Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver with Standard Drawbar - Custom Fit - Class II - 1-1/4"

Video Transcript for Trailer Hitch Installation - 2011 Toyota RAV4 - Curt C12108

Today on our 2011 Toyota Rav-4 well be installing the Curt trailer hitch receiver in a Class II with an inch and quarter opening, part number C12108. Heres what the hitch looks like installed on our vehicle. Now well 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 pin hole to the outermost edge of the bumper is approximately three inches. Now youll notice that this vehicle has a spare tire on the rear hatch. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost edge of the spare tire cover is a little over six inches.

From the top of the opening in the receiver to the ground is about 13 inches. Now lets go ahead and install our hitch. To start with well need to remove the tow hook located over here on the drivers side. To remove this tow hook well need to take out these two bolts here. We will not be putting the tow hook back up, nor will we be reusing the hardware.

Once we have the tow hook down and out of the way, then well need to remove a cover that covers another existing weld nut. To do this you can simply use a razor knife and cut the cover off. Its just a sticker that covers up the threads. The hardware that well be using then at these two locations to install our hitch will be an M-12 bolt and a half-inch conical tooth washer, making sure that the teeth face towards the hitch when installing. So well be using the rear most location and then the forward most location as our mounting locations.

Over here on the passengers side well need to uncover both of the existing weld nuts that were going to be using. Theres actually a total of three over here, so well again use the rear most location and the forward most location. Youll simply just take your razor knife and uncover the existing weld nut. Now, if for some reason (02:00) the covers have already been removed from the existing weld nuts they might need to be cleaned out. To do this you can use a nylon tube brush, which is part number 814092 and a little bit of spray lubricant.

In our case, though, all of the existing weld nuts we're already covered up still, so all of our threads are clean.Next were going to need to remove the rearmost exhaust hanger that will allow the muffler to tilt down just enough to let us slide our hitch into place. To do this well use a large pry bar and a little bit of spray lubricant. Now that weve pointed out the two mounting locations over here on the passengers side, well again be using the M-12 hex bolts and the half-inch conical tooth washers on these two locations as well, so all four mounting locations will use the exact same hardware. Now well go ahead and raise our hitch up into place and well begin by putting one set of hardware in on each side to hold the hitch up. Once the hitch is held up into place we can go ahead and put the other two locations in. Well then center the hitch up and then tighten down the hardware. Once the hardwares been tightened down well then torque it to the manufacturers specification. Now that the hardwares been torqued to the manufacturers specification all thats left to do is put the exhaust hanger back on and were ready to go. That will complete our installation of the Curt trailer hitch, part number C12108 on our 2011 Toyota Rav-4 (04:00). .