Tuff Country 16955 - GM 99-05 Silverado K1500 6 kit - Manual (Page 10)

30. Working on the driver side of the front differential,
locate and pull the vent tube off of the differential.
31. Place a pair of hydraulic floor jacks under the front
differential, and carefully raise up on both hydraulic floor
jacks at the same time, until they come into contact with the
front differential.
32. Working on the driver side, remove the stock hardware
that connects the upper driver side tab of the front differ-
ential to the stock location. Save the stock hardware for
later re-installation.
33. Working on the passenger side, remove the (2) stock
nuts that connect the passenger side of the front differen-
tial to the stock
location and save
the stock
hardware for later
re-installation.
34. Carefully lower down on both hydraulic floor jacks at the
same allowing enough room to remove the front differential
completely from the vehicle. With the help from a buddy,
carefully remove the front differential completely from
underneath the vehicle and set the stock front differential
on the ground or on a work bench.
35. Working on the driver side of the front differential upper
tab, measure 2” from the stock mounting point and scribe a
mark on the front differential. Using a sawzall, carefully cut
the upper tab off of the front differential and discard.
side view
pre cut view
nose cut off of the front differential
36. Locate the new driver side differential relocation
bracket. Locate (2) PB2408 poly bushings from hardware
bag 16955PL and (1) S10082 crush sleeve from hardware
bag 16955SL. Install the new poly bushings and crush
sleeve into the new driver side differential relocation
bracket. Special note: Make sure to use a lithium or
moly base grease prior to inserting the bushings into
the driver side differential relocation bracket. This will
increase the life of the bushing as well as prevent