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

Video Transcript for Trailer Hitch Installation - 2010 Pontiac G6 - Curt

Today, on this 2010 Pontiac G6 we're going to install part number C12333 from Curt. This is what the hitch looks like once installed on our Pontiac. Next, we'll go ahead and give you some measurements to help you out in selecting some accessories, such as a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the center of our hitch pin hole to the edge of the bumper, it's going to be about 8 inches. From the top of the receiver opening, down to the ground, will be about 9 inches. Now, we'll go ahead and show you how the hitch is installed. On our passenger side, we need to remove this bolt, and get this strap out of the way.

Now with the strap out of our way, we need to go ahead and hold our hitch up and use it as a template to mark our holes to drill our holes out. We'll have to drill three holes on each side. To do that, we'll go ahead and get an extra set of hands and hold up the hitch. Now, our hitch has an extra hole built-in, so when we put it up there we'll make sure that hole lines up when we mark for our holes. Once we have it in place we'll go ahead and use some spray paint to go ahead and mark for our holes. We got our marks for our holes we'll go ahead and drill those out using a quarter inch drill bit for a pilot hole.

Then, we'll go back at it with a larger sized bit. Now that our vehicle's ready, we can go ahead and install our hitch. To do that, we're going to need to install our hardware. We'll get a carriage bolt, and a block, they'll be pulled together in the frame and then through your frame and then through the hitch. The bottom will get a flange nut. This will be the same all the way around on the hitch.

On the passenger side, you'll get a new bolt for the strap clamp that we removed earlier. Now, to install our hardware, we'll use a bolt leader that comes with the kit. We'll take it and run it through the hole we're going to use. We'll take our block, push it onto the wire, and into the frame. Then, we'll thread in our bolt. Then, we'll push it in the frame, and pull it out.

We'll repeat this for the other attachment points. We're done with our driver side, we'll go ahead and repeat the same process over on our passenger side. However, our access holes is hidden behind these lines right here. We can reach behind it to get inside, but it'll be close to work with. To complicate matters, there's a brake line that goes right across the access hole. Now, I'll raise and lift our hitch in position. You may need an extra set of hands for this while we install the hardware. As we lift it up, we'll make sure we don't push any bolts back up into the frame. We'll install all our fasteners on finger type first. When we push our hitch up here, we got to pull down on these lines to get it out of our way, and make sure your bolt comes through. Then, we can slip it in position, and then, install our hardware. It's a good idea to get one nut started on each side and then we'll go back and install the remaining fasteners. To help align our strap up with the hole, we'll go ahead and use a screwdriver. Then, we'll hold it in place and install the new bolt that comes with the kit. However, since the hole is pretty large in the strap, I decided to add a small washer on my own just to take up some of the slack. Now, with all of our hardware loosely installed, we'll go ahead and tighten down everything for good. Then, torque the bolts down as specified in the instructions. With our bolt's tighten down, that will finish it for part number C12333 from Curt, on our 2010 Pontiac G6. .