DRIVING TIPS 445
NOTE
Always disconnect the trailer electrical wire harness before launching or retrieving a watercraft.
Hitch ball installation point Hooks for safety chains
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6. Connect your trailer to the hitch ball.
7. Connect the trailer and the hitch with safety chains that will hold the trailer’ s maximum gross weight.
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. 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.
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WARNING
Do not connect safety chains to any part of the vehicle other than the safety chain hooks.
8. Connect the hitch wire harness’ s black four-pin wire connector to the towing trailer’ s wire harness.
Hitch harness connector
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9. Confirm proper function of the hitch electrical wire harness by individually activating the brake, stop and turn signal lights on the trailer.