Service Procedure

1. Remove and save the two plastic push pins from the front bumper closeout panel (Figure 1).

NOTE:
Do not attempt to remove the closeout panel from the vehicle.

2. Raise the vehicle on a hoist.





3. Remove the cross tube (if currently installed), the two horizontal pivot pins and the two hair pins (Figure 2).





4. Remove and save the two plastic push pins from the rear of the front air dam (Figure 3).





5. Remove and save the four plastic push pins from the front mounting flange of the front air dam (Figure 4).

6. Remove the front air dam by slipping the front mounting flange of the air dam between the bumper cushions and the tow bar brackets (Figure 4).

7. The tow bar mounting brackets and fasteners must be removed from both sides of the vehicle using the following procedure:





a. Access the tow bar retainer nuts by sliding the front bumper closeout panel to the side opposite the mounting bracket being removed (Figure 5).

b. Attach a 3/4 inch wrench to the top tow bar bracket, handle nut and remove the upper attachment bolt (Figure 3).

c. Attach the 3/4 inch wrench to the lower tow bar bracket handle nut and remove the lower attachment bolt (Figure 3).

d. Repeat Steps 7a. through 7c. on the opposite side tow bar mounting bracket.

8. Install the new tow bar mounting brackets and fasteners on both sides of the vehicle using the following procedure:





a. Place a mark on the metal tabs of all four handle nuts at 2-1/4 inches from the nut end. Align the mark on the tab in a vice and bend the tab at a 90 degree angle in the direction opposite the weld nut. Repeat this procedure on all four handle nuts (Figure 6).

b. Insert the four supplied spacers on the four supplied attachment bolts (Figure 6).





c. Loose assemble the tow bar mounting brackets to the right and left side of the frame using the handle nuts and attachment bolts with spacers (Figure 7).

CAUTION:
The spacers must be centered in both the frame and bracket holes. The spacers are properly center when there is no gap between the tow bar mounting bracket and the frame or between the head of the bolt and the face of the tow bar mounting bracket (Figure 7).





d. Bend the tab of the handle nut until it lays flush with the tow bar bracket (Figure 8).

e. Pinch the tab of the handle nut between the tow bar bracket and the frame with a pair of vice grips (Figure 8).

f. Tighten the tow bar mounting bracket attachment bolts to 85 ft. lbs. (115 N.m) (Figure 8).

g. Repeat steps 8 d. through 8 f. on the remaining three attachment bolts.

9. Position the front air dam on the vehicle by slipping the mounting flange of the air dam between the bumper cushions and the tow bar brackets (Figure 4).

10. Install the four plastic push pins in the mounting flange of the air dam (Figure 4).

11. Install the two plastic push pins at the rear of the air dam (Figure 3).





12. Install the supplied cross tube with the supplied Perma pins. The cross tube is properly installed when the words on the warning label are right side up. Rotate the Perma pin lock tab to a 90 degree angle and lock it in place (Figure 9).

13. Lower the vehicle from the hoist.

14. Return the front bumper closeout panel to its original position and install the two plastic push pins (Figure 1).

15. Provide the customer with the supplied front tow bar installation instruction sheet p/n K6855693, two hitch pins and two hair pins.