- Remove original
pitman shaft nut from steering box, and retain lockwasher.
- Install
new pittman shaft nut using original washer and torque to
185 ft/lbs.
- Arrange
a jackstand or other means of support for stabilizer bar.
Make sure stabilizer bar is supported - it
will drop!
- Now remove 4 stabilizer bar mounting
bolts and lower bar 3 or 4 inches. Stabilizer bar links
may need to be loosened under certain conditions to allow enough
movement.
-On 4x4 models, slide bracket
in from front, positioning outer mounting tabs over stabilizer
bar mounts, and bearing mounting plate under stabilizer
bar. On 2WD models, slide bracket in from rear over stabilizer bar
mounts.
- Position
large hole in bracket over steering box shaft extension nut and
lift bracket and stabilizer bar into place. There will be very
limited clearance between bracket and stabilizer bar until everything
is in place and bolts are tightened.
- Use 4 new M10 x 35 bolts,
lock and flat washers, to attach bracket and stabilizer bar
to original stabilizer bar mounting holes. Do not tighten yet.
Keep in mind that stabilizer bar will need to be pushed rearward
to line up mounting holes as it has a tendency to move forward
when unbolted.
- Snug mounting bolts up, but allow
for final positioning of bracket.
- Align bracket by centering
steering shaft nut in large hole in mounting plate. This does not
need to be perfect as there is some allowance in bearing holder.
- Tighten 4 mounting bolts
to 40 ft/lbs and check to make sure bracket position is maintained
with respect to steering shaft nut.
- We recommend use of an anti-seize
compound in bearing bore and lock ring. Grease is also suitable
to allow for future disassembly.
- Install bearing holder and bearing
(comes assembled) onto steering shaft nut . Orient grease nipple
in desired position.
Do
not worry if bearing housing does not sit flat against mounting
plate as it is a self aligning unit and will align as bolts
are tightened.
- Attach bearing with two ½ x 1 ½ "
bolts, lock washers and nuts. Torque to 50 ft/lbs.
***IMPORTANT***
Tightening these two bolts after the
four frame mount bolts are torqued will ensure that no unwanted
preload is applied to the steering box.
- Install bearing lock ring by sliding onto shaft and rotating
ring to allow it to engage eccentric on bearing race. Rotate
lock-ring tight by tapping with punch and hammer in hole
in lock ring. Do not pound on setscrew hole! Lock ring will
lock in either direction. Tighten set screw with ½
Allen wrench.
-Grease
bearing at normal chassis lube intervals.
Notes:
-
Do not use this bracket as an
attachment point for towing or winching!
- In the event that bearing needs
to be replaced and refuses to slide off after removing lock
ring and mounting bolts, you may remove steering shaft
nut by inserting a flat wrench between bracket and steering
box and unscrewing shaft and bearing as a unit. This
will allow you to press bearing off shaft. Remove bearing
from holder by twisting bearing 90 degrees to holder
in alignment with two slots in backside of holder.
- Bearing is an SA 205-16 ( or 205-100
) one inch bore self-aligning unit. Be sure to specify metal
shields and a grease hole. Holder is a standard two-bolt flange
FL 205.
