Tuff Country 24862 - Ford 83-97 Ranger/Explorer 4 box kit (performance kit) - Manual (Page 8)

24. Vise grip the bracket back to the frame rail making sure
that the hole in the bracket line up with the marks that were
scribed earlier. Using the bracket as a guide, carefully drill
(5) 7/16” holes into the frame rail. (3) on the side of the frame
rail and (2) on the bottom side of the frame rail. Special
note: Take special care not to drill into any lines running
down the inside of the frame rail.
25. Locate (5) 7/16” x 1 1/2” bolts, (10) 3/8” USS flat wash-
ers and (5) 7/16” unitorque nuts from hardware bag R4XRB-
NB. Secure the driver side extended radius arm to the new
location using the new 716” x 1 1/2” bolts and hardware.
Make sure to use thread locker or loctite and torque to 45 ft
lbs. Special note: Make sure to secure the stock brake
cable bracket to the front hole that connects the brack-
et to the side of the frame rail.
26. On the passenger side where the new extended radius
arm bracket will be located there is a lip on the bottom of the
frame rail. This lip needs to be removed so that the extend-
ed radius arm relocation bracket will sit flush on the frame
rail. Carefully cut lip off with a die grinder. Special note: Tuff
Country does not recommend using a torch when per-
forming this step.
27. Working on the passenger side, locate the rear hole that
attached the stock radius arm bracket to the frame rail.
Measure towards the rear of the vehicle 15” and scribe a
mark on the side of the frame rail. Special note: Check and
double check to make sure that this measurement is cor-
rect. If this measurement is not correct, once the new
bracket and new extended radius arms are installed the
front axles may be sitting to far forward or to far back.
28. Using the 15” mark on the side of the frame rail as a
guide and using a straight edge, scribe a mark on the bottom
of the frame rail.
29. Locate the new passenger side extended radius arm
relocation bracket. Place the line that was scribed on the bot-
tom of the frame rail in the center of the rearward hole that is
in the bottom side of the new relocation bracket. Using a pair
of vise grips, secure the bracket to the frame rail.
30. Using the bracket as a guide, carefully outline each hole
of the bracket onto the frame rail. There are (3) on the side
of the frame rail and (2) on the bottom side of the frame rail.
Remove the bracket from the frame rail and set the bracket
a side.
Repeat steps # 27 - # 30. This is an important step, so we
want to make sure that the extended radius arm reloca-
tion bracket is in the correct location so when the
extended radius arm is attached to it, the twin eye beam
axle is not sitting to far forward or to far rearward.