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To remove old keys:

Jack up vehicle and remove tires.

Remove shocks, sway bar, and unbolt lower ball joint.

Remove adjustment bolt.

Have someone push down on the a-arm while you remove the half circle shaped nut from the crossmember.

Now slide the t.b. forward. Be careful because the old key will fall out. and if it lands on your head it will hurt.

Put the bar back into the hole in the cross member just enough so it will stay.

This way youll have enough room to slide the new key in.

While holding the new key in posion ( tip should be about an inch down from bottom of the cross member) slide the t.b. back into the new key.

Now again have someone push down on the a-arm and try to insert the half circle shaped nut. If this is too difficult, you may have to remove one or both of the a-arm bolt, slide in the half circle nut, and then try to align the a-arm and get the bolts back in.

Then just put everything back together. When its done, remove the tie rod ends and put them back in. This is to make sure that they have enough travel and are not in a bind. Sometimes they look ok but they really arent. The joint between the center link and the tie rod only allows a certain amount of travel. If you exceed this you could break it and loose your steering.

With the adjustment bolts out you will already be higher than a maxed out stock key so you may just opt to leave the bolts out. If you want to go a little higher, tighten the bolts but your gonna get close to your bump stop so watch that closely. If you have any question respond to this and ill reply. Check my page for detailed pics.

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