Installation instructions, Part numbers – Draw-Tite 4449 GOOSENECK RAIL KIT User Manual
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Installation Instructions
Part Numbers:
4449
GOOSENECK MOUNTING KIT
Ford F-450
Will not fit Cab-on-Chassis vehicles
5/8” X 2.50 GR5 Carriage Bolt
Lockwasher
12.
Use the hitch as a guide to drill the 5/8” diameter holes for the rearward cross member. Also, drill 5/8” diameter U-Bolt holes
if installing a 6300 or 8339 gooseneck hitch.
13.
Before installing the 5/8” carriage bolts through the hitch, the U-block shims (Part Number 5994) must be placed between the
hitch and the bed and between the cross members and the bottom of the bed. These shims are necessary to prevent the bed
corrugations from collapsing when the bolts are tightened.
19
Lockwasher
Hex Nut
4 Places
19
14.
Align the rearward cross member with 5/8” diameter drilled holes.
15.
Install the 5/8” X 2.50 GR5 carriage bolts through the hitch, shims and cross members. Secure with lock washers and nuts.
Torque nuts to 150 Lb.-Ft.
16.
For 6300 and 8339 Installations: Install the (2) U-Bolts through the platform and from under the vehicle install large flat
washer over the U-Bolt followed by a spring, another large flat washer and secure with a thin 5/8” jam nut. Repeat for other
legs of the U-Bolts. The 5/8” jam nuts are tightened until 3 threads are visible past the bottom of the jam nut.
17.
Torque 5/8-11 GR5 fasteners connecting the rearward cross member to the brackets to 150 ft.-lb. (203 N-m).
18.
On Gas Engine Vehicles Only: Use the factory flange nut that was removed in step 2 to tighten the tube holder onto the L-
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bracket as shown in figure 2c.
19.
Reinstall exhaust as shown below.
Exhaust installation:
20.
If there is less than ½” clearance between the exhaust pipe and the cross members, the exhaust bracket supplied with the
4449 mounting kit must be used (See figure 6a and 6b). For the rear attachment (Figure 6a), fasten the supplied bracket
extension to the factory bracket with the factory M8 bolts, then fasten the extension to the frame with the supplied hardware.
Reattach the exhaust bracket forward of the axle to the frame cross member with 3/8” spacers sandwiched between the
bracket and cross member.
Factory
nuts
Mounting
bracket
Frame cross
member
ExhaustBracket
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4449N
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Rev. A
Figure 6a
Rear Attachment
Figure 6b
Center Attachment
Factory
bolts