Hide-A-Goose Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2006 Chevrolet Silerado 2500 HD - Video

Today on this 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD we will be installing Hide-A-Goose part number 9463-34. We are underneath the vehicle and the first thing we want to do is go ahead and take the spare tire out and get it out of our way. Next thing in preparation we want to go ahead and lower the exhaust off of its two rearmost hangers. We have got one right here and one forward up here. To remove the exhaust off of its hangers I am just going to go ahead and spray the stud down with a lubricant like a WD-40 and you can either take a crowbar or a pair of pliers and pry that off of there. The next step is to go ahead and remove the heat shield over the section just forward of the rear axle here. From here to here is the section we need to remove. And we can do this by one of two ways: we can go ahead and unscrew the entire heat shield by removing the bolts that are holding it on or we can just take a cutting tool and go ahead and just cut that section out, which is what I am going to go ahead and do. Okay now we have the heat shield cut and out of the way we want to next bend down the heat shield for the gas tank itself so it will not interfere with the cross members when we go to put them in place. more

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Posted: 10/20/2009 1:41:48 PM

Hide-A-Goose Gooseneck Hitch Installation - 2005 Chevrolet Silverado - Video

Today we are going to install part number 9463-34 from Draw-Tite. We are going to install this on a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado. First we are going to do is get the truck ready to install the hitch. Go ahead and lower the spare tire and get that out of the way because you are going to need to lean over the differential and tighten down the bolts. Next what you want to do is go ahead and get the exhaust and loosen it up so you have a little more working room to install the kit. When lowering the exhaust what you want to do is pull down a little bit and spray some lubricant in there, let it work in a little bit, then you can go ahead and pry it off. Okay there is one more towards the front of the vehicle, we will undo that one too. Now you have more flexibility to work around it. Our next step is to loosen the bed on one side, it does not matter what side just pick the one you prefer to work on. And there are going to be four of these bolts right here going along through the frame. more

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Posted: 8/12/2009 11:38:08 AM

Gooseneck Hitch Installation - 2008 Chevy 3500 HD - Video

Today we are going to be installing Hide-A-Goose part number 9463-34 on a 2008 Chevrolet 3500 HD long bed. Before we get started, we want to do a couple of things in preparation. We want to go ahead and lower the spare tire out of the way, and we are going to go ahead and take the exhaust and remove it from its two rear-most hangers. The rear-most hanger for the exhaust is right here, and the next one up will be just rear of the muffler. There are two more things we are going to do in preparation before we get started. Just forward of the axle here, in between these two hat channels, we need to actually remove the heat shield from that section. The easiest way to do that is to get a cutting tool, like a Dremel or some tin snips, and you can go ahead and just cut the section. And we also are going to need to either cut or bend down the upper portion of the heat shield here, right above the gas tank - this part here. From here up it is going to interfere with the crossmembers coming through when we go to put those in place. So again, you either have the option of cutting it or just bending it down out of place. There is actually a third thing as well. On models that have the factory-installed brake control system, there are two bolts holding it on, on the outboard side of the frame. We can actually loosen those and pop them out the larger portion of the holes there. And we are actually going to remount that to the new mounting bracket that is included in the installation kit. more

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Posted: 7/16/2009 1:38:56 PM