Owners manual

8
51947/51947MX
Revised
7.31.08
FRONT INSTALLATION:
LR: RR:
RF: LF:
1. Position your vehicle on a smooth, flat, hard sur-
face (i.e. concrete or asphalt). Block the rear tires
and set the emergency brake.
2. Measure and record the distance from the center of
each wheel to the top of its fender opening. Re-
cord below.
3. Place the vehicle in neutral. Place your floor jack
under the front axle and raise the vehicle. Place
jack stands under the frame rails and lower the
frame onto the stands. Remove the jack and place
the vehicle back in gear, set the emergency brake,
and place blocks both in front and behind the rear
wheels.
4. Remove the front wheels from the vehicle.
5. Unclip the ABS bracket from coil bucket and A-
arm. Unplug the ABS connector.
6. Unbolt the ABS strap from the steering knuckle.
Secure the ABS wire out of the work area. Dis-
card the bracket.
7. Using pliers carefully open the a-arm brake line
retaining bracket. Remove the rubber brake hose
from the bracket. Using a cut off wheel, cut the
bracket at the bend.
NOTE: Be very careful to not damage the
rubber line in any way during it’s removal from
the bracket.
8. Unbolt the brake line bracket from the upper A-
arm.
9. Using the proper tool carefully separate the outer
tie rod end from the knuckle.
10. Remove the brake caliper and caliper bracket as-
sembly and the rotor. Secure them clear from the
work area. DO NOT
let the caliper hang by the
brake line or damage may result.
11. Mark the orientation of the sway bar and remove it
from the vehicle.
12. Unbolt and remove the sway bar end links from
the vehicle.
13. Unbolt the CV axle from the differential.
14. Using the proper tool carefully separate the upper
ball joint from the knuckle. Loosen but DO NOT
remove the retaining nut from the upper ball joint.
15. Support the lower control arm with a jack and un-
bolt the lower strut mounting bolts from the lower
control arm mount.
16. Unbolt the lower control arm retaining bolts
17. Unbolt the previously loosened upper ball joint
retaining nut and remove the lower control arm,
knuckle and CV axle assembly from the vehicle.
18. Remove the clips that hold the ABS wire to the
upper strut mounting studs.
19. Unbolt the nuts on the upper strut mounting studs.
Carefully remove the strut from the vehicle.
20. Unbolt the front driveshaft and from the differen-
tial and secure it out of the work area. Save the
hardware for reuse.
21. Unplug the differential wiring harness clips and
vent tube.
22. Remove the factory rear crossmember support
brace from the vehicle and discard. See ILLUS-
TRATION 1.
23. Support the differential with a jack and unbolt the
driver and passenger side mounts (2 per side).
LR: RR:
RF: LF:
Illustration 1
Crossmember Removal
OE Crossmember
Brace