
PHOTO 6