etrailer | Installation: Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver on a 2013 Chrysler 200
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Hi there, neighbors. Today on a 2013 Chrysler 200, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install Curt's one and a quarter inch Class One trailer hitch receiver.And this is what our hitch is going to look like when it's installed. Our cross tube's going to be hidden behind the bumper, so you're only going to see the receiver tube sticking out the back here. It's a 'class one', one and a quarter by one and a quarter inch receiver, so it's going to be great for your light telling needs.Whether you're going to put a bike rack on it, loaded up with a couple of bikes, a small cargo carrier, or even a very light duty trailer. It uses a half inch hitch pin and clip. Now, one doesn't come included with this hitch, but you can pick one up here at etrailer.com.It features hoop style safety chain loops that has a very large opening, that should accommodate just about every shape, size, and style of safety chain, from your very small do your very large.
It features a 200 pound tongue weight, that's the force going down on top of the receiver. And with 200 pounds you should have no problem putting a bike rack on there and loading it up with two bikes.It also features a 2000 pound gross towing capacity and that's how much can pull behind it. Now as always, I want to recommend that you verify in your vehicle's owner's manual, and ensure you don't exceed any of its towing capacities.I've got a few measurements here to help you when deciding on accessories. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of our rear bumper, it's going to measure 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.And from the ground to the top inside edge of the receiver tube, it measures about 10 and three quarter inches.
This is important when determining if you need a drop rise or raised shank on any of your accessories. And since it is so low, I would recommend that you have a raised shank on all of your accessories.Now that we've gone over some of the features, let's go through the installation together so you can have the confidence to do it at home.We'll begin our installation underneath the vehicle by lowering down our exhaust. You'll want to put a strap in place first, snug it up a little bit, because once we take our hangers loose and drop it down, we don't want to cause any damage to the exhaust, so that'll catch it and let us control how far we lower it.We're gonna use some spray lubricant to lubricate our hangers to make them easier to pry off. There's four hangers we're going to need to remove. Two behind the muffler, one on each side, then two in front of the muffler, one on each side.
Want to get behind it, and then you can just pry it off. We're gonna do the same thing for each of the remaining hangers.We'll now take the coiled cable that comes in our kit. We're gonna use this as a fish wire to get our bolt from the access hole here and to come out the hole located here. So we're gonna put the coil then in the small hole. We're going to feed it back to our square hole here.
And bring the coil back out.We can then place our spacer over the coiled end and push that up into the frame. And then thread our carriage bolt onto the coiled end. We can then push that up into the frame, and pull it back through. Once you've got it back through, just go ahead and push the bolt so it's just inside the frame like that. And you'll repeat this same process on the other side.The other hole just to the rear of the hole where we fished our wires through is going to use the longer bolts that come in your kit. Place your spacer on the long bolt, and then from the outside of the frame in, you're going to feed the bolt through the hole. And so that way it comes out the inside. Now once again, we're going to push that in slightly so we can get our hitch into place. We don't want it sticking out cause that'll interfere with raising our hitch up. We're going to do the same thing on the other side as well.Now with an extra set of hands, we're going to lift our hitch into position. You'll need to work it up over the exhaust on one side first, then the other. Then you can take your fish wire and put it through the forward most hole.We'll then lift it up, lining up the hole in our hitch with the holes in our frame, and then use our fish wire to pull the bolt through.And then use the fish w