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This fully welded, corrosion-resistant vehicle trailer hitch receiver is perfect for your light-duty towing needs. Draw-Tite's Tested Tough guarantee ensures that this hitch exceeds industry standards. Drawbar sold separately.
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Draw-Tite's Tested Tough program provides testing standards far superior to those outlined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the go-to source for engineering professionals.
Each Draw-Tite trailer hitch receiver undergoes extensive fatigue testing and static testing with the ball mount that is either supplied or recommended for use with that particular hitch, thus ensuring results that are applicable to real life use. Fatigue testing is also conducted on hitches rated for use with weight-distribution systems.
In addition, Draw-Tite performs static testing on a simulated automobile, as opposed to the rigid fixture used for SAE testing, resulting in a more true-to-life scenario.
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Installation Details 
2000 - 2013 Chevrolet Impala
2014 - 2016 Chevrolet Impala Limited
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today on our 2009 Chevy Impala we'll be installing the Draw-Tite hitch, part number 36407. Here's what the hitch looks like installed on our vehicle. Now we'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements in helping you choose some accessories for your hitch, such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack, or a cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pinhole to the outermost edge of the bumper is approximately 7". From the top of the opening in the receiver to the ground is approximately 13-1/2". Now let's go ahead and put our hitch on. To begin with we will need to lower the exhaust out of the way so we can access the mounting locations on the passenger side of the vehicle.
Before we remove any of the exhaust hangers we're going to want to put a safety strap to go ahead and support the exhaust once the exhaust hangers have been removed. Now that our safety strap is in place we'll go ahead and use a little bit of spray lubricant to help the exhaust hangers come off a little bit easier. There are two holding the muffler at the back and one a little bit farther up on the exhaust pipe. With these three removed we can go ahead and loosen a little bit of the slack on the safety strap and lower the exhaust down. Now let's go ahead and point out the hardware that we'll be using to mount our hitch to our vehicle. For both locations on both the passenger and the driver side we will use the 1/2" by 1-1/4" carriage bolt, the spacer block, a 1/2" conical tooth washer, making sure that the teeth are facing the hitch when we install it, followed by a 1/2" hex nut.
For the two center locations on the crossmember of the frame we'll be using a 1/2" bolt by a 1-3/4" long with a spacer block, and again a conical tooth washer and a 1/2" hex nut. We'll go ahead and begin by fish-wiring in the carriage bolts with the spacer blocks in their appropriate locations. No it's a good idea to get an extra set of hands to help you hold the hitch up while you put the conical tooth washers and nuts on. Once we have all the hardware installed, go ahead and tighten it down and torque it to the manufacturer's specification. Now that we have all the hardware torqued to the manufacturer's specification, now we're ready to go ahead and put the three exhaust hangers back in place that we removed earlier. With the exhaust back up we can go ahead and remove our safety strap.
With that, that will complete the installation of our Draw-Tite hitch, part number 36407, on our 2009 Chevrolet Impala. .
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (200 Customer Reviews)
This fully welded, corrosion-resistant vehicle trailer hitch receiver is perfect for your light-duty towing needs. Draw-Tite's Tested Tough guarantee ensures that this hitch exceeds industry standards. Drawbar sold separately.Added this hitch to my 2003 impala to pull a small utility trailer. I chose this hitch over others because the square tube passes through and is welded to the side plates instead of just mitering the square tube and welding, which was the case on at least one other hitch etrailer carried. The hitch came with all the parts I needed including 4 wire bolt leaders. It did not have lock washers, though, so I ended up providing my own for the rear attachments, and nylock locknuts for the side bolts. The hitch went on easily after lowering the exhaust, but when I went to rehang the exhaust I found that the muffler pushes against the bolts on the right side of the hitch. The exhaust is now louder in the cabin. I'll have to find a way to bend the exhaust hangers some to remedy that problem. 16190
this products tracking was great . the hitch was clean and all bolts and washers were securely baged to the tow hitch I fitted it without reading the instructions and the bolts spring wire system for positioning attaching bolt /washer plate drill free installation was fun and not time consuming the hitch was so accurately manufactererd that I was able to lift the hitch up and all vehical gravity bolts/ washer plates positioned in the hitch within 5 seconds for torqueing I received a perfect older used ball and receiver for 5 dollars produced by the same company the reinforcing and metal thickness is exactly where don't worry about it is produced for winning thankyou 407926
Great, solid product. Installation was very simple. the wire retainers for the bolts worked very well. Would recommend! 413392
Draw_Tite hitch was a veritable snap to install. I did not refer to the written instructions much as I had watched the eTrailer.com website installation videos before I had even placed my order. The videos are just fantastic for learning the step-by-step installation process. I only had to refer to the written instructions for the actual torque requirements for the bolts and nuts. It would have been helpful to have a second person to lend a hand with the lifting into place and holding the hitch while the nuts were applied, but I was able to do the whole process by myself with the car up on ramps while laying on a creeper on the garage floor. If I had to find one complaint, it would only be that the hitch hardware does come with four (4) of the fish wire bolt leaders. I did not see this listed in the contents so I went ahead and ordered three extras I didn't really even need. Even so, the whole kit and process was pretty painless and a great price and value. 36852
The draw-tite hitch was not difficult to install by myself except , you should have included 6 pull wires because there is 6 bolts and the wires do not like to be reused. Only 4 wires were included and it was quite difficult to force the wires to be reused. The cost for the extra wires would be minor compared to the head aches for myself and I'm sure many others. So I'm dropping 2 stars , otherwise would have been 5. 552727
no problem to install on 2013 Impala, pulls my class 1 trailer just great. Expect you have for many years. Thanks 725620
Easy install. Perfect fit 714904
100% satisfaction. Perfect bolt in asse mbly. 706646
Very happy with our trailer hitch. It has served us well over the past year and everything from ordering to installing was a simple process. We needed the hitch for my fathers wheel chair. It made life simpler for my parents if they didn’t have to put the wheel chair in the car, If I need another hitch in the future, I will order from here again. 699481
Showed up fast and worked perfectly. 696467
This is an excellent hitch and incredibly easy to mount. Everything lines up and it is solid. It feels like it came this way from the factory. 695833
We have a couple of kids getting into biking and we use this hitch for a bike rack. We use it to go up the road a couple of miles and to drive hours to vacation and bike in Vermont and Acadia National Park in Maine. At the same time, my wife is uncomfortable driving the car to work with the bike rack installed. No problem - it's easy to take the rack off and put it back on. We have plans to try other devices with this product - like maybe a trailer for a canoe or row boat. I'm very happy we got this hitch - it has allowed us to really do more with our kids without any hassle. That's gold. 680620
2nd hitch that I have bought and they work perfectly. 679950
Very easy to install, bolts fished through cross members very easily. Looks very clean from back of vehicle. 677903
Works exactly as it should. This unit was a perfect fit to my 2006 Impala. It was super easy to install and made family outings bike riding a smooth transport. 673876
Great product, easy install! 668969
It fit great thank you for your fast se rvice 665274
I could not believe how easy this was to install or how quickly it shipped (for free). I installed it by myself in about a half hour (including the 4 flat connector I purchased at the same time). This is a great product and I would recommend it to anyone. 664422
Good timing and on time thx 663032
The installation for this hitch was super easy! It literally took me just over a half hour from start to finish. .. honestly it took longer to find my wrenches. After Dropping the exhaust down from the rubber hangers, I was surprised how easy the fish wires were to use. All of the holes lined up, and the bolts dropped into place. One of the simplest things I've done to my car ever! Almost ranks with putting gas in. LOL 657753
I have ordered a similar product in the past and I have been so excited that the product has held its own and that the new product I ordered will surly meet my every need when towing my trailer. 636292
Fast delivery, I won't be installing it for a month. so after I install it I will do a update to review. Looks good in box,,should fit as planned, excellent customer service. 633653
Well made product and fit perfectly! 629670
Greetings, i just got done Installing it. 2 hrs and already pulling a trailer with my car.. 615440
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