Owners manual

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Jack up the truck and support it under the frame with 4 jack stands. Never work under an
unsupported vehicle!
2. Remove the wheels. ( 21mm socket )
3. Remove the cotter pin where the steering tie rod attaches to the spindle. Remove the nut,
and separate the tie rod from the spindle. ( 19mm socket )
4. Remove the bolt that holds the brake line to the frame. ( 12mm socket )
5. Free the antilock wire from the upper arm bracket by bending the tabs open. Remove the
bracket from the arm. ( 10mm socket )
6. You need to remove the brake line bracket that holds the brake line to the spindle.
Remove the clip that holds the brake line to the bracket. Use a cutoff wheel to get the
bracket off the line, make sure you do not damage the brake line. Free the antilock
wire from the bracket. ( 12mm socket, cutoff wheel, pliers )
7. Take the antilock sensor out of the spindle and hang it out of the way. ( 10mm
socket )
8. Remove the brake calipers and hang tie them up out of the way, do not let them hang on
the brake lines. Remove the Rotors. ( 17mm socket )
9. Detach the sway bar from the spindle. ( 17mm socket)
10. Mark the hubs and the dust shields on the top with driver and passenger marks so you
can put them back on in the same orientation later.
11. Remove the hubs from the spindles. ( 17mm wrench)
12. Remove the cotter pin from the upper ball joint and separate the upper arm and the
spindle. ( 19mm socket )
13. Remove the bolts that hold the lower part of the spindle to the main part of the spindle.
( 19mm socket )
14. Mark the orientation of the hub and the dust shield for future reference. Remove the hub
and dust shield.( 17mm wrench, locktite )
15. Bolt the spindle on to the lower spindle part using the stock bolts and locktite. (
19mm socket )
16. Attach the upper arm to the spindle using the stock nut and a wrench; if necessary use a
pry bar to keep the spindle from turning while tightening. (
19mm socket )
17. Install the hubs into the spindles. You must reuse the dust shields; use the markings from
before to make sure they are installed the way they came out. Use locktite. (
17mm wrench, locktite )
18. Install the antilock sensor into the new spindle. (
10mm socket )
19. Put the rotors on the hubs and temporarily install a lug nut to hold the rotor on straight
while you install the calipers. (hand tighten )
20. Install the brake calipers, use locktite. Remove the lug nut. ( 17mm socket, locktite )
21. Remove the lower skid plate. (
12mm socket )