Tuff Country 34701 - Dodge 69-93 Truck 4 kit User Manual

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ommends installing shock boots onto the new shocks. If shocks boots are not installed, damage may occur to
the piston of the new shock. If you have not already ordered your new shocks boots, please contact Tuff Country
or your local Tuff Country dealer and order some new shock boots. Tuff Country offers, dark blue, light blue, gray,
black, red or yellow shock boots.

30. Tuff Country provides new front and rear brake line relocation brackets with this suspension system. If the stock brake
lines are too tight, install the new rear brake line relocation bracket and hardware.

31.Install the tires and wheels and carefully lower the vehicle to the ground.

32. Move back to the stock hardware connecting the new springs to the stock front and rear shackle and torque the stock
hardware to 30 ft lbs. Make sure to use thread locker or loctite.

33. This box kit is packaged with front and rear axle shims. During the front end alignment, if the caster needs to be adjust-
ed, the 4 degree shims may need to be installed in the front springs. New centering pins are also supplied. If the vehicle
that you are working on has a rear drive line vibration, the 4 degree shims may need to be installed in the rear springs.
New center pins are also supplied.

34. Check and double check to make sure that all steps were performed properly. And then check them again.

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 responsibility 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 responsi-
bility to do a complete re-torque after every 3000 miles or after every off road use. Neglect of following these steps
could cause brackets to come loose and cause serious damage to the suspension system and to the vehicle.

Tuff Country EZ-Ride Suspension packages (2) sets of instruction sheets with this box kit. (1) is for the installer
and (1) is for the customer. The (1) for the customer has some post installation procedure literature and it is the
installers responsibility to make sure that the customer receives a copy of the installation manual along with the
literature.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Tuff Country or your local Tuff Country dealer.

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