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Position and Secure the Tow Hitch Receiver

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How to install receiver hitch on any vehicle at home Sprinter Van Hitch install/ spare tire removal!

What happens here

The host manually lifts the very heavy tow hitch into place under the vehicle. He advises starting one bolt on each side to support the hitch's weight and aid in alignment. Once the hitch is supported, he inserts the remaining bolts, shims, and nuts. The kit comes with two shims and two nuts for each side, totaling eight connection points. This step is physically demanding due to the hitch's weight.

Goal: Carefully lift the heavy tow hitch receiver into position, aligning it with the bolt holes. Insert one bolt on each side to temporarily hold the hitch, then insert the remaining bolts along with the provided shims and nuts.

Tools and materials

  • Bolts
  • Nuts
  • Shims
  • Tow Hitch Receiver

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getting dirty guys this is the manual labor portion of our install this thing's pretty darn heavy just so you know so I know I'm going for my bottom right bolt here and I've got that guy slid in there I'm going to start my nut on this so it doesn't fall on my head okay then I'm going to go to the other side and I'm going to slip it up and slide I wish I could show you this but I can't run a camera and do this at the same time boom the trick is get one bolt started on this side and go over the other side and run a bolt through put a nut on it and you're good let me take you over here and show you so here's our bolts that were lifted I ran this bolt through I'll take you around the back side over here and right there so we just ran it out you got four total bolts that go in here so we'll run all four of those bolts in and snug it up what I did was slide this bolt in and then put the nut in on the other side over here just to hold it in place so it didn't fall down on my head this is it guys this is it it's almost install it's almost completely done it's awesome we'll put our bolts in torque them into place just like the manual says to do and boom the hitch is in hitch is ready I'm not running the electrical today I'll run the electrical at some point but I'm not going to run it today so the

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