? Whys that... 4 bolts two harness connections and poped id say five of those little plastic tabs out and came right off.. Took me 5 minutes... also what do you guys mean by sas?

And i guess you could call what im doing maintenance. Maybe adding something kinda haha. Between work and school my time has been pretty limited. Iv got a lot done and should wrap it up this weekend. Ill post some pics up when i finish. But till then yall keep guessin.

 

That's how I removed mine

 

sas is solid axle, rather than ifs

 

Yea, it's 4 big bolts from what I recall, like 24mm ? Maybe you can get in there without removing that plate then. I may have removed mine to work on something else.

 

Yeah that sounds about right. Had to move a piece of plastic shrouding on each side to get to them. Just pushed it up. Skid plate isn't in the way at all. You must have been working on the steering because that's the only thing the skid plate is in the way of. I have it removed now and taking it off gave me direct access to the power steering box the pitman/stabaliser arms and all that stuff.

 

well if your getting access to the pitman arm, and power steering...steering upgrade, or your adding stuff to it for a bigger lift

 

Just what I was going to say lol

 

Just for future it's 21mm

 

Thanks Jake, now I know what to grab before I crawl under. That 98 bumpers going in the trash soon. Damn thing is rusted out. It's funny, - rusted from the back side right up to the chrome. The chrome wasn't ripped or punctured, - just no metal left behind it in spots lol.

 

Looking at the bumper from the front and thru the big hole, there's like a rubber flap inside that you have to remove or push up on. Is that what your referring to ? That's what I was probably thinking of. It's like a thick rubber, fastened in with those Ford plastic plugs. Mines rubber anyway.

 

np. your gonna love the 99+ bumper

 

I'm just going get another 97-98 bumper. I like it. Strange ehh lol.

 

the 97-98 4x4 bumper is an exception

 

I'm A fan of that style bumper. Although I also like my larger grille too

 

Yea, I didn't realize the 2WD and 4WD were different ? I guess they are -