Hope this helps others looking to do this. Overall installation took about 2 hours including painting the scratched parts and grinding the bracket, and of course struggling to get it to fit before figuring out that I had to do grind it. Now off to get my carrier, probably should look for one with a raised/angled mounting bar. Could have been a tighter fit but I guess that is what you get with universal parts (not custom made for a V). The receiving hitch sits about 1.5 inches below the bumper.
#Draw tite hitch v 5 driver#
Trick: support it on the passenger side with a box or jack, temporarily mount the driver side, firmly mount the passenger side, then finish up on the driver side (after 20 mins figuring out that the existing bracket needed to be modified).Īlso. Go figure.ĥ) I installed it myself, two people would have helped, just because it is awkward to work with it upside down. But removing the muffler wasn't working for me, so it was a little tight.Ĥ) Need 17mm socket and offset wrench to remove parts, and 19mm to put new ones one.
#Draw tite hitch v 5 install#
If you don't care about the bracket, it the driver side install is easy.ģ) Instructions have you remove the muffler (rubber holder) from the bracket, which would really have made the install easy. If you want to re-install the bracket, you will need to grind off about 3/8 inch from the bracket to get the holes to align. Not sure if this is a Draw-tite issue or an Amazon one.Ģ) For the V, the instructions require you remove (and not replace) the right side tie-down bracket. Draw-Tite is the premier brand of custom trailer hitches.
Overall: Looks pretty solid, once it all mounted.ġ) If you buy it from Amazon, it will come dinged up because they basically ship it with no packaging. All Draw-Tite hitches meet and exceed V-5 and SAE J684 standards and are fully inspected for quality and workmanship and backed with a Nationwide Limited Lifetime Warranty. The model was 24847 which Draw-tite says will fit 2010-2011 all models, 2012 except plug-in and the 2012 V. Just installed a draw-tite hitch on my V and wanted to pass on my experience.
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