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Re-install Spare Tire and Final Inspection

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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 re-installs the spare tire by using the impact wrench to tighten the bolt, raising the tire back into its carrier. He then shows the completed hitch installation from various angles, expressing satisfaction with the results. He concludes by cleaning his hands with 'Tub o' Towels' heavy-duty cleaning wipes, highlighting their effectiveness for dirty jobs. He reiterates the tools needed and the torque specification.

Goal: Raise and securely fasten the spare tire back into its original position. Conduct a final visual inspection of the installed hitch and clean up the work area.

Tools and materials

  • 18mm Socket
  • Impact Wrench (or Vehicle Tire Wrench)
  • Tub o' Towels (or other hand cleaner)

What they say

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this right here okay so the final thing we're going to do is we're going to tighten our spare back up I'm going to look underneath here while we tighten make sure we're nice and snug this takes the 18 millimeter also same as the bolts for the bumper and the bolts for the [Music] hitch so here is a quick look at the hitch that's what it looks like underneath pretty nice that's what it looks like from behind nice job very happy with it so guys in quick review we have the th sprint o 7c three five eight pause it right now if you want to see the model number I'll post a link down there for an amazon link to purchase this I think it was around 150 bucks something like that you need a torque wrench okay you need to tighten these bolts to 79 foot-pounds it's an 18 millimeter bolt you're going to need two wrenches you're going to need a socket if you have an impact driver bring that it's easier if you pull the spare tire you might as well just go in and take the time to pull the spare tire it takes four minutes pull it out and make your life so much easier we're going to take our tub towels we're going to pull out a couple towels here you guys have never used this product I'm not sponsored by them I don't care I don't care if you do use them my hands are absolutely disgusting I'm a nurse okay guys I work in a hospital you don't want your nurse to have disgusting hands I'm going to tell you that right now so we take our tub of towels and we wipe our hands clean and we're done if you have some rubber gloves you can wear while you're doing this if you work as a professional or something like that you don't want to get gross hands I suggest using them because this our van right there is fairly yucky back there that's the rear of the vehicle something that we did not expect was the exhaust so we've got an exhaust issue a

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