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Today on this 2002 BMW x5 we are going to install part number 75492 from Draw-Tite.
This also applies to part number 87405 from Hidden Hitch. It is all going to mount up
behind here and to this cross member here. Okay take off the bumper cover and there are
two main bolts that are right behind this plastic piece here again this part is also
removable so we can just pop that out and there is a bolt with a torque setting here
that we will have to remove to take off the bumper. Then one above each exhaust pipe.
Next we are going to off those screws that go to the fender well and bumper also.
Now go ahead and take the bumper bolts off. We will use a torque spit and the torque spit
size is actually T55. Now we have to undo the fasteners here these just kinda snap into
place so you can just pop them down and pull them out. This whole assembly should just
pop right off. The next thing we need to do is remove these bolts all along here. Again,
they use a special torque spit and this time it is a different size. It is a T50. Next
we will need to make a mark on our cross member right here. What we are going to do is measure
from this edge forward about and inch and 1/ 8th. We will make a line going across.
It will not be centered on the beam it will be over towards the front of the vehicle.
What that is going to do is make sure when we put our hitch up temporarily
that
it is in
the
right spot.