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Trailer Hitch Installation - 2008 Honda Ridgeline
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Manufacturer InstructionsInstallation of a Trailer Hitch on a 2008 Honda Ridgeline
Today we are installing a hitch on a 2008 Honda Ridgeline hitch number 75280. We are going to start off showing you the holes where the hitch will mount up to. It is these three here and it is the same on the other side, plus being two more on the fascia. The first step to lowering the exhaust, sometimes it helps to spray some type of lubricant on the hanger itself so you can take off the rubber grommet easier. So after you do the first one, then you do the same to the back. In some cases, after you lower the exhaust, the heat shield that is around it may come down, as well, so you have more clearance and more access in getting to the bolts on the hitch install. In this case, the heat shield is flexible enough to just move it out of the way to get the hitch installed.
Before you install the hitch it would probably be best to inspect all the holes that the hitch is going to be using to install it. It probably would be best to run a bolt through just to make sure that there is no debris in the way. After you remove the exhaust brackets and the exhaust hanger we are going to take down the heat shield behind it, as well, to give us more clearance.
All right, now we are going to raise up the hitch. And keep in mind that the hardest part to this hitch is going to be on both sides. I will point that out, because it is pretty tight clearance. But it might be best to have another set of hands when you raise the hitch. Once we have the hitch raised up and we get a bolt on each side to start it, we are going to put the rest of the bolts in and then tighten those, but leave them just loose enough to make sure everything else lines up, checking the two bolts in the bumper for plenty of movement in the hitch to allow all your other bolts to go in. All right, after you get all the bolts snug and tightened, for the most part, go back over them and torque them down to the desired torque specifications in the instructions. All right, after you have got everything torqued down, and tightened up at the hitch, it is time to up put back on the heat shield and put back up the exhaust hanger. All right, so that completes the install of part number 75280 on a 2008 Honda Ridgeline.
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