Rough Country 785.22 - Manual (Page 3)

FRONT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Prior to installing this kit, with the vehicle on the ground, measure the heights of your vehicle. This measurement can
be recorded from the center of the wheel straight up to the top of the inner fender lip. Record the measurements.
LF:__________ ,RF:___________, LR:__________, RR:___________
2. Place vehicle in park and chock the rear wheels. Using a 21mm socket, remove bolt securing the front track bar to
the frame. Retain stock hardware. See Photo 1. Raise the front of the vehicle with a jack and secure a jack stand
beneath each frame rail behind the front control arms. Ease the frame down onto the stands. Support the axle with a
floor jack.
3. Remove the front tires/wheels , using a 19mm deep well socket.
4. Using a 18mm socket and wrench remove the bottom sway bar bolts. See Photo 2.
5. Using a 18mm socket and 19mm wrench, remove the top of the sway bar link.
6. Remove the front factory skid plate with a 18mm socket.
7. Remove the lower shock bolt using a 18mm socket and wrench. Using a 14mm wrench unbolt the top of the shock
and remove. See Photo 3. Retain stock hardware.
8. On some models it will be necessary to remove the brake line bracket from the frame to allow the coils to be re-
moved. Using a 10MM socket, remove the brake line bracket from the stock location.
9. Lower the axle with the floor jack to allow room for the coils to be removed. Remove stock coil springs. Retain upper
coil isolators.
10. Remove the bolts securing the upper control arms to the axle and frame using a 18mm wrench/socket. It may be
necessary to cut out the passenger side upper bolt as shown in Photo 4 to remove the control arm. A new bolt is
supplied in the hardware bag to replace this factory bolt. Retain factory axle end hardware.
11. Using a 21mm wrench, remove the bolts that secure the lower control arm to the axle and frame then remove the
control arm. Retain factory axle end hardware.
PHOTO 3
PHOTO 1 PHOTO 2
PHOTO 4