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Driving tips/Trailer hitch (dealer option)
receiver tube.
2. Insert the hitch pin into the hole
located on the hitch receiver tube so that
the pin passes through the ball mount.
3. Insert the safety pin through the
provided hole on the hitch pin securely.
4. Check the ball mount assembly by
pulling on it to make sure it does not come
off the hitch receiver.
maximum gross weight. The chains
should cross under the trailer tongue to
prevent the tongue from dropping onto the
ground in case it should disconnect from
the hitch ball. Allow sufficient slack in the
chains taking tight turn situations into
account; however, be careful not to let
them drag on the ground.
WARNING
Do not connect safety chains to any
part of the vehicle other than the
safety chain hooks.
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2)
Hitch ball installation point
Hooks for safety chains
5. Use only a hitch ball that is appropriate
for the ball mount and your trailer. The
hitch ball must be securely installed on the
ball mount.
6. Connect your trailer to the hitch ball.
7. Connect the trailer and the hitch with
safety chains that will hold the trailer’s
Hitch harness connector
8. Connect the hitch electrical wire harness’s black four-pin electrical wire connector to the towing trailer’s wire harness.
9. Confirm proper function of the hitch
electrical wire harness by individually
activating the brake, stop and turn signal
lights on the trailer.
NOTE
Always disconnect the trailer electrical
wire harness before launching or retrieving a watercraft.
& If not towing a trailer
. Remove the ball mount from the hitch
receiver tube.
. Place the dust cap over the four-pin
connector of the hitch electrical wire
harness to protect against possible damage.
. Occasionally lubricate terminals of the
four-pin connector using terminal grease.