etrailer | How to Install the Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver on a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox

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Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2020 Chevy Equinox we're gonna be showing you how to install the Curt trailer hitch receiver, but before we do that, why don't we check this out and make sure it's gonna be the right hitch for you With the Equinox being a really popular SUV, people are trying to do a lot of different things with them and that's where a trailer hitch would come in to play. Now, this particular one, it has the smaller inch and a quarter by inch and a quarter opening. So you are somewhat limited to the things you can do with it. Personally, I'd recommend this one if let's say you already had an inch and a quarter accessory or you we're really only planning on using a smaller bike rack or something along those lines this would be a good fit. Especially too, because being a little bit smaller it looks a little bit better when we're discreet.

If you're looking to do some other things, maybe towing or using bigger accessories, things of that nature, a two inch by two inch option would probably be better fitting for you. That's not to say that this one can't tow some trailers and things like that, but the two inch by two inch one will definitely open up the opportunities on what you can actually use your hitch for. This is a class two hitch and so it is going to have a reinforced collar there at the end of the receiver tube opening. Personally, I think this one looks a little bit better than the other inch and a quarter hitch available, but it's just my opinion. It does use a half inch size 10 clip and the safety chain openings are gonna be big enough to allow us to use just about any size hook.

I'm gonna give you a couple of measurements and you can use these to help figure out which hitch mount accessories to get. From the ground to the top inside edge of the receiver tube opening, that's gonna be about 12 inches. So if it we're me, I'd look for accessories that have a rise in the shank, just to give you some more clearance. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the edge of the rear bumper, that's gonna be about five and a half inches and you can use that measurement to help figure out that if any folding type accessories you might have can be stored in that upright position without hitting the back of your Equinox. Other than that though, at the end of the day this will be a good option for those of you, kinda like what we talked about before, who already have those inch and a quarter type accessories, but if you're looking to grow into a few more or do some heavier towing, that class three hitch two inch by two inch one is definitely probably the way way to go to, but it's just gonna depend on what you're trying to accomplish, right As far as the installation goes, these really aren't too bad.

You lower the exhaust down some and you have to enlarge a hole in the frame just a little bit, so it's not really a big deal. Then the hitch just kinda holds up. So it really shouldn't give you too many issues or take up a bunch of your time, but with that said, why don't we go ahead and put the hitch on together now. To begin our installation we're gonna be here at the back of our Equinox and first thing we're gonna do is loosen up our rear fascia. So on each side we're gonna have a screw and I'm gonna remove 'em using a T-15 Torx bit.

Now what we need to do is lower our exhaust some, to give us some extra space to work. So what I like to do is take a strap and just run it from side to side. That way we can control how fast and how far we actually let the exhaust come down. So now if you go to the very end of your car and behind the bumper, you can see these exhaust hanger brackets, and there's gonna be two bolts that run through this way that are holding the brackets on and we're gonna pull those out. I wanna mention too, from this point on, anything we do to one side of our vehicle, we're also gonna do to the other side, so it's set up the same way, but these are going to be 15 millimeter head. So we'll back them out. You can take the plastic bracket and just kind of pull that down like so. If you follow the exhaust towards the front of our car we're gonna have one more exhaust hanger here. This one's rubbery, you can spray it down with some soapy water, some type of lubricant and then just take a pry bar and you're gonna pry one end of it off. Then we will loosen up our straps some. Then when we do that, we can actually get the