Installed a front receiver on my F350 today
When I did a similar install on my 03 F350 many hears ago there was much cursing, modifying, prying and cracked knuckles. I'm happy to say there there was none of that this go round.
I had a break in the weather this afternoon and decided to tackle the front receiver install.
The receiver is a Curt 31018 specific to the F350 4x4, My 2011 fits the model yr range of this product I got it off Amazon for $115.
I watched the online video and it made the install look easy, It was.
Start to finish took less than an hour. Fishing the bolts through the frame was a piece of cake using the supplied hardware.
The biggest pain in the butt is that without a lift or putting the truck on ramps or jack stands it was really hard to get leverage on my big torque wrench and crank the bolts to 110/ft pounds. my shoulders and arms got a work out.
The only tools I needed were a 3/4 socket, a ratchet wrench, a torque wrench, a small flat head screwdriver (to stick in the bolt threads to prevent them bolts from falling back into the frame while I removed the fish wire and screwed on the nut), and a dremel tool to cut the notch in the plastic air dam.
The vertical fins go on first then the cross bar upside down to mark where you will cut the air dam. flip the cross bar add the bolts, tighten and torque
The kit
In place
air cam cut
Honda 2000 in a Torklift Sidekick rack ready to go
I had a break in the weather this afternoon and decided to tackle the front receiver install.
The receiver is a Curt 31018 specific to the F350 4x4, My 2011 fits the model yr range of this product I got it off Amazon for $115.
I watched the online video and it made the install look easy, It was.
Start to finish took less than an hour. Fishing the bolts through the frame was a piece of cake using the supplied hardware.
The biggest pain in the butt is that without a lift or putting the truck on ramps or jack stands it was really hard to get leverage on my big torque wrench and crank the bolts to 110/ft pounds. my shoulders and arms got a work out.
The only tools I needed were a 3/4 socket, a ratchet wrench, a torque wrench, a small flat head screwdriver (to stick in the bolt threads to prevent them bolts from falling back into the frame while I removed the fish wire and screwed on the nut), and a dremel tool to cut the notch in the plastic air dam.
The vertical fins go on first then the cross bar upside down to mark where you will cut the air dam. flip the cross bar add the bolts, tighten and torque
The kit
In place
air cam cut
Honda 2000 in a Torklift Sidekick rack ready to go
