Attention: TDR Forum Junkies Just as a heads up for anyone planning to use a Reese 5th wheel hitch and their supplied universal "drilling required" brackets.
When/if you decide to go this route, make sure you remove the driver's top shock bolt and flip it end for end... they are meant to be taken out between the bed/frame (to the outside of the truck), and the bracket makes removing this bolt a little tricky, not impossible, just tricky. By flipping it around so the head of the bolt faces inward, it makes removal a snap.
I ran into this issue this past weekend, and simply flipped the bolt around... it took a universal joint on a 1/2" ratchet to remove it.
When/if you decide to go this route, make sure you remove the driver's top shock bolt and flip it end for end... they are meant to be taken out between the bed/frame (to the outside of the truck), and the bracket makes removing this bolt a little tricky, not impossible, just tricky. By flipping it around so the head of the bolt faces inward, it makes removal a snap.
I ran into this issue this past weekend, and simply flipped the bolt around... it took a universal joint on a 1/2" ratchet to remove it.
