Removing trailer hitch
03-05-2009, 09:42 AM
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If it is the same as the factory hitch on my 2008 XLT, then it is part of the bumper assembly and you CANNOT "go underneath the truck and unbolt it"
, unless of course you also do not want a rear bumper. You will need to get a replacement bumper. I assume that you might find one at a junk yard or maybe someone who did not get a factory tow package would trade their plain old bumper for your hitch/bumper combo.
, unless of course you also do not want a rear bumper. You will need to get a replacement bumper. I assume that you might find one at a junk yard or maybe someone who did not get a factory tow package would trade their plain old bumper for your hitch/bumper combo.
03-05-2009, 11:56 AM
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is you look at some hitches you can see that they are mounted to the frame and they have two bolts that go from the hitch to the bumper as well.
this might be what he is talking abougt
this might be what he is talking abougt
03-05-2009, 04:47 PM
#13
My point exactly, if it has a couple of bolts going through the bumper, you should still be able to unbolt the hitch from the bumper with out having to buy a whole new bumper to have a no-hitch setup.
03-05-2009, 05:32 PM
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No guys, as I understand it, the hitch is attached to the frame and the bumper is attached to the hitch. The hitch and bumper are an assembly and if you take off that hitch the bumper is coming with it (if it is a 2008 factory tow package hitch on a Supercrew like mine). You can certainly then detach the bumper from the hitch, but you cannot reattach the bumper to the truck (at least without buying some new parts).
You can buy aftermarket hitches - if that is what the dealer was offering.
You can take off the bumper/hitch from one truck and swap it for a plain old bumper on another - if that is what he was saying.
But I am 99.98% sure that you cannot take off a factory tow package hitch and install it directly onto a truck that came without a factory tow package while keeping its bumper as originally attached.
There have been a couple of threads about this on this forum in the last 4 months since I bought my truck.
You can buy aftermarket hitches - if that is what the dealer was offering.
You can take off the bumper/hitch from one truck and swap it for a plain old bumper on another - if that is what he was saying.
But I am 99.98% sure that you cannot take off a factory tow package hitch and install it directly onto a truck that came without a factory tow package while keeping its bumper as originally attached.
There have been a couple of threads about this on this forum in the last 4 months since I bought my truck.
03-05-2009, 05:38 PM
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https://www.f150forum.com/showthread...y+hitch&page=2
See the thread above for another discussion of the factory hitch/bumper question.
See the thread above for another discussion of the factory hitch/bumper question.