fiatslug87 Posted December 17, 2015 Author Posted December 17, 2015 Gone, hope someone on here got it.
WNY-J24 Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 Looks bent on the left. But still a great deal!
Evil Jim Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 It was just an illusion in the picture... It showed up as straight as an arrow. Now to figure out if it needs the reinforcement plates or not. THANKS!!! JIM
johnj92131 Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 It was just an illusion in the picture... It showed up as straight as an arrow. Now to figure out if it needs the reinforcement plates or not. THANKS!!! JIM What reinforcement plates are you speaking of? Do you mean the spacers that go between the frame rails and the hitch for the bolts? I have one on my truck and a spare Drawtite hitch also, so may be able to help. Just let me know the question.
Evil Jim Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Ours is a long bed, not sure that it needs the spacers. It is supposed to have plates that bolt thru the 2 lower holes, 90 degree bend at the top... Possibly to bolt to the bottom of the frame. Jim
HOrnbrod Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Jim, the Drawtite hitch you bought (p/n 75014) was designed for the 86 MJ longbeds. When the 87's came out with the shortbed MJs, the design was changed and the Drawtite hitch p/n changed to 75021. The 75021 fits both long and short bed models. I have the 75021 on my 91 longbed, and used the spacers that came with it. Looking at pics between the two models, you can see that the side plates are cut very differently. I'm guessing there are some differences between the 86 LWB and later model LWB rear frames, or Drawtite simply changed the design to accommodate both models. :dunno:
fiatslug87 Posted December 24, 2015 Author Posted December 24, 2015 Just to follow up on John's and Don's comments, here are pics of 75021 hitch. You can see the spacers peeking out in the second picture.
krustyballer16 Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 the spacers are just to space it out from the bumper bracket because it has a hump in it this picture barely shows it. hump in the bumper bracket. spacers hitches that i build... this is something that i havent come across while selling my hitches... are the bolt holes different on the 86s? i use 3 frame bolts and the shackle bolt....
HOrnbrod Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 The end plates are definitely shaped and drilled differently on the Drawtite 75014 hitch. Image Not Found
HOrnbrod Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Ours is a long bed, not sure that it needs the spacers. It is supposed to have plates that bolt thru the 2 lower holes, 90 degree bend at the top... Possibly to bolt to the bottom of the frame. Jim Did you ever get this hitch mounted up Jim?
Evil Jim Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Yea, I am going to pull it back off and elongate the 2 rear most holes tho. I am just going to use it to carry a dirt bike... So it will be fine. And yes, it is made for the bumper brackets without the bulge. Jim
HOrnbrod Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Makes sense. The 86 and 87-92 step bumper brackets had different p/n's, so the bulge must be the difference.
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