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Today on this 2005 GMC Savana Van we are going to be installing Hidden Hitch part number
82580. Before we get started with our installation we are going to give you a couple of final
installed dimensions which are going to help make choosing your hitch accessories a little
bit easier. From the top of the receiver tube opening to the ground is going to measure
14-3/ 8 inches and from the center of the pin hole to clear the rear edge of the bumper
is going to be approximately 4-1/ 2 inches. Lets move on to the installation now. 00:27
We are going to start off up underneath the vehicle and we are taking a look at the driver
side frame rail. You can see that we have got multiple holes here at the bottom of the
frame. The two holes at the rear most section of the frame we are going to use as our two
rear most attaching points. If you continue forward on the frame you can see we have got
an existing round hole there as well. That will be our forward most and final attaching
point for the trailer hitch. That is going to be the same on both the driver and passenger
sides of the vehicle. At this point we can start putting the hardware into place but
I do want to make note that some models like this one here have an excessive amount of
undercoating on them and if your vehicle has that you want to scrape off a good majority
of that to ensure that the hitch and the frame have good metal to metal contact. 01:11