JAvendan

hello and happy 4th everyone!

i bought a factory hitch for my '88 4runner from a fellow forum member a while ago and have cleaned it up a bit and hit it with some paint.

also got some new hardware/bolts and washers for the install.

i removed the bumper and found where to slide the hitch into the frame rails but it seems like i need another inch or so... meaning it gets wedged between the end of the frame and partly into the rails.

i can't get the thing in there.

anyone have any tricks???

i don't have any pics because i was working on a tight time schedule and had to remove the hitch and replace the bumper before having to leave for the day.

any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated.

joel

Tanker5503

if u don't have any BL ur gonna have to remove the tailgate to get it in probably at least i had to. There are only 4 bolts that hold it on. 2 with bolt directly into the hitch and 2 bolts that have nuts i believe all the bolts pass through the frame. it slides and bolts right in if its the right hitch all 4 bolts light up.

JAvendan

tanker,

thanks for the info!

i didn't get any notification that you had replied - doh.

thanks again.

joel

xxxtreme22r

I don't know which is why I am asking, but does those hitches slide into the frame rails or get bolted to the outside of them? I was under the impression they bolt to the outside of the rails between what would be the bumper and the frame.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

On the outside but two bolts go through frame and into nuts on removable plates that go inside the frame made specifically for the hitch.

:wabbit2:

JAvendan

^^^

correct!

now, to find the time and git r done

joel

xxxtreme22r

It sounds to me hes trying to slide it on the inside of the frame rails if so that might be his problem.

JAvendan

i take tanker's advice and remove the tailgate.

joel

xxxtreme22r

it bolts to the outside of the frame rails for a reason, I would bolt it up the way it was meant to bolt it up. I don't see how a body lift affect anything related to a trailer hitch or the tailgate when the thing is supposed to slide up not forward. But your having a problem putting it on for a reason and that reason is it's not supposed to slide inside the frame rail.