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Today on this 2005 Chevrolet 3500 we are going to install part number RP50064-58. This is
Reeses fifth wheel rails and install kit. The first thing we need to do is get the truck
ready to install the kit. The first thing we did was remove the spare tire so we can
get underneath the vehicle and install the hardware. We will also lower the exhaust because
above the exhaust there is a heat shield and we need to move the exhaust out of the way
so that we can cut the heat shield out of the way. We will look at the passenger side
frame rail of the vehicle and this is the heat shield that goes all the way across.
We are actually going to remove two sections of this. We are going to remove this section
here from this hat channel as far back as we can because right here is where we have
to have wrench access to tighten down parts. The second section we are going to remove
is on this side of the hat channel, there are two right in a row, so we are going to
cut across here and we are going to go all the way to the next hat channel up here and
go across as well. 00:57 Next when you get into the bed of the truck
we will measure out where to put the base rails. What we are going to do is measure
the edge of the bed itself as described in the instructions and make a mark, do that
on both sides, we will line up the rails with a mark and you want to measure left and right
to get it centered in the bed. With the rail in the right spot we will mark out the holes
we drilled. On the rail going towards the cab of the truck we are going to be using
these two holes on the outside edge of the rail on both sides. We will find our center.
We will drill out a pilot hole with a 1/ 8 inch bit. Repeat the same process for the
remaining three holes. We are looking underneath the truck now and we can see the two holes
that we just drilled out and we will hold the bracket up there and see how everything
is going to fit into place. We will just line them up roughly so it looks like
the bracket is going to be using this existing hole here and it looks like we can U-bolt
it or
we can bolt
it into place
here as well by drilling
the hole out. 02:18