Tuff Country 33119 - Dodge 2013-2014 Ram 4wd 3 lift kit - Manual (Page 8)

Front end installation complete.
Rear end installation.
27. To begin installation, block the front tires of the vehicle so
that the vehicle is stable and can’t roll forward. Safely lift the
rear of the vehicle and support the frame with a pair of jack
stands. Place a jack stand on both the driver and passenger
side. Next remove the wheels and tires from both sides.
28. Position a pair of hydraulic floor jacks under the rear
axle. Place one jack stand on the driver side and one on the
passenger side. Raise up on both hydraulic floor jacks at the
same time until they make contact with the rear axle.
29. Working on the driver side, remove the stock shock from
the OE location and save the upper and lower hardware for
later re-installation. Special note: The stock rear shocks
will work once this Suspension kit has been installed
but if you want to replace the rear shocks, Tuff Country
EZ Ride Suspension recommends installing a 30” fully
extended shock. If you have not already ordered your
shocks, please contact Tuff Country or your local Tuff
Country dealer and order your new rear shocks. Repeat
procedure on the passenger side.
30. Working on the driver side, remove the rear u-bolts. The
rear u-bolts and hardware may be discarded. Set the stock
upper u-bolt plate aside for later re-installation. Repeat pro-
cedure on passenger side.
31. Carefully lower down on both hydraulic floor jacks at the
same time until the springs separate from the rear axle.
Lower down approximately 2”. Special note: Make sure not
to over extended any brake lines or hoses when lower-
ing axle.
32. Locate the new rear blocks. Working on the driver side,
install the new rear block between the rear axle and the
spring assembly. Repeat procedure on passenger side.
33. Raise up on both hydraulic floor jacks at the same time
until the driver and passenger side spring assembly seats
properly with newly installed blocks.
34. Locate (4) new 9/16” x 3 1/2” x 15” round u-bolts. Locate
(8) 9/16” u-bolt high nuts and (8) 9/16” u-bolt washers from
hardware bag 916NW. Also, locate the upper u-bolt plate.
Working on the driver side,
install new u-bolts into the
OE location and secure
using the new 9/16” high
nuts and washers. Torque
to 120 ft lbs. Repeat pro-
cedure on passenger side.
Special note: The picture
shown is with a 2” block
installed not the 1” block
that is included with this
kit.
35. Locate the rear shocks. Special note: The stock rear
shocks will work once this Suspension kit has been
installed but if you want to replace the rear shocks, Tuff
Country EZ Ride Suspension recommends installing a
30” fully extended shock. If you have not already
ordered your shocks, please contact Tuff Country or
your local Tuff Country dealer and order your new rear
shocks. Locate the upper and lower shock hardware. Install
the proper shock sleeve into the upper and lower eyelets of
the shocks. Working on the driver side, install the rear shock
into the upper and lower location using the stock hardware.
Make sure to use loctite and torque to 85 ft lbs. Special
note: Tuff Country EZ-Ride Suspension highly recom-
mends that the shocks are installed with shock boots. If
shock boots are not installed, damage may occur to the
piston of the new shock. Repeat procedure on the pas-
senger side.
36. Check and double check to make sure that the rear end
installation is complete and then check again.
37. Remove both hydraulic floor jacks from under the rear
axle.
38. Install the tire wheels and carefully lower the vehicle to
the ground.
Congratulations, installation complete!
Special note: After the completion of the installation,
Tuff Country EZ-Ride Suspension recommends taking
the vehicle to an alignment shop and having a proper
front end alignment performed.
Tuff Country EZ-Ride Suspension recommends that a
complete re-torque is done on all bolts associated with
this suspension system. It is the customers responsibil-
ity to make sure that a re-torque is performed on all
hardware associated with this suspension system after
the first 100 miles of installation. It is also the customers
responsibility to do a complete re-torque after every
3000 miles or after every off road use. Neglect of follow-
ing these steps could cause brackets to come loose and
cause serious damage to the suspension system and to
the vehicle.
This Suspension System comes with (1) installation
manual and some post installation procedure literature
and it is the installers responsibility to make sure that
the customer receives the post installation procedure lit-
erature. If a customer would like a copy of the installa-
tion manual, please have them visit our website at
www.tuffcountry.com. Have them go to the customer
care section to download these instructions. If you have
any questions, please feel free to call us at (801) 280-
2777.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free
to contact Tuff Country or your local Tuff Country deal-
er.