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.