Rough Country 370.20 - Manual (Page 3)

11. Remove the upper suspension arm nut and bolt at the axle a shown in Photo 6. Remove the nut and bolt at the
frame and remove the upper suspension arm. Repeat this step for the opposite side of the vehicle. Note: save
bolts, nuts and washers for later installation.
12. Attach the grease fittings provided to the new Rough Country upper suspension arms using a 3/8" wrench. Note:
install one 90º fitting and one straight fitting into the upper suspension arms. Insert the two bushing halves into
the upper suspension arm and press in the upper suspension arm sleeve provided.
13. Install the upper suspension arms in place of the stock upper suspension arms as shown in Photo 7. Slight prying of
the mounts may be necessary for arm installation. Install the original front and rear suspension arm bolt and slightly
tighten the nuts.
14. Assemble the shock absorbers Part #Hydro 651896 / Nitro 651997 with the supplied poly bushings and install the
shock in the upper mount.
15. With the axle lowered, install the Rough Country coil springs. The use of a coil spring compressor will ease installa-
tion.
16. Jack up the axle until the spring can be seated in the mount. Check to be sure the spring is properly seated by
checking the wrap on the coil spring in relation to the lower
mount.
17. If a coil spring compressor was used, remove it at this time.
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18. With the floor jack still under the axle and compressed
slightly.
19. Install the lower end of the shocks in the stock location and
tighten using stock hardware.
20. Attach the wheels and tires to the vehicle and lower it to the
ground
21. Install the drop sway bar brackets on the frame with the
stock hardware. See Photo 8.
22. Install the sway bar to the bracket with the supplied 7/16” x
1” bolts, washers/nuts. See Photo 8.
If the vehicle you are working on is equipped with a stock steering stabilizer, remove the stabilizer from the
stock location. Because of the pitman arm location you will not be able to reuse the stock steering stabilizer.
Rough Country offers a replacement and a dual stabilizer part #87321 that can be used for this application. Call
your local Rough Country dealer for more information.
Photo 6 Photo 7
Photo 8