Needle nosed vise grips worked for me. I used them to put the bolt in
the back side and hold it with the nut going outside.

It took a bit of cursing and wiggling, but I got them in.

Either that or you need to drop the gas tank down.

Or totally forget you have a hitch there, because it will 'not' be safe
to use without all the bolts holding it on.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Dwayne Wanner wrote:
>
> I bought the Smittybilt tubular bumper w/hitch. The instructions call for
> bolting the hitch with 8 bolts, 4 on each side, using the holes already in
> the frame.
> I was able to bolt the outside holes fine, however, I cannot get to the
> inside holes. Is it really necessary to bolt the four inside holes? They are
> impossible to get to. Has anyone done this? Can anyone help?
> Thank you for your time.

 

Thanks. I think I'm going to try your idea.

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F5789FB.F6E262BE@sympatico.ca...
> Needle nosed vise grips worked for me. I used them to put the bolt in
> the back side and hold it with the nut going outside.
>
> It took a bit of cursing and wiggling, but I got them in.
>
> Either that or you need to drop the gas tank down.
>
> Or totally forget you have a hitch there, because it will 'not' be safe
> to use without all the bolts holding it on.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Dwayne Wanner wrote:
> >
> > I bought the Smittybilt tubular bumper w/hitch. The instructions call
for
> > bolting the hitch with 8 bolts, 4 on each side, using the holes already
in
> > the frame.
> > I was able to bolt the outside holes fine, however, I cannot get to the
> > inside holes. Is it really necessary to bolt the four inside holes? They
are
> > impossible to get to. Has anyone done this? Can anyone help?
> > Thank you for your time.

 

Thanks. I think I'm going to try your idea.

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F5789FB.F6E262BE@sympatico.ca...
> Needle nosed vise grips worked for me. I used them to put the bolt in
> the back side and hold it with the nut going outside.
>
> It took a bit of cursing and wiggling, but I got them in.
>
> Either that or you need to drop the gas tank down.
>
> Or totally forget you have a hitch there, because it will 'not' be safe
> to use without all the bolts holding it on.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Dwayne Wanner wrote:
> >
> > I bought the Smittybilt tubular bumper w/hitch. The instructions call
for
> > bolting the hitch with 8 bolts, 4 on each side, using the holes already
in
> > the frame.
> > I was able to bolt the outside holes fine, however, I cannot get to the
> > inside holes. Is it really necessary to bolt the four inside holes? They
are
> > impossible to get to. Has anyone done this? Can anyone help?
> > Thank you for your time.