Smittybilt 56660xx User Manual

Installation Instructions

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NOTE: Carefully read the entire instructions thoroughly before attempting to install this prod

uct.

G.E.A.R. Overhead Console

07-10 Wrangler/Unlimited

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(Part # 56660xx)

Parts Included Qty Parts Included Qty

Overhead Main Frame
Front Adapter Bracket 1
Windshield Frame Nut-Plate 1
Sport Bar Clamp Rings 2
GEAR cover with pouches 2
Footman Loop 1

NOTE: It will be necessary to have the soft top folded down or hardtop removed when installing this
product.

Step 1: Carefully remove top center windshield interior trim piece. (Fig A) Note: pull carefully or use some
type of panel puller. (Fig A)

Step 2: Remove center footman loop. On some models it can be un-bolted using a #25 torx on others
you will need to drill out the rivets using a drill and 1/8” drill bit. (Fig B) Note: Use caution when
drilling. Drill the hole out using a ¼” drill bit.

10x25mm Hex Bolt 1
10mm Flat Washer 2
10mm Hex Nut 1
Allen Head Machine Screw 2
#10 x ½” Machine Screw 2
Cap Nut 2

Carefully remove top center windshield interior
trim. Note: pull carefully or use some type of
panel puller.

(Fig A) (Fig B)

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Remove center footman loop. On some models
it can be un-bolted using a #25 torx on others
you will need to drill out the rivets using a drill
and 1/8” drill bit. Use caution when drilling.

Installation Instructions

not tighten compl

etely at this time.

slot into

the windshield

frame.

G.E.A.R. Overhead Console

07-10 Wrangler/Unlimited

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(Part # 56660xx)

Step 3: If your footman loop was bolted on, attach the front adapter bracket to the same holes using the
factory bolts you previously removed. Do not tighten completely at this time. (Fig C) Proceed
to Step 7 now.

Step 4: If your footman loop was riveted on you will need to use the windshield frame nut plate. To the
left of where the footman loop was mounted there is a slot in the windshield frame. Simply hold
the rod connected to the nut plate and slide the nut plate through the slot into the windshield
frame. (Fig D)

To the left of where the footman loop was
If your footman loop was bolted on, attach the
front adapter bracket to the same holes using
the factory bolts you previously removed. Do

(Fig C) (Fig D)

Step 5: Once you have inserted the nut plate into the windshield frame slide it down until the two
threaded holes in the nut plate line up with the two holes in the windshield frame that the footman
loop was bolted too. (Fig E) It may be necessary to bend the rod on the nut plate in order to get the
correct and easiest angle to line the holes up.

Step 6: When the holes are lined up, you may now attach the front windshield adapter bracket to the
windshield frame using the included allen head machine screws as shown in Fig C.

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mounted there is a slot in the windshield

frame. Simply hold the rod connected to the

nut plate and slide the nut plate through the