Rough Country 727 - Manual (Page 2)

FRONT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Lift the front of the vehicle using a jack and support the vehicle with jack stands, so that the front wheels are off the ground
2. Remove the front tires/wheels., using a 3/4” deep well socket
3. Loosen the tie-rod using an 18mm wrench as shown in Photo 1. Do not remove nuts completely. Strike the side of the knuckle
with a hammer to loosen the taper lock and then remove nut.
4. Remove brake caliper bolts using a 3/8” allen wrench as shown in Photo 2.
5. Remove the dust cap as shown in Photo 3.
6. Remove the cotter key and loosen the axle nut as shown in Photo 4. Remove the outside bearing them pull the rotor and inside
bearing off the factory spindle.
7. Remove the backing plate as shown in photo 5 with a 11mm and 13mm wrench. Be carefully not to damage the abs wire if
truck is equipped.
8. Remove cotter pin from the lower ball joint and using a 7/8” wrench loosen the lower ball joint nut as shown in Photo 6. Do not
completely remove nut.
PHOTO 1 PHOTO 2
PHOTO 3 PHOTO 4
PHOTO 5 PHOTO 6