Front 2 inch receiver install

[Turbo Terry]

I had ordered a torq lift 2 inch front receiver and lock and load basket from a local dealer sometime ago. They have just installed it for me. Expensive stuff. Anyway I’m sure they had to remove the front tow hooks to install it but now the passenger side tow hook is loose. Rattles when you grab it. Dealer is 50 miles away. Do you think they just didn’t tighten the bolts etc Maybe stepson can do it and save me a trip.

 

[Ozymandias]

I'd say so. Tightening up those bolts shouldn't be a big deal. Doesn't speak for that dealer let you drive off with only half the job done.
Lose that tow hook going down the road is a massive safety issue, i wouldn't want to have that grenade in my windshield.

 

[endoscott]

Hope they didn't try to use the original bolts and couldn't get adequate thread engagement-probably needed to use longer bolts to account for thickness of the hitch receiver. Just talking out my a$$, I can't remember exactly how mine bolted up, but I am thinking it required new longer bolts.

 

[bighammer]

It might be good for a hitch-mounted winch, but when I had a receiver on my Ranch Hand bumper, it was not as handy as I would've guessed for jockeying a trailer. Can't see anything, unless it's an empty flatbed.

 

[Turbo Terry]

Yes that’s what I thought also. Or kill the guy on the motorcycle behind me. My stepson crawled under there for me said the bolts appeared tight and it wasn’t going to fall off which was my main concern but he never put a wrench on them either he said it appears that there was a spacer left out or something. I think you might might be right bolts with more threads so they go tight. Makes sense thanks.

 

[AH64ID]

If the tow hook is loose then the whole hitch is loose as they use the same bolts. I would call the dealership and let them know they didn’t torque it, and ask for a refund on install to cover fuel costs of the return trip.

Don’t use it until it’s fixed.

Hope they didn't try to use the original bolts and couldn't get adequate thread engagement-probably needed to use longer bolts to account for thickness of the hitch receiver. Just talking out my a$$, I can't remember exactly how mine bolted up, but I am thinking it required new longer bolts.

They don’t bolt up the same as your 14 or my 18, but they still need new bolts. The tow hooks bolt in from side on the 19+ trucks, not the front like ours.

It might be good for a hitch-mounted winch, but when I had a receiver on my Ranch Hand bumper, it was not as handy as I would've guessed for jockeying a trailer. Can't see anything, unless it's an empty flatbed.

It’s defiantly a two person process most the time.

I once used the front hitch to push a TT on a narrow one lane road when the GPS took a buddy down the wrong route. No room to turn around for miles and boulders blocked the trailer from going any further. I came up from the destination end and pushed his trailer back 3 miles to a turn around spot. It took a couple guys guiding me and after a mile or so we got pretty good and moved at a “decent” pace. Much easier than backing that far.

 

[odinjunior]

Doesn't someone make a snow plow for a front hitch?

 

[bighammer]

Doesn't someone make a snow plow for a front hitch?

It might be a tough one to hook up and a single point with all that stress would be too much. Really, my Western is really like 2 receivers, each mounted to a frame rail.

 

[Topzide]

Yes as long as it's a SRW. Quite a few on the market from $1800 and up. They're great for your own driveway and would hold up trying to make any $ with them. I'd be worried about the pressure and torque that is put on that single 2 in connection point! When you'd have snow on the each end of blade, lots of torque there! But if you only needed a couple times a year, might be worth it.

 

[Turbo Terry]

As luck would have it I’m taking the camper / truck back to same dealer for a ac and soft stat install and roof reseal the 21st of June. Stepson 35 yrs old assures me it’s not going to fall off. Front 2 inch does not appear loose in anyway. I think the bolt that holds on the tow hook just needs longer threads to go tight

 

[AH64ID]

As luck would have it I’m taking the camper / truck back to same dealer for a ac and soft stat install and roof reseal the 21st of June. Stepson 35 yrs old assures me it’s not going to fall off. Front 2 inch does not appear loose in anyway. I think the bolt that holds on the tow hook just needs longer threads to go tight

In addition to some smaller bolts, the bolts that hold the tow hooks on hold the hitch on and are the main bolts for the hitch.

 

[Turbo Terry]

Yes I won’t use the hitch until it is fixed correctly. My real main concern is so it doesn’t fall off before then . Certainly wish I wasn’t creeper impaired. I would be under there in a heart beat. Gettin old totally sucks

 

[Minnow101]

Step son can’t work a wrench?

 

[Turbo Terry]

I don’t think the bolt is loose. He said it appeared tight but never put a wrench on it . He said it looked like it needed a spacer or something that was missing ie the threads not long enough on the bolt. So it was tight but had playin it if that makes any sense. I was at his house in the street. He has no creeper and space to pull in his garage etc also he had a bunch of company. I just wanted know it was not going to fall off etc. I have put a hitch in the receiver and a ratchet strap very tight across between the two tow hooks. It will not fall off until I can get back to dealer. Safety first

 

[lpennock]

Can he see if there is a washer on the Tow hook bolts? Here is the install step for the tow hooks.

• Slide the tow hook back through the bumper and into the frame.
• Install one M16-2.00 x 100mm class 10.9 hex bolt with one 5/8"

SAE flat washer into each of the two upper holes in the side plate
and through the tow hook. Loosely thread each of the bolts into
the factory nuts.
• Install one M12-1.75 x 100mm class 10.9 hex bolt with one M12

flat washer into the remaining hole. Loosely secure the bolt with
the factory nut. See Figure 7A.1

While the instruction says to use a 5/8" flat washer, the pictures shows a M16 flat washer. Hole size on a 5/8 is just slightly smaller than a M16 so they should interchange.

 

[Turbo Terry]

Thanks a bunch. Just talked to owner of the place that installed. He said the kit comes with all the hardware but his young installers are very busy and always in a rush.I can see the bolt heads and flat washers thru the fender well . Really sucks to be creeper impaired .

 

[Turbo Terry]

Trying to convert metric to inches I’m old school. 4 inches long

 

[Ozymandias]

About 10cm.

 

[seafish]

Trying to convert metric to inches I’m old school. 4 inches long

Im old school too...the ONLY metric conversion that I can remember, which MIGHT help you here, is that every 5cm is very close to 2 inches.

Relativerly simple to do some of the metric conversions if you can remember only that.

 

[Cummins12V98]

I installed Commercial Cabinets in my career and they were built on the 32mm system. 32mm is within a hair of 1 1/4" so that is what I use to gauge somethings length in metrics.