Hidden Hitch Trailer Hitch Receiver with Drawbar - Custom Fit - Class II - 1-1/4"

Video Transcript for Trailer Hitch Installation - 2011 Chevrolet Impala

Today on this 2011 Chevy Impala were going to install Hidden Hitch part number 90137. Here are a couple of measurements that will assist you in selecting accessories for your new hitch. From the center of the pin hitch hole to the outermost point of the bumper is 7 inches. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 13-1/4 inches. Now lets go ahead with the installation. Before we can install our hitch, we will need to lower the exhaust.

We will remove these two hangers here and lower the exhaust, before I lower my exhaust I am going to go ahead and put a safety strap underneath of it, so we can control how far and fast it will fall. Now to remove the hangers, Im going to need to use a little spray lubricant first, this will make it easier to remove it and reinstall later. We will go ahead and use a pry bar and simply remove the rubber hanger from the upper portion of the hanger bracket. With our hangers removed we can go ahead and lower the safety strap so the exhaust will come down. To give myself a little more working room I am going to go ahead and remove the hanger off the exhaust pipe also.

Now we can lower our safety strap and this will give us enough working room. We have a total of 6 fastening points, four on the frame, two on the drivers side, two on the passengers side, and then weve got two on the cross member between the frames. Everything we show you on the drivers side we will repeat exactly on the passengers side. We will use our pull wire to fish our fasteners into the frame and cross member. We will go through the fastening point and back out the access hole.

I will slide my block on, and then thread on my bolt. Simply take my block, push it up into the frame followed by my bolt, then we feed up into the frame and pull into position. Now I will go ahead and remove my bolt leader and repeat the same process for my forward fastener. With our install kit we get a total of four bolt leaders so I am going to go ahead and leave this one on as it will assist me in putting my hitch up into place without pushing the hardware back up into the frame. Now lets do the one for the cross member on the drivers side.

For our cross member we will be using the 1-3/4 inch carriage bolts. We will go in through our attachment point and out through the access hole, just as we did on the frame. Once we have the hardware up into the cross member we will go ahead and pull it into position. I will go ahead and leave my bolt leader in place. Now I will go ahead and repeat the same process on the passengers side. Now with all of our fasteners in place, its a good time to get an extra set of hands to help you put the hitch up into position. We will feed the bolt leaders through the hitch and go ahead and install our conical tooth washers with the teeth of the washer facing the hitch, and our half inch nuts. Now with my two cross member fasteners in place, we can go ahead and remove our bolt leaders and tighten down our fasteners. Now with my two cross member fasteners installed we will go ahead and remove the bolt leaders and install conical tooth washers and half inch nuts on our remaining fasteners. We will just tighten our fasteners down finger tight until we get them all into position. With all my fasteners into position we will go ahead and tighten them down. Now with all my fasteners tightened down I will go ahead and torque to specifications as indicated in the instructions. With all my fasteners torqued to specifications we will go ahead and reinstall the exhaust. Alright with my exhaust reinstalled we can go ahead and remove the safety strap, and there you have it for the installation of our Hidden Hitch part number 90137 on a 2011 Chevy Impala.