Today we are going to be filming hitch part number 36252 on a 1999 Ford Taurus wagon. Looking under the vehicle here we are going to point out the attaching points for this hitch. We are going to remove this bolt on both sides of the frame. It will become the upright fastener for the hitch. We are going to be using the existing hole that is just a little bit forward from this slot here on the side of the frame. So the first thing you will do is remove the bolt from both sides of the frame. You can see on this model they have tow hooks which not very many models have but this particular one does have them, so they need to come off as well. With the bolts now out of the energy absorbers, we want to go ahead and lower the exhaust. There are 2 hangers that are holding it on. There is one here to the rear side near the bumper and then there is one more towards the forward side, towards the front of the exhaust here.
Rubber hangers are sometimes are hard to release so it helps to use some type of lubricant like WD40. It makes the removal a lot easier. The exhaust should just sit on the cross member here. With the exhaust now lowered we can go ahead and put the hitch up. We can hold the hitch up into place using the weld nuts that we removed the bolts out of before previously. The hitch does need to go up on the bumper side of the flange here. It is very tight, that is why it is very handy to have ratchet and wrenches like this. It saves a lot of time. We kind of just want to get those hand tightened, we do not want to fully tighten them at this time. With the bumper bolts hand tightened, we can go ahead and look up under the frame here. We can see there are 3 the holes in the hitch. Only one of them will align with the existing hole in the bottom of the frame.
We will show you which one we are going to use just by looking under here. We want to fasten to the bottom of the frame here. We are going to use the block and handle nut combination that are actually going to go inside the frame and the bolt which will go in through the bottom of the frame. A little trick to keeping the block and the handle nut together while in the frame is to to go ahead and tape them together. Use the bolt that is going into the handle nut to hold the 2 in place. And then you can just take the bolt back out. From there, you just want to feed your handle nut and block assembly in through the hole in the frame. You will need to manipulate the handle nut itself into position so that the bottom plate sites tight against the bottom of the frame. I am going to go ahead and do so now, as opposed to just trying to do so inside the frame. Something like this will probably work out for you. You have to get in there very close and then you can just take a screwdriver and pull it into position. We will want to leave that hand tightened for the time being. We want to just do that on the other side as well.
Now that we have all the bolts back up into place we can go ahead and torque the hitch assembly down. I am going to start with the bolts in the energy absorbing unit up here in the vertical side of the hitch which get torqued to 40 foot pounds. With the exhaust back up into position, our install is complete. This will conclude the installation of part number 36252 on a 1999 Ford Taurus Wagon.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 1998 Ford Taurus Wagon - Hidden Hitch
Today on our 1998 Ford Taurus wagon well be installing Hidden Hitch part number 90173. This is our hitch will look like once its installed. Next well go ahead and give you a couple measurements to assist you with selecting accessories for your new hitch. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outer most edge of the bumper is six inches. From the top of the inside of the receiver tube opening to the ground is 11 inches. This will assist you with selecting accessories such as a bike rack or cargo carrier.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 1998 Ford Taurus Wagon - Draw-Tite
Today on our 1998 Ford Taurus wagon well be installing the Draw Tite hitch, part number 36252. This is what our hitch will look like once its installed. Next well go ahead and give you a couple measurements to assist you with selecting accessories for your new hitch. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outer most edge of the bumper is six inches. From the top of the inside of the receiver tube opening to the ground is 11 inches. This will assist you with selecting accessories such as a bike rack or cargo carrier.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2012 Ford Taurus - Hidden Hitch
Today on our 2012 Ford Taurus were gonna install part no. 90075 from Hidden Hitch. This is what the hitch looks like when it is installed on car. Next we'll go ahead and give some measurements that help you out when selecting some accessories such as cargo carrier or a bicycle carrier. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outside edge of the bumper is going to be 4 inches and from the top of receiver opening down to the ground will be 10 3/4 inches. Now we'll go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed.First step is go ahead and lower the exhaust, spray down with some lubricant do this one first.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2012 Ford Taurus - Draw-Tite
Today on this 2012 Ford Taurus were going to install part no. 36492 from Draw Tite. This is what the hitch looks like when it is installed on your car. Next we go ahead and give you some measures to help you out selecting some accessories such as a cargo carrier or a bicycle carrier. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outside of the bumper is going to be 4 inches. And from the top to receiver opening down to the ground will be 10 and 3/4 inches.Now were going to show you how to have the hitches install.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2001 Ford Taurus - Draw-Tite
Today on our 2001 Ford Taurus, well be test installing Draw-Tite Hitch, part number 24699. Here are a few measurements to help you when selecting accessories such as a bike rack or cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pinhole to the outermost part of the bumper is 4 3/4 inches. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 11 inches. Now well go ahead with our install. To begin our installation, well need to remove the exhaust hangers.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2009 Ford Taurus
Today on this 2009 Ford Taurus, were going to be installing Draw-Tite hitch part number 36360 and this installation will also apply to Hidden Hitch part number 90090. Ok before we get started with our installation, were going to go ahead and give you a couple of final installed dimensions which will help make choosing your hitch accessories a little bit easier. For the top of the receiver tube opening to the ground is going to measure 12 inches and from the center of the pinhole to clear the rear edge of the bumper is going to measure approximately 5inches. Ok now well go ahead and move on to our installation. All right, starting off up beneath the vehicle, the first thing we need to do over here on the driver side of the frame is go ahead and lower down our exhaust system. Were going to go ahead and remove the hanger from the frame rail.
