Date:         Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:10:56 -0700
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      hitch for vanagon
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> Subject: [vanagon] hitch for vanagon
>
> I learned of a hitch from a list member that is made
> by Valley
> Industries, 209 368-881.   Model #68700($75.00) is a
> class one tongue
> hitch that mounts to the bumper bracket.
> After removing the bumper it uses two existing holes
> on the bracket
> and requires drilling two additional holes which can
> be drilled
> without removing the brackets from the frame if you
> are careful and
> drill from both sides of each of the two brackets.
> A small cut to
> the bumper is required for the tongue to stick out.
>  Two things to
> be concerned about.   The hitch is slightly less
> wide than the
> distance between the two brackets.
> Shims would fix this problem.   The result is after
> you torque the
> bolts down the holes for the bumper no longer line
> up with the
> bracket.  I slotted the holes and reattach the
> bumper without any
> problems.   The other problem is the holes you drill
> will pass
> through two layers (inner and outer surface) of the
> bracket.   If I
> was planning to do some towing instead of just using
> a bike rack I
> would design a shim to fit inside the bracket so
> that the bolt could
> be torgued to the specified 75 footpounds.
> Verstanezee (bad
> spelling)
>        gary of belmont
>
>
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