Tuff Country 24850 - Ford 91-94 Explorer 4 box kit - Manual (Page 6)

14. Locate the new rear twin eye beam axle pivot relocation
bracket and new support bracket. Also, locate (5) 7/16” x 1
1/2” bolts, (1) 1/2” x 1 1/2” bolts, (10) 3/8” USS flat washers,
(2) 7/16” USS flat washers, (5) 7/16” unitorque nuts and (1)
1/2” unitorque nut from hardware bag R4NB. Special note:
The stock axle pivot bracket was attached to the front of
the stock cross member, the new bracket will be
attached to the back side of the stock cross member.
Secure the new rear twin eye beam axle pivot relocation
bracket to the back side of the stock cross member using the
new 7/16” x1 1/2” bolts and hardware. Do not tighten at this
point. Special note: For now, only attach the bracket by
the (4) outer holes. Attach the new support bracket to the
top of the box portion of the new bracket using the new 1/2”
x 1 1/2” bolts. Do not tighten at this point. Now secure the
support bracket to the rear portion of the cross member and
newly installed rear twin eye beam axle pivot relocation
bracket using the new 7/16” x 1 1/2” bolts and hardware.
Special note: The stock cross member is going to be
between the newly installed rear axle pivot bracket and
support bracket. Move back to the newly installed 7/16” x 1
1/2” bolts and add some thread locker or loctite and torque
to 45 ft lbs. Move back to the newly installed 1/2” x 1 1/2”
bolt and hardware and add some thread locker or loctite and
torque to 65 ft lbs. 15. Working on the driver side, carefully drill out the frame
and the stock radius arm bracket holes to 1/2”. Repeat pro-
cedure on the passenger side.
16. Locate the new driver and passenger side radius arm
relocation brackets. Also, locate (16) 1/2” x 1 1/2” bolts, (32)
7/16” USS flat washers and (16) 1/2” unitorque nuts from
hardware bag R4NB. Working on the diver side, secure the
new radius arm relocation bracket to the stock radius arm
bracket using the new 1/2” x 1 1/2” bolts and hardware. Do
not tighten at this point. Now secure the new radius arm
relocation bracket to the stock frame rail using the new new
1/2” x 1 1/2” bolts and hardware. Move back to all 1/2” hard-
ware and add some tread locker or loctite and torque to 65
ft lbs. Repeat procedure on the passenger side.