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This is good to know! Would have saved me a day for a 1/2” and save me a couple hundred $$. The bolts that came with the hitch are 10.9 25/32 and about 2” in length. Just did a bit of reading and see that 10.9 are grade 8 but metric? Bolts look a bit over kill but heavy duty for sure. I’ll be...
Don’t mind this assistance at all! Wish I knew it prior to starting. Holes were to be 25/32 but had nothing in the local hardware stores larger than 3/4 so I got a Milwaukee hard metal step bit. Worked great on 3 holes then was more dull than a polished rock. Went and purchased another for the...
Two straight days of drilling into this kryptonite. And hundreds of dollars of drill bits later. Got the hitch mounted. Probably the most frustrating job I have done yet. Never swore so much in my life…
Two tires on! 4 to go. Got it down to a 2 day turn around. Longest part is cleaning the rim really well and painting. I need to invest in an air ratchet. Doing this all by hand and a 6 foot breaker bar with 1” drive.
I have not had an issue putting the tire on or off yet. I just walk the tire back and forth at an angle until it lines up with the studs and then put the nuts on I raise or lower the bottle jack until they line up perfect. The hard part are those darn hutchens run flat tubes! Getting them out of...
Thank you. A lot of blood sweat and swears went into this machine to get her looking like this especially removing and mounting a tire by yourself.
I was thinking the same about the seats and did a lot of searching. Decided to go with a high quality marine vinyl that is durable and water...
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