Tuff Country 56900 - Toyota Tacoma 05-14 6 lift kit - Manual (Page 6)

14. Working on the driver side, loosen but don’t remove the
upper control arm mounting bolts, this is done so that the
upper control arm can easily be swiveled up and down.
Repeat procedure on the passenger side.
15. Working on the driver side, using a hammer or proper
ball joint tool, carefully sperate the upper ball joint from the
steering knuckle. Remove nut and save. Special note: Take
special care not to damage the ball joints rubber boot.
Repeat on passenger side.
16. Working on the driver side, remove bolts that attach the
lower steering arm/ball joint to the steering knuckle. Save
stock hardware for later re-install. Now remove steering
knuckle from vehicle. Repeat on passenger side.
17. Working on the driver side, remove the (3) nuts that
attach the strut assembly to the upper mount of the vehicle,
now remove the lower shock mounting bolt and save all
hardware. Special note: DO NOT remove the upper CEN-
TER nut that holds the shock to the upper strut plate, if
this nut is removed, a coil spring compressor will be
needed to put the assembly back together. Now remove
entire strut assembly from the vehicle and set aside. Repeat
on passenger side.
18. Working on the driver side, remove the lower control arm
bump stop. This part un-threads from its location and can
easily be done with large channel lock pliers. Save the stock
bump stop for later re-install. Repeat on passenger side.