Fly in the ointment
So, not gonna rehash the whole store, just that ive been trying to get into a 5ver with a small budget but cant get past the hitch. Needless to say, the hitch installation was never completed beca...
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NorthwestBound wrote:
Thanks for the input on the spacers. I did the uninstall, cut of the old welded on brackets and then installed the Reese 50040 kit.
Wasnt too hard, need a second pair of hands to bolt up the brackets tho.
My bedliner looks like **** but oh well, form over finish.
I went a different route with the spacers. While you slid them inside the crossmember, a video online shows drillng a bigger hole and dropping them into the crossmember. I chose to just run the bolt up from the bottom inside the crossmember, nut and washer on the top, eliminating the spaacer altogether.
I feel more comfortable with this kit installed. It was way to easy to cut those brackets. There was very poor penetration on those welds.
Safety first! Im just glad i can move on and begin searching for 5th wheel now.
Let me make a suggestion on that Reese Twin Jaw hitch, take the rise out of the release handle, I noticed a scuff on mine and 10 minutes later it looked like this!
