'88 4runner factory hitch install help
#1
'88 4runner factory hitch install help
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
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
#2
Registered User
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.
Last edited by Tanker5503; 07-03-2011 at 11:16 PM.
#4
Registered User
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.
#5
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.
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Last edited by waskillywabbit; 08-11-2011 at 07:51 AM.
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#9
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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.
Last edited by xxxtreme22r; 08-11-2011 at 08:32 AM.
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