Rugged Ridge Tire Carrier, XHD Rear Bumper, 76-06 Jeep CJ & Wrangler - Manual (Page 2)

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2. Place the catch post bracket and the vibration isolator assembly on the drivers’ side of the bumper and
visually line up the holes (Figure 1). Insert 2 of the supplied M12 x 60 bolts and washers and place through the
vibration isolation bracket, catch post bracket, and the bumper threading into the sub-frame (Figure 2). Take an
M12 x 60 bolt, supplied from the XHD bumper, and thread into the top left corner face (Figure 3). Do not tighten
the bolts at this time.
3. Attach catch post bracket to the bumper using a D-Ring. Place a D-Ring; the wider set of holes is the top
of the D-Ring (Figure 4), against the catch post bracket, and insert an M12 x 60 bolt and washer through the top
right corner of the D-Ring and loosely thread through (Figure 5). Remove the bolt installed in the top left corner
and rotate the D-Ring into position and thread the remaining 3 bolts and washers into the D-Ring and sub-frames
(Figure 6). Do not tighten bolts at this time.
4. Place the tire carrier and spindle bracket on top of the bumper visually lining up the spindle bracket and
bumper mounting holes. Thread 2 of the supplied M12 x 60 bolts and washers through the spindle bracket and
bumper into the sub-frame (Figure 7). Do not tighten the bolts at this time.
Figure 7.
Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6.
Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3.