Tuff Country 53905 - Toyota Tacoma 05-14 3 lift kit - Manual (Page 8)

28. Re-install the tires and wheels and torque the lug nuts to
the proper torque specifications.
Front Installation complete!
Rear end installation:
29. To begin installation, block the front tires of the vehicle
so that the vehicle is stable and cannot roll. Safely lift the
rear of the vehicle and support the frame with jack stands.
Make sure the parking brake is NOT set, then remove the
tires and wheels.
30. Working on the driver side, remove the shock from its
upper and lower mounts. Repeat on passenger side. New
longer shocks are not required but highly recommend-
ed once part number 52907 has been installed on your
vehicle, and the rear shocks may need to be ordered as
a seperate part #. If you have not already ordered your
shocks, please feel free to contact Tuff Country or your
local Tuff Country dealer and order shocks. Tuff Country
recommends installing a 26” fully extended shock in the
rear. Repeat on passenger side.
31. Working on the driver side, remove the brakeline bracket
from the axle housing, the bolt may be discarded
32. Position a pair of hydraulic floor jacks under the rear dif-
ferential. Place one jack on the driver side and one on the
passenger side, rais up on both jacks at the same time until
they make contact with the rear differential. Working on the
driver side, remove the ubolts and discard ubolts and nuts.
save the OE ubolt washers to re-install. place the ubolt plate
and the bump stop aside for later re-installation. Repeat pro-
cedure on the passenger side.
33. Carefully lower down both hydraulic floor jacks at the
same time until the rear spring assembly seperates from the
rear axle to allow enough room for the new rear add-a-leaf
to be installed.
34. Working on the driver side, place a pair of “C” clamp
vise grips on each side of the center bolt, carefully remove
the center bolt and nut and discard. Carefully remove the
“C” clamp vice grips that are holding the springs together.
Special note: Be careful when removing the “C” clamps,
the springs are under tension and can be dangerous.
Repeat procedure on passenger side.
35.Locate (2) new rear add-a-leafs. Locate (2) 3/8” center
bolts and (2) 3/8” fine nut from hardware bag CB38. Install
the new rear add-a-leaf into the spring assembly, secure
using the new 3/8” center bolt and nut. Special note: if the
new add-a-leaf that you are installing into the OE spring
assembly has an offset center hole, place the longest
side of the leaf towards the rear of the vehicle. Also the
new add-a-leaf should be installed into your springs in
progressive order, from longes to shortest. The new
add-a-leaf should be installed between the OE overload
spring and the rest of the spring pack. The overload
spring is usually a thicker spring on the bottom of the
OE spring pack. Tuff Country recommends spraying a
form of lubricant on the threads of the new centerbolt
before tightening, this will help against it overheating
and stripping.
32. Locate (1) S10105 from sleeve bag 52907SL, and (1)
8mm x 50mm bolt, and (1) 8mm flat washer from hardware
bag 52907NB. Install new spacer sleeve between the brake-
line bracket and the axle mount.
33. Re-install rear shocks
34. Re-install the tires and wheels and torque the lug nuts
to the proper torque specifications. Carefully remove vehicls
from any jack stands.
Installation Complete!
Check and double check to make sure that all steps
were performed properly. After the completion of this
install, Tuff Country Recommends taking the vehicle in
for a complete front end alignment.
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 responsi-
bility to make sure that a re-torque is performed on all
hardware associated with the system after the first 100
miles of installion. It is also the Customers responsibil-
ity to do a complete re-torque after every 3,000 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.