tow hitch
01-09-2012, 10:56 AM
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tow hitch
Just got a hitch and need help with install, no nut strips just the bag of nuts and bolts from a Reese box
01-09-2012, 11:00 AM
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If there is no nut strips in the uni-body (most come with the pass one for exhaust hanger IIRC)
Then your going to have to fish the bolts in threw the frame rail and down threw the uni body. easiest way I have seen is with the back bumper off. thats how it was done on mine. JCR offroad, and Dealers can sell you nut strips thought, you could slide them in and bolt it up.
Then your going to have to fish the bolts in threw the frame rail and down threw the uni body. easiest way I have seen is with the back bumper off. thats how it was done on mine. JCR offroad, and Dealers can sell you nut strips thought, you could slide them in and bolt it up.
01-09-2012, 11:09 AM
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When i did mine i welded bolts to rectangle piece of steel and slid them thru the unibody till they fell in the hole the bolt welded to the rectangle steel is so it doesnt move when tightening
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01-09-2012, 12:02 PM
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01-09-2012, 02:02 PM
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It sounds like the hardware bag you got isn't from a cherokee specific hitch. Am I correct in assuming this?
If so, you will likely have all sorts of problems trying to get that hitch installed. For the cost of the nutstrips why not do it with the correct (and much stronger) factory hitch installation method?
If so, you will likely have all sorts of problems trying to get that hitch installed. For the cost of the nutstrips why not do it with the correct (and much stronger) factory hitch installation method?
01-09-2012, 02:20 PM
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Etrailer says about +/-45 minute install and no bumper removal. That video is exactly the way we installed our UHaul hitch. Hardest part I remember was removing the exhaust hanger bolt (no air wrench).