Please read before mounting this hitch. 5 minutes of preparation will save you 2 hours of work.
It took 3 attempts to finally attach the hitch. The 1st time I got 2 of the mounting bolts aligned and started in the bolt holes but could not get a 3rd one to start. I took the hitch back down and drilled the holes out to remove the paint and enlarge them by a 1/16 of an inch. I then put it back in place and again started 2 bolts but the 3rd bolt kept cross threading in the nut bar. I had to remove it a 2nd time and then fish the nut bar out of the cross member so that I could run a tap in the nutbar holes to clean the threads. I then got 3 bolts started but the 4th hole on the Hitch Bracket would not align with the 4th mounting hole without using a bar clamp to twist the bracket into place. I spent over 2 hours mounting this hitch when it should have taken about 30 minutes. Also Harley uses the two holes in the crossmember to tie wrap a wiring harness inside the crossmember so they have to be removed before the nut bar can be put in place.
