Tuff Country 20816 - Ford Ranger / Explorer axle pivot and radius arm brackets - Manual (Page 7)

18. The brackets around the “D” bushings on the stock front
sway bar may need to be opened up to 7/16”. Try a 7/16” bolt
in each location to make sure that it will fit. If not, open the
holes up so that the new 7/16” bolts will fit.
19. Locate the stock sway bar and the stock sway bar lower
hardware. Working on the driver side, install the stock sway
bar end link into the stock location and secure using the
stock hardware. Do not tighten at this point. Repeat pro-
cedure on the passenger side. Let the stock sway bar hang.
20. Locate the new driver and passenger side sway bar relo-
cation brackets. Also, locate the stock upper frame sway bar
mounting hardware. Working on the driver side, secure the
new sway bar relocation bracket to the stock location using
the stock hardware. Do not tighten at this point. Repeat
procedure on the passenger side.
21. Locate (4) 7/16” x 1 1/2” bolts, (8) 3/8” USS flat washers
and (4) 7/16” unitorque nuts from hardware bag R4NB.
Working on the driver side, swing the stock sway bar up and
secure it to the newly installed sway bar relocation brackets.
Secure using the new 7/16” x 1 1/2” bolts and hardware. Do
not tighten at this point. Repeat procedure on the passen-
ger side. Once the sway bar has been attached to the new
sway bar relocation brackets on both sides, add some thread
locker or loctite to the stock and new bolts and torque the
stock and new bolts on the driver and passenger side to 38
ft lbs. Special note: If you are not able to attach the stock
sway bar to the newly installed sway bar relocation
brackets, this step may need to be done once the instal-
lation is completed and the weight of the vehicle is on
the ground.
22. Move back to the stock lower sway bar end link mount-
ing hardware and add some thread locker or loctite on both
the driver and passenger side and torque to 65 ft lbs.
23. Slight adjustments may need to be done to the outer tie
rods so the vehicle can be driven to an alignment shop. If
this is the case on the vehicle that you are working on,
loosen the stock hardware on the adjusting sleeve and using
a pair of pliers, adjust the toe close enough so that the vehi-
cle can be driven.
Special note: This kit comes with a front and rear brake
line relocation kit. Sometimes the brake line relocation
kit is not needed. Check the stock brake lines and if they
are too tight, then the new front and rear brake line relo-
cation kit will need to be installed. If the brake line relo-
cation kit does not need to be installed, please skip to
step # 28. Also, the following pictures are used from a
F150 which uses the same style brake line and brake
line relocation brackets but the F150 brake line is posi-
tioned towards the rear of the coil springs but on the
Rangers it is positioned towards the front of the coil
springs.