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Tuff Country 36100 - Dodge 09-11 Ram 1500 6 kit User Manual

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cedure on the passenger side.

61. Locate the driver and passenger side rear control arm
relocation brackets. Also, locate (2) 5/8” x 4” bolts, (2) 5/8”
x 4 1/2” bolts, (8) 5/8” SAE washers, (4) 5/8” unitorque nuts
and (2) 1/2” x 1 1/4” bolts from hardware bag 34100NB9.
Also, locate (2) S10226 sleeves and (2) S10228 nut brack-
ets from hardware bag 34100NB5. Working on the driver
side, install the new driver side rear control arm relocation
bracket to the stock upper location using the new S10226
sleeve and 5/8” x 4 1/2” bolt and hardware. Special note:
Make sure to install the new bolt from the outside of the
vehicle towards the inside of the vehicle and also do
not tighten at this point.
Now secure the new bracket to
the stock lower control arm location using the new 5/8” x 4”
bolt and hardware. Special note: Make sure to install the
new bolt from the outside of the vehicle towards the
inside of the vehicle and also do not tighten at this
point.
Secure the front part of the bracket to the frame
using the new 1/2” x 1 1/4” bolt and nut bracket. Do not
tighten at this point.
Now secure the upper and lower con-
trol arms to the newly installed bracket using the stock
hardware. Special note: Make sure to install the new
bolt from the outside of the vehicle towards the inside
of the vehicle and also do not tighten at this point.
Move back to the new 5/8” hardware and add some thread
locker or loctite and torque to 150 ft lbs. Now move back to
the 1/2” hardware and add some thread locker or loctite
and torque to 55 ft lbs. Repeat procedure on the passen-
ger side.

62. Locate the new rear passenger side track bar relocation
bracket and the new rear passenger side track bar reloca-
tion support bracket. Also, locate (1) 9/16” x 3 1/2” bolt (2)
9/16” SAE washers and (1) 9/16” nyloc nut from hardware
bag 34100NB9. Also, locate (1) S10227 sleeve from hard-
ware bag 34100NB5. Install the new rear track bar reloca-
tion bracket into the stock location and secure using the
new 9/16” hardware and sleeve. Also, make sure to install
the support bracket on the rear portion of the stock track
bar bracket. Make sure to use thread locker or loctite and
torque the new 9/16” bolt to 105 ft lbs. Special note: Make

sure that the rear support bracket is square with the
stock bracket. See photo for proper placement.
Locate
(2) 7/16” x 1 1/4” bolts, (4) 7/16” SAE washers and (2) 7/16”
nyloc nuts from hardware bag 34100NB9. Using the newly
installed bracket bar bracket and support bracket holes as
guides, carefully drill (2) 7/16” holes onto the stock track bar
bracket. (1) on the front part of the bracket and one on the
rear part of the bracket. Secure the new brackets with the
new 7/16” x 1 1/4” bolts and hardware. Make sure to use
thread locker or loctite and torque to 50 ft lbs.