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Today we are going to install part number 36407 from Draw-Tite, and we are going to
install this Class II trailer hitch receiver on a 2004 Chevrolet Impala. First we will
show you where the hitch mounts up to the frame of the vehicle. The hitch is going to
mount up to the bottom frame of the vehicle here and here. And then also it is going to
mount to the outside hole here from a crossmember, one on both sides. And on the passengers side
frame, it is going to be the same existing holes, but right now they are covered up by
the exhaust. So that means that the next step is going to be to lower the exhaust. And that
gives us a little more working room to install our hardware.
We will go ahead and start installing the hardware into our frame. What is going to
happen is that this block will go on the inside along with this bolt. And also, there are
two different bolt sizes in this kit. There is a short one here there are four of those.
And we are going to use these two things along the passengers side. The long bolts will go
onto the crossmember toward the rear of the vehicle. We will put our wire pull into the
hole that we want to put the hardware into, out the access hole, and then just push the
block onto the wire in the inside of the frame. And then one of our short bolts push the assembly
inside and pull it back out. And then do the rest of the holes identically, the same way.
All the blocks are going to be the same.