Re: Smittybilt bumper w/hitch problem
Needle nosed vise grips worked for me. I used them to put the bolt in
the back side and hold it with the nut going outside. It took a bit of cursing and wiggling, but I got them in. Either that or you need to drop the gas tank down. Or totally forget you have a hitch there, because it will 'not' be safe to use without all the bolts holding it on. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Dwayne Wanner wrote: > > I bought the Smittybilt tubular bumper w/hitch. The instructions call for > bolting the hitch with 8 bolts, 4 on each side, using the holes already in > the frame. > I was able to bolt the outside holes fine, however, I cannot get to the > inside holes. Is it really necessary to bolt the four inside holes? They are > impossible to get to. Has anyone done this? Can anyone help? > Thank you for your time. |
Re: Smittybilt bumper w/hitch problem
Thanks. I think I'm going to try your idea.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:3F5789FB.F6E262BE@sympatico.ca... > Needle nosed vise grips worked for me. I used them to put the bolt in > the back side and hold it with the nut going outside. > > It took a bit of cursing and wiggling, but I got them in. > > Either that or you need to drop the gas tank down. > > Or totally forget you have a hitch there, because it will 'not' be safe > to use without all the bolts holding it on. > > Mike > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's > > Dwayne Wanner wrote: > > > > I bought the Smittybilt tubular bumper w/hitch. The instructions call for > > bolting the hitch with 8 bolts, 4 on each side, using the holes already in > > the frame. > > I was able to bolt the outside holes fine, however, I cannot get to the > > inside holes. Is it really necessary to bolt the four inside holes? They are > > impossible to get to. Has anyone done this? Can anyone help? > > Thank you for your time. |
Re: Smittybilt bumper w/hitch problem
Thanks. I think I'm going to try your idea.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:3F5789FB.F6E262BE@sympatico.ca... > Needle nosed vise grips worked for me. I used them to put the bolt in > the back side and hold it with the nut going outside. > > It took a bit of cursing and wiggling, but I got them in. > > Either that or you need to drop the gas tank down. > > Or totally forget you have a hitch there, because it will 'not' be safe > to use without all the bolts holding it on. > > Mike > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's > > Dwayne Wanner wrote: > > > > I bought the Smittybilt tubular bumper w/hitch. The instructions call for > > bolting the hitch with 8 bolts, 4 on each side, using the holes already in > > the frame. > > I was able to bolt the outside holes fine, however, I cannot get to the > > inside holes. Is it really necessary to bolt the four inside holes? They are > > impossible to get to. Has anyone done this? Can anyone help? > > Thank you for your time. |
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