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partsman01
May 28, 2015Explorer
Well been a bit of a nightmare, once I started drilling the holes found out the bolts in the middle bracket would be too close to a raised part of the frame, so bolts would not sit flat, had to drill further over towards the back of the frame, front ones on left side are by the fuel tank, so turns out there is a bracket in there and can not even get the bolts supplied to fit in the space, cut them to 1 1/2 still too long to go in, so will have to try put one in from outside in, but even though I set hitch like they said to at 24 1/2 inches from back of box it did not turn out well, and then tonight while torquing the only bolts I can get a torque wrench on after cutting three holes in the heat shield on the left side, turns out the bracket as it got tightened crushed the box floor up to the rail above, no where in the kit was there any spacers, and supposedly not needed, but it appears they were needed, but done now.
Not too happy with they way it turned out.
Not too happy with they way it turned out.
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