Installation instructions – Draw-Tite 4446 GOOSENECK RAIL KIT User Manual
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Installation Instructions
Part Numbers:
4446
GOOSENECK MOUNTING KIT
Dodge Ram 1500
Short & Long Bed
5/8” u-bolt 5-1/2” length – 2 places
14.
Install the hitch into the opening.
15.
Use the installed hitch as a guide to drill the forward 5/8” diameter holes mounting holes. Also drill the 5/8”
diameter U-Bolt holes if installing a 6300 or 8339 gooseneck hitch.
6300/8339 GOOSENECK HITCH INSTALLATION
5/8” X 2.50” Carriage Bolt
Lock washer
Hex Nut
4 Places
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Gooseneck
platform
5/8 u bolt 5 1/2 length 2 places
Safety chain attachment
Truck bed corrugation
1” x 2” shims
4 places
Figure 5
Large flat washer – 8 places
Spring – 4 places
Forward cross member
3 visible full bolt
threads required
5/8” – 18 locking jam nut
4 places
16.
Before installing the 5/8” carriage bolts through the hitch, the U-block shims must be placed between the hitch and
the bed and between the cross members and the bottom of the bed (see Figure 5). These shims are necessary to
prevent the bed corrugations from collapsing when the bolts are tightened.
17.
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 ft.-lb. (203 N-m).
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18.
For 6300 and 8339 Installations: Install the (2) U-Bolts through the hitch and from under the vehicle install the
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 the 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.
19.
Torque the 5/8-11 GR5 fasteners that attach the threaded studs on forward rail to the frame brackets to 150 ft.-lb.
(203 N-m). Torque the 1/2-13 GR5 fasteners that attach the clamp brackets and frame brackets to the vehicle frame
to 75 ft.-lb. (102 N-m).
20.
Re-attach the wiring harness and vapor tube to the vehicle cross member. Also inner fender liners if truck owner
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