Just got a hitch and need help with install, no nut strips just the bag of nuts and bolts from a Reese box

 

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.

 

UHaul has those wire thingys that thread onto the bolts allowing u to fish the bolts into/thru the holes.

 

Do I need the nutstrips or can I just fish the bolts through

 

No nut strips here, IIRC, when we installed ours, the bolt threads hang down so the nuts can be easily installed.

 

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

 

Maybe one of these videos ('97) will help.

http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitc...cleid=19987433

 

Not needed, mine does not have the one on the drivers side. just giving you options.

 

You can go to a JY and get the nutstrips for $3 for both of them. Makes things WAY easy. You probably have one already on the exhaust side.

 

This is what I got

 

Can't tell for sure......are there pull wires in the bag?.....as shown in the video?

 

Yea I have the wire I got the bag out of a Reese hotch

 

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?

 

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).

 

I got it in today with some grade 10 tractor bolts thanks for the help