Tools needed were Electric drill with 11/16 drill bit and countersink bit.
Set of socket wrenches and Torque wrench (which you should already have for correctly checking the torque of your wheel lug
nuts), screwdrivers, tape measure, and spirit level.
The one item that Reese omits to supply, are spacers for the u-bolts.
They give you 4 u-bolts and all Coleman frames are 3, so you need two spacers, 2 by 1 by 6 long. Ive seen people use metal
tube, but I am using wooden spacers I cut to size. The metal ones I tried to use were 1/8 too small, and didnt fit tight enough.
The wood is a nice snug fit, and Ive painted them black, so they match the trailer.
Before starting I drilled the holes in the friction pad brackets and countersunk
them. I should have attached them to the side brackets, as it would have been easier to do in my workshop beforehand instead
of out at the trailer.
Installation was easy enough, adjusting the angle of the ballmount was
tricky. I had to tighten the lower nut enough to let it keep the angle I set it to. Initially I used the 2.5 inches they recommend
for heavier tongue weights, but when attached the ball was at 19 inches not the 17 inches we started with, and this was with
all 200 plus pounds of me standing on the hitch, so I reset it to 2 inches.
The first time I tried to hook it up was on level ground and with the rear
of the car on lynx levelers and the jack fully raised, it took the two of us all our strength to bend the bars into position.
Later we used my neighbors driveway, where the front of the tow vehicle was in a dip and the rear wheels on the lynx levelers
and what a difference, DW was even able to install them.
Then the road test, what a difference. The pop up felt nice and solid.
No jerking and no sway either. So we then decided to go to Santa Cruz for the night, and drove over the Santa Cruz mountains
over Highway 17. I have driven this highway plenty of times with no anti-sway device, but this time there was no sway to be
felt, even going downhill and on bends. A little sway when a big rig passed, but it disappeared very quickly.
In summary it was money well spent.
Heres where I bought it
http://www.reesehitch.com/weightdist_lite.html
