Rugged Ridge Tire Carrier, XHD Rear Bumper, 76-06 Jeep CJ & Wrangler - Manual (Page 3)

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5. Attach D-Ring to spindle bracket using the same procedure shown in Step 3.
6. Tighten all of the bolts for both sub-frames. If installing tire carrier on a CJ, tighten the CJ side frame
brackets’ M10 x 100 bolts and nuts at this time.
Tighten lower frame mounting bolts (applicable to all vehicles)
8. Adjust both the catch post bracket and spindle bracket from side to side so that the tire carrier can be
latched (Figure 10).
Figure 10.
9. Tighten the 2 top bolts on the spindle bracket.
Tighten the D-Ring bolts for both the catch post bracket and the spindle bracket.
Once the D-Ring bolts have been tightened, check to ensure that the tire carrier will still latch porperly. If the tire
carrier will not latch, loosen D-Ring bolts and top bolts of spindle bracket and re-adjust as necessary.
7. Mark and drill holes in the side frame rail using a 19/64” drill bit (Figure 8). Bolt the side-frame bracket into the
side frame rail using 2 of the supplied self-tapping bolts (Figure 9). Repeat on the other side of the vehicle.
Note: If installing bumper on a CJ, omit this step.
Figure 8. Figure 9.