Rough Country 273N2 - Manual (Page 3)

REAR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Chock the front wheels and jack up the rear of the vehicle with a floor jack.
2. Place the rear of the vehicle on jack stands. Lower floor jack but do not remove a this time. Never work under an
unsupported vehicle.
3. Remove the stock shock absorbers using a 21mm wrench. Retain the factory hardware.
4. Using a 18 & 19MM wrench, remove the sway bar link from the sway bar on both sides on the axle. See Photo 1.
5. Lower the axle down to allow the coil spring to be removed.
6. Remove coils and install the 3/4” poly spacer on top of the coil spring. See Photo 2. Install the coil with spacer back
into mount.
7. Jack up the rear axle.
8. Install the supplied bushings /sleeves into the new Rough Country shock, part # 658695 and install in the factory
mounts using factory hardware with a 21mm wrench.
9. Reinstall the sway bar link back into the sway bar with factory hardware using a 18 & 19mm wrench.
10. Install the tire / wheels and remove the jack stands.
11. Lower the vehicle to the ground.
Photo 1 Photo 2