Today on our 2012 Ford F-150, we're going to show you how to install Hidden Hitch, part number 87583. A quick note: You can lower the vehicle's spare tire to help make things easier, but we're not going to today. Next, we're going to show you the four attachment points that we're going to be using on the bumper brackets. We're going to show you everything on the driver's side and it's the exact same over on the passenger's side. We're going to use this lower bolt hole on the bumper bracket for our front facing attachment point on our hitch. The other attachment point is further up on the bracket.
It's this large circular hole here. In the hardware kit is a washer that's going to fill this void and you must make sure that it sits in place correctly when you go to tighten down your hardware. First, we'll show you all the hardware that we're going to use on these lower attachment points. We'll be using a bolt, two conical toothed washers and a nut. We'll take our bolt, slide the conical toothed washer on, and slide this assembly through the hitch and through the bumper bracket.
Make sure the teeth of the washer are facing the hitch. Once our bolt is through, we'll take a conical toothed washer and our nut and fit it over and tighten it down. Again, you want to make sure that the teeth are facing the bumper bracket. Ultimately, the hitch and bumper bracket should be sandwiched in between the conical toothed washers here. Next, we're going to go over the hardware for the upper attachment point.
We'll be using a bolt, another pair of conical toothed washers, a block, a flat washer, and a nut. We'll take our bolt and fit the first conical toothed washer over then we'll fit the block over. Next will come our round flat washer and this needs to fill the void on our bumper bracket. Then on the inside of the assembly, we'll take our conical toothed washer, again, with the teeth facing the hitch and our nut. Now, you may want to grab a second set of hands to help you hold the hitch up into position while you get your hardware started.
We'll hold our hitch up and feed our bolts to the lower attachment points and finger tighten the hardware on the back. With our lower hardware finger tight, we can go ahead and begin installing our upper hardware. We'll fit the bolt, conical toothed washer and block into position and, again, we'll make sure our flat round washer fills the void on our bumper bracket. We'll take our conical toothed washer and nut on the back and, again, finger tighten them down. With all of our hardware into place, we can begin tightening all the hardware down with our tools. Now that everything is tightened, the last thing we need to do is grab a torque wrench and torque all our fasteners down according to the instructions. And that's it for our Hidden Hitch install, part number 87583 on our 2012 Ford F-150.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 1996 Ford F-150 - Curt
All right. Today on this 1996 Ford F150 were going to install part number 14001. All right. This is what the hitch looks like when its installed on the vehicle. Next, well give you some measurements that will help you out in selecting some accessories such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver down to the ground will be about 17 inches.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2005 Ford F-150 - Curt
Today on our 2005 Ford F-150, we will be installing the Curt Hitch, part number C13352. This is what our hitch will look like once its installed. Next we will go ahead and give you a couple measurements to assist you in selecting accessories for your new hitch. From the center of the hitch pinhole to the outermost edge of the bumper is three inches. From the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 16-3/4 inches. This will assist you in selecting accessories such as a draw bar, a bike rack, or a cargo carrier.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2013 Ford F-150 - Curt
All right. Today on this 2013 Ford F150, we're going to install Part Number C14002 from Curt. All right. This is what the hitch looks like once installed on the vehicle. Next, we'll give you some measurements that'll help you out on selecting some accessories such as the ball mount, bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the top of receiver opening down to the ground will be about 20-1/4 inches.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2013 Ford F-150 - Draw-Tite
Today on this 2013 Ford F150 were going to install part number 75691 from Draw-Tite. This is what the hitch looks once its installed on the vehicle. Next well go ahead and give you some measurements that will help you out in selecting some accessories such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack, and a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be 20-1/4 inches, from the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will be about 2-3/4 inches. First off well go ahead and remove the spare tire, it makes things a lot easier to see and install the hitch, although its not completely necessary. Now well go ahead and show you where the hitch installs on the vehicle.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2002 Ford F-150 - Hidden Hitch
Today on a 2002 Ford F-15, were going to install part number 87183 for Hidden Hitch. This is what the hitch looks like once installed on the vehicle. Next well give you some measurements to help you out selecting some accessories, such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From top of the receiver opening down to the ground, will be 18 inches. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will be one and five eighths inches. Now well go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed.
Trailer Hitch Installation - 2002 Ford F-150 - Curt
Today, on this 2002 Ford F-150, were going to install part number c14355 from Curt. All right, this is what the hitch will look like once its installed on the vehicle. Next, well give you some measurements thatll help you out in selecting some accessories such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the top of the receiver opening down to the ground will be 18 1/2 inches and from the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper will about 2 1/2 inches.Now, Ill go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. The first thing were going to do is well go ahead and point out the location where the hitch will mount up. Itll use existing holes in the frame located at the bottom.
