How to Install SkyJacker Rock Ready Steering Box Skid Plate (97-06 Wrangler TJ) on your Jeep Wrangler

1. Remove the driver side lower bumper bolt (bolt #1) also remove lower steering box mounting bolt (bolt #2) from frame as shown in figure #1.

2. Holding the skid plate in place, placing the three holes in the skid plate over the existing holes in frame.

3. With the skid plate in place, replace the bumper bolt (bolt #1) and steering box bolt (bolt #2).

4. Use the existing hole in the frame (A) to line up the rear skid plate bolt.Put the nut inside the frame.

5. Put the 5/8" aluminum spacer in place, shim accordingly with supplied washers and install the 3/8" x 2" bolt (bolt #3).

6. With the skid plate in place, locate the remaining hole in the ear of the skid plate. With the hole as a guide, use a center punch to mark the location you will be drilling.

7. Drill a 1/4” hole in the frame at the location you just marked.

8. Screw the 5/16" self-tapping bolt (bolt #4)into the hole you just made and tighten.

NOTE: This Steering Box Skid Plate is compatible with oversized AGR aftermarket steering boxes.