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Today on this 1998 Chevrolet Suburban, we are going to install part number 75037 from
Draw-Tite. This install also applies to part number 87546 from Hidden Hitch. Look at the
passenger side here, we are going to show you exactly where the hitch is going to mount
up. It is actually going to use these three existing holes that is going to be identical
on both sides. All right, first thing we are going to do is enlarge the holes on the end
of the frame. We are going to make those up to 1/ 2 inch. It is almost the same size as
now but this is just to give a little extra room for the bolts. Now the next two holes
here, we are going to enlarge to 9/ 16. Again it gives it better wiggle room to pull the
bolt and the pull wire through. When you do this on the driver side be careful because the wire
harness is laying inside the frame so be careful when you do that side.
First we will go ahead and install our hardware on the very end of the frame here. We can
reach in behind the bumper and put it into place. When you put the block inside there,
you want to orient it in this direction here because the cross member will get in the way
where you can not put it like this or like this because the bolt will not sit straight.
You want to use the block with the off set towards the side. The ones that go inside
the frame are a little bit different. The next step is to go ahead and pull our hardware
from the outside back to the inside of the frame. This particular kit does not come with
a wire pull that is shown here. We will go ahead and install our hardware. We are going
to start with the forward hole, and we will just go ahead and push your bolt leader through.
You have to go through at an angle this
way because part of the frame is sealed off.