Tuff Country 23000 - Ford 09-13 F150 3 lift kit - Manual (Page 9)

28. Working on the driver side, torque the castle nut holding
the upper control arm to the knuckle to 70 ft lbs. Install the
new cotter pin to the ball joint. Special note: If you are not
able to install the cotter pin because the hole in the ball
joint does not line up with the castle nut DO NOT loosen
the castle nut but tighten it until the cotter pin can be
installed. Repeat procedure on the passenger side.
29. Move back to the hardware attaching the strut into the
upper location and add some loctite and torque to 35 ft lbs.
Repeat procedure on the passenger side.
30. Working on the driver side, install the sway bar to the
sway bar end link. Make sure to use loctite and torque to 45
ft lbs. Repeat procedure on the passenger side.
31. Working on the driver side, use a grease gun to grease
the newly installed upper control arm bushings. Repeat pro-
cedure on the passenger side. Special note: It is highly
recommended to grease these bushings every time you
have the oil changed in your vehicle. This will increase
the life of the bushing along with helping eliminate
squeaking.
32. Re-install the wire harness to the rack and pinion. Next,
remove the hydraulic floor jacks from under the lower con-
trol arms on the driver and passenger side of the vehicle.
33. Check and double check and check again to make sure
all steps have been performed properly with the front end.
34. Install the tires and wheels and carefully lower the vehi-
cle to the ground.
35. To begin installation, carefully block the front tires and
wheels so that the vehicle can not roll forward. Safely lift the
rear of the vehicle and support the vehicle with a pair of jack
stands. Place a jack stand on both the driver and the pas-
senger side. Next, remove the rear wheels and tires from
both sides.