11)
Remove the long bolt and
captured nut that hold the two
pieces of the bumper together.
These will not be used.
12)
Remove the long bolt (long
arrow) which goes through the
transmission and holds the
bumper brace. Loosen the three
remaining bolts (short arrows)
that go through the transmission
into the motor plate, and twist
out the bumper brace and
bumper assembly. The long bolt
will not be used, but leave the
three trans case bolts threaded
into the motor plate for now.
13)
Remove the two button head screws
from the top and two flat head screws
from the bottom to take off the motor
guard. Discard the motor guard, but
hang onto the bolts.
14)
Remove the rear shock assemblies. From each side, take out the bottom
bolt, then remove the plastic nut from the top. Save shocks and their bolts
& nuts. Don’t lose the aluminum bushing in the bottom shock eyelet!