Fey Mounting Bracket Picture

[Mattman6]

I am having difficulty getting my FEY bumper installed. Can anyone provide some picture of

 

1. brackets mounted at the Frame

2. Brackets mounted inside the bumper

3. Bracket mounted to frame without the bumper installed.

 

It's kicking my butt and I have a feeling it's a simple solution. So any help would be much appreciated.

[outlaw star]

If it stops raining, I'll grab you a few tomorrow.

[87MJTIM]

Here is the driver's side

 

When I installed Krusty's receiver hitch, I had to trim the angle piece off.

 

You can see how they're hanging when I installed the hitch.

[Mattman6]

Thanks guys! I just went outside and realized my problem. So after fooling with it this afternoon and this evening. I got it on. It helps to put the brackets on correct! 

 

Thanks again for the pics! 

[ParadiseMJ]

Hey Mattman6,

 

I'm having the same kind of problem.  I only decided to cut off about 1/2 of the "L" off,  I got the hitch on through the shackle bolt and the three mounting bolts.  I installed the bumper brackets INSIDE the hitch, because the mounts on the bumper are 45" at the outside, if I put the bumper mounts on the OUTSIDE of the hitch, the mounts on the bumper are 46".+.   ??!!

 

So, how did you make it work to get the bumper on?? 

[gogmorgo]

With the factory bumper brackets, Krusty's hitch goes outside. The bumper brackets are sandwiched between the frame and the hitch. It looks to me like that's how Tim did it with the Fey, as well.

Just something I noticed, it looks like if you swapped the bumper brackets between sides, it would minimize the amount of the angle needing trimmed, just enough to fit over the frame. This would minimize the loss in lateral bracing, if it's possible.

[87MJTIM]

The bumper brackets are in between the frame and hitch brackets.  I recall trying to flip the bumper brackets to opposite side, but there were still large sections of the "L" that needed to be trimmed, I just cut the whole "L" off.  

 

Carpenters rule: measure twice, cut once.

My rule: just cut, don't measure.

[ParadiseMJ]

At first I thought I could do it by just swapping sides, if I mounted the brackets on the outboard sides, but unless I missed something, it wouldn't have fit the Fey mounting holes, without maybe a spacer or a long bolt, or both.  The actual problem is not so much the inside/outside part, but more the clearance of the hitch side plates, and the way they angle down to the cross member of the hitch...it seems that if I cut a slot in the bottom of the bumper to accommodate bumper to slide into position.

 

The other option I see is to leave the center bolt in the mount, with all the others out, pivot the mount up, attach the bumper and then pivot the mount back down and secure it.  The bumper mounts and the hitch are very solid otherwise. 

[ParadiseMJ]

Well, I got it figured out. The bumper bracket indeed fits nicely on the inside (inboared) of the hitch. I was trying to fit the bumper inboard too. But the bumper mounting holes go out board of the bracket, then it just slides on. I was trying to fight it on there with the "L" on the inside. All I had to do is push the bracket asisde so the bumper bracing went to the outside withe "L" facing to the outside. Now all I have to do is get down in the mud and bolt it up. I just had to sleep on it. Thanks.