Installation: etrailer Trailer Hitch Receiver on a 2015 Dodge Journey
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Hi there Journey owners. Today on our 2015 Dodge Journey, we're going to be installing each etrailer.com's class three, two inch trailer hitch receiver. And this is what our hitch is going to look like when it's installed. You are going to be able to see the cross tube and the receiver sticking down below your bumper. It is a class three, two-inch by two-inch receiver. So it's going to be great for all of your towing needs.
Whether it be bike racks, cargo carriers, or small trailers. It uses a five ace inch hitch pin and clip. Now one doesn't come included with the hitch, but you can pick one up here at etrailer.com. It features plate-style safety chain loops. It's got a medium size opening that should accommodate most safety chains.
It features a 400 pound tongue weight. That's the force going down on top of the receiver. And a 4,000-pound gross towing capacity, and that's how much it can pull behind it.You can use a weight distribution system with this hitch, but it will not increase your tongue weight or gross towing capacity. You always want to verify in your vehicle's owner's manual and ensure that you don't exceed any of your vehicle's towing capacities. With these weight ratings, it's more than enough for a bike rack or small cargo carrier, as well as small trailers.
Now I've got some measurements for you to help you when deciding on accessories. From the ground to the top inside edge of the receiver tube, it measures about 13 and a half inches. This is important when determining if you need a drop rise or raise shank on any of your accessories. And from the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the rear bumper, it measures about four inches. This is important when determining if any of your folding accessories can be placed in the upright storage position without contacting the bumper.We'll begin our installation by placing a strap in place to catch our exhaust, cause we're going to need to lower it down.
Simply wrap that around our lower control arms here, making a little catch for the exhaust. To lower our exhaust down, we'll need to remove the hangers. There's going to be three on each side. There's two at the rear most on top of the muffler and there's one towards the front. We're going to spray these with some silicone lubricant to help make it easier to take them off. And then you can simply use a pry bar to just pry these off.We're going to do the same thing with the one at the front part of the muffler towards the front of the vehicle. Once you've got three removed on one side, you're going to repeat the same process on the other side. Then we can loosen our strap up, little by little, lowering it down nice and slow. You just want to get enough room to where you can get your hitch up in above your muffler. We'll now use our fish wire that comes in the kit to start feeding our bolts in. We're going to start with the hole in the bumper beam here in the back. We're going to go in up through that and then come out the side. Once you get it out the side, slide your large spacers that come in the kit under the fish wire, then thread your carriage bolt onto the fish wire.Slide them both in and drop them down. We're going to repeat this on the other side for the hole in the bumper beam. Then we'll fish wire our bolts into our frame. So we're going to take our fish wire, go up through the small hole, go back to our larger square hole here, where we're going to pull the coil then down. We'll now use the smaller spacers. We're going to slide that onto the carriage bolt, thread our carriage bolt on it. Push those up into the frame and use the fish wire to pull it back down. We're going to repeat that for the other hole on this side, and then both holes on the other side. Before we place our hitch up, we're going to take the wedge shaped spacers, we're going to place the larger side of the wedge towards the rear of the vehicle.Then we're going to use some tape to just hold that in position wrap it around the other side, and you can just take a screwdriver or piece of plastic, just push it through there. Razor blade works as well. This way we can get our bolt to feed through, but our spacer will stay in place. We're going to do that on the other side as well. Now with an extra set of hands, we're going to feed our hitch into position. You want to be careful not to push the bolts back up into the frame. Thread on the flange nuts that come into your ki