Rugged Ridge Tow Hitch Receiver Installation Writeup

[Sierra]

Maybe it's possible to connect the Trailer wiring harness here?

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[beammmer]

Hitch looks great, I have the factory one, need to darken that exhaust can

 

[TrailTorque]

Hitch looks great, I have the factory one, need to darken that exhaust can

Did you rattle can yours? If so what did you use?

 

[beammmer]

Yup, easy peasy. It was an old can, hope it holds up for awhile. Looks sooo much better. Of course, only I notice.

 

[JeepBaw]

Hitch and ball great to have even if you dont plan on towing as it will give your jeep some protection when the 17 year old girl in her Civic rams you from behind while texting. With the added benefit of further wrecking her radiator.

 

[TrailTorque]

Hitch and ball great to have even if you dont plan on towing as it will give your jeep some protection when the 17 year old girl in her Civic rams you from behind while texting. With the added benefit of further wrecking her radiator.

Priceless LOL

 

[GandalftheGreyL]

awesome tutorial! thank you

 

[TrailTorque]

awesome tutorial! thank you

Glad I could help buddy!

 

[Rufus]

Hitch and ball great to have even if you dont plan on towing as it will give your jeep some protection when the 17 year old girl in her Civic rams you from behind while texting. With the added benefit of further wrecking her radiator.

This actually happened to me, except it was a 17 year old boy not a girl, and I was in a GC not a Wrangler.

So has anyone installed the wiring harness and is there a write up? I’m not sure if I’m going to install just the hitch now and deal with the wiring later or just get it out of the way now.

 

[TrailTorque]

This actually happened to me, except it was a 17 year old boy not a girl, and I was in a GC not a Wrangler.

So has anyone installed the wiring harness and is there a write up? I’m not sure if I’m going to install just the hitch now and deal with the wiring later or just get it out of the way now.

I still haven’t gotten the wiring harness but it’s pretty straight forward from what I understand.

 

[Kllrbee]

Wow, that was easy as shit.
Mine was slightly different as I had a bracket there with 2 welded nuts on it.
Remove the 2 outer bolts and 2 little bolts on the bottom of the bumper. Then you can muscle the receiver hitch in between the crossmember and the bracket. Its pretty easy as the welded nuts on the hitch go into the holes on the bracket. It holds it in place too once you got it on right.
Then put your center bolts in as stated above. I reused the outer bolts that were on there. Tighten, check for level, done.

 

[Babynurse]

Hi,
I purchased this hitch but I have an L bracket that needs to be removed first. The instructions are a little confusing. Any help or pics of which bolts to remove would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[TrailTorque]

Hi,
I purchased this hitch but I have an L bracket that needs to be removed first. The instructions are a little confusing. Any help or pics of which bolts to remove would be appreciated.
Thanks

I did not have the bracket but from what I understand is you just loosen the bolts enough to slide in? Or so Ive heard. The separate instructions if I remember call for total removal.

 

[TrailTorque]

I’m pretty sure Rugged Ridge torque specs are 80lbs, Mopar hitch bolts I believe are 60lbs.

huh?

it didn’t list the specs in the instructions awhile back when I got it but they could be included now so that’s good to know!

 

[rts4714]

Know this is bit of a dated thread but.....Did you guys have to get any dealer codes for uconnect after hooking up the wiring harness? When I added a hitch to my 2015 grand cherokee, the trailer lights wouldn't work until the dealer "activated" them. Arguing with 4 dealerships got them to do that service for free...think it's normally $100

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