How do you remove hitch?
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 921
Likes: 0
From: Houston TX
How do you remove hitch?
This thing looks dorky and I want it out of there. Are there nuts above the frame that need to be accessed (that looks like a bummer), or are the mounting bolts simply threaded into the underside? Thanks.
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,775
Likes: 125
From: Birmingham AL
I don't know about the C4 hitch, but my Yukon hitch uses some plate type nuts that are big enough to not spin when you lossen or tighten them. The nuts are basically a piece of plate steal with a threaded hole. The plate will not rotate as the side is touching the edge of the frame. I would think that this would be the case with the C4 as well. Maybe someone with a hitch will step in to verify this.
Racer
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 443
Likes: 0
From: Pueblo Colorado
There are nuts up there in a very hard to reach area...I haven't taken one off but can tell you puttin em on is a MFB! Use lots of penatrating oil or WD40 the night before. Mine is installed with something like 3/4 or 7/8 nuts and bolts...Try not to loose the tubes on the bolts in the frame.
Team Owner
Joined: Dec 1999
Posts: 34,873
Likes: 487
From: Lacey WA RVN 68-69
NCM Sinkhole Donor
Once you get it off, place a for sale ad in the C4 PArts for sale section. You should be able to get $125-150 for it. Save the bolts, any flat plates and the spacers that go between the upper and lower parts of the rear frame rails.
You should be able to get a box-end wrench on the nuts. When I did my Reese hitch install, I used an impact wrench on the bolts and held the nuts with a box-end wrench.
You should be able to get a box-end wrench on the nuts. When I did my Reese hitch install, I used an impact wrench on the bolts and held the nuts with a box-end wrench.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 921
Likes: 0
From: Houston TX
There are nuts up there in a very hard to reach area...I haven't taken one off but can tell you puttin em on is a MFB! Use lots of penatrating oil or WD40 the night before. Mine is installed with something like 3/4 or 7/8 nuts and bolts...Try not to loose the tubes on the bolts in the frame.
Racer
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 443
Likes: 0
From: Pueblo Colorado
Oh krap.
