Tuff Country 24810 - Ford 80-96 F150 4 Lift Kit - Manual (Page 9)

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 completion of the
installation is completed and the weight of the vehicle is
on the ground.
28. 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.
Tuff Country highly recommends installing an aftermar-
ket pitman arm once part # 24810 has been installed. If
you have not already ordered your new pitman arm,
please contact Tuff Country or your local Tuff Country
dealer and order part # 70200.
29. Working on the stock pitman arm, remove the stock cot-
ter pin and castle nut. Save the stock hardware. Carefully
remove the stock tie rod from the stock pitman arm. Special
note: Take special care not to damage the stock tie rod
dust boot. If the stock tie rod dust boot looks damaged,
it would be a good time to replace it.
30. Remove the stock hardware that connects the stock pit-
man arm to the sector shaft on the stock steering box. Save
the hardware. Using a pitman arm puller, carefully remove
the pitman arm from the stock location. The pitman arm may
be discarded.
31. Locate the new pitman arm. Locate the stock hardware
that connected the stock pitman arm to the sector shaft on
the steering box. Install the new pitman arm into the stock
location and secure using the stock hardware. Make sure to
use thread locker or loctite and torque to 145 ft lbs.
32. Locate the stock cotter pin and castle nut that connected
the stock tie rod to the stock pitman arm. Install the stock tie
rod to the newly installed pitman arm and secure using the
stock hardware. Torque the castle nut to 65 ft lbs. Now install
the stock cotter pin to the stock tie rod and castle nut.
Special note: If you are not able to install the stock cot-
ter pin because the hole in the tie rod does not line up
with the castle nut, DO NOT loosen, tighten the castle
nut until the stock cotter pin can be installed.
33. 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.
34. Locate the new front shocks. New longer front shocks
are needed after this suspension system has been
installed and the front shocks need to be ordered as a
separate part #. If you have not already ordered your
front shocks, please feel free to contact Tuff Country or
your local Tuff Country dealer and order your front
shocks. Tuff Country recommends installing a 20” fully
extended nitrogen gas shock in the front and a 23” fully
extended cellular shock in the front for the auxiliary
shock. Working on the new shocks, install the new bushings
and proper sleeves that are packaged with the new shocks
into the eyelet end of each new shocks. If the vehicle that
you are working on has the auxiliary shock, no sleeve will be
installed in the eyelet of the shock, it will just be the bushing
only. Special note: Make sure to use a lithium or moly
base grease prior to installing the new bushings and
sleeves into the eyelet of the new shocks. This will help
with the life of the bushings as well as prevent squeak-
ing. Locate the stock lower shock mounting hardware. Also,
locate the new upper stem mount hardware that was pack-
aged with the new shocks. Working on the driver side, install
the new shocks into the stock location using the stock lower