Trailer Hitch Installation - 2003 Mazda Tribute

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2001 - 2004 Ford Escape

2001 - 2004 Mazda Tribute

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Installation of a Hitch on a 2003 Mazda Tribute

This install will also cover a 2001-2004 Ford Escape and 2001-2004 Mazda Tribute. First were going to show you where the hitch installs, as you can see here we already have the bolts pulled through the frame. Theres three and we did that is theres a hole at the end of the frame towards the bumper and we used a pull wire to pull the bolts through with a bolt leader. One other difference, if you want to take a look at some of the older models had a big heat shield here, you will have to take tin snips and cut it out, the instructions will show you where to cut. Well start by installing the hitch and resting the passenger side on the exhaust and well put of first fasteners on the drivers side and go back to the passengers side. We used a couple of nuts to hold everything in place, then well install all the lock washers and regular washers and nuts

Running the hitch up in the frame will give us more threads to work with while we put on our hardware. Now well repeat for the other side. Once we have our hardware installed, well take a moment to center the hitch on the frame and see how it looks on the outside. Then well torque down our bolts. Now that weve snugged up our hitch, were going to double check it and center it with the bumper the way we like it. Once we have that well start our final torque. That covers it for our install on our 2003 Mazda Tribute

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