Installation instructions – Draw-Tite 4434 GOOSENECK RAIL KIT User Manual

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Installation Instructions

Part Numbers:

4434

GOOSENECK MOUNTING KIT

Chevrolet/GMC 2500/3500 Heavy Duty

Short & Long Bed

9461/9471 HIDE-A-GOOSE HITCH INSTALLATION

6a.

Placing Cross Members Between Bed And Frame, Method 1: Loosening The Truck Bed. Remove four truck

bed bolts (using 18mm socket) completely from the driver’s side frame. The bolts are located on the bottom side of

the frame. Loosen, but do not remove, the four bolts holding the bed to the passenger’s side of the frame. Prop up

the driver’s side of the truck bed enough to make room for the cross members to fit between the bottom of the truck

bed side flange and the top of the frame.

6b.

Placing Cross Members Between Bed And Frame, Method 2: Notching the Side Flange. From the passenger’s

side wheel well, notch the sheet metal flange as shown in Figure 4a for 6’ beds and Figure 4b for 8’ beds. After

notching, the cut steel surfaces should be touched up with paint to prevent rusting.

Bed
support

Notch

Bed support

Slide the hitch cross members half way through the notches in the sheet metal flange and place 5/8 carriage bolts

from the Hide-A-Goose hitch fastener kit into the long slots on the rearward cross member from underneath the

vehicle. Slide the hitch cross members above both vehicle frame rails and align hitch cross members as shown in

Figure 6. Note: if the truck bed has been loosened as in step 6a, the hitch can be loosely preassembled to the

cross members, and the hitch and cross members can be slid between the truck bed flange and the vehicle

Figure 4a

6’ beds

Figure 4b

8’ beds

frame (see figure 5). The truck bed will need to be propped up on the driver’s side about 3-1/2” to slide the

hitch and cross members into position.

5/8” carriage bolts

All hardware pictured is from

Hide-A-Goose Hitch fastener kit

Forward cross member

Rear cross member

5/8” washer
5/8” nut

Line up the mounting slots on the frame brackets with the threaded studs on the ends of the cross members. See

Figure 6 to identify which holes on the frame brackets to use. Loosely attach frame brackets to cross members with

5/8” hex nuts, lock washers and flat washers as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5

Hitch preassembled to cross members

2007, 2008, 2009 Cequent Performance Products

Sheet 3 of 8

4434N

4-3-09

Rev. G