4/22/2014
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
PART NO. 41-164
TRAILER HITCH
CAN-AM SPYDER 2008-2014
TOOLS
NEEDED:
PLIERS
13MM
WRENCH
4MM
ALLEN
WRENCH
17MM
WRENCH
(2X)
THREAD
LOCK
INCLUDED
IN
HITCH
KIT:
HITCH
FRAME
RIGHT
MOUNT
LEFT
MOUNT
M10
X
462MM
BOLT
5/8”
X
3/4”
SPACER
(2X)
AXEL
CAP
M8
X
12MM
SET
SCREW
(2X)
M10
HEX
NUT
M10
LOCK
WASHER
(8X)
M10
X
20MM
BOLT
(6X)
MUD
FLAP
KIT:
FLAT
BRACKETS
(2X)
M6
WASHER
(2X0
M6
X
20MM
BOLT
(2X)
M6
X
30MM
BOLT
(2X)
M6
LOCK
NUT
(4X)
PLEASE
READ
THROUGH
AND
UNDERSTAND
THESE
INSTRUCTIONS
BEFORE
BEGINNING.
THREAD
LOCK
SHOULD
BE
USED
ON
ALL
FASTENERS
.
INSTALLATION:
1.
REMOVE
THE
2
BLACK
PLASTIC
CAPS
COVERING
THE
AXEL
ON
THE
BACK
OF
THE
SPYDER.
PULL
OUT
TO
REMOVE.
2.
USE
A
PAIR
OF
PLIERS
TO
REMOVE
THE
COTTER
PIN
FROM
THE
END
OF
THE
AXEL
ON
THE
RIGHT
SIDE.
THE
COTTER
PIN
IS
NOT
REUSED
BUT
YOU
SHOULD
SAVE
IT
TO
USE
IF
YOU
EVER
COMPLETELY
REMOVE
THE
TRAILER
HITCH
FROM
THE
SPYDER.
3.
USING
A
13MM
WRENCH
REMOVE
THE
BACK
BOLT
FROM
THE
REAR
BRAKE
ASSEMBLY.
LOOSEN
THE
FRONT
BOLT
AND
PIVOT
THE
BRAKE
DOWN
AS
SHOWN
IN
FIG.
1.
4.
TAKE
THE
TWO
5/8”
X
3/4”
SPACERS
AND
SLIDE
ONE
INTO
EACH
SIDE
OF
THE
AXEL.
IF
THEY
ARE
LOOSE
PUT
A
PIECE
OF
MASKING
TAPE
ON
THE
OUTSIDE
OF
THE
SPACER
TO
TIGHTEN
THEM
UP.
PUSH
THEM
IN
SO
THEY
ARE
FLUSH
WITH
THE
END
OF
THE
AXEL.
5.
TAKE
A
M8
X
12MM
LONG
SET
SCREWS
AND
THREAD
IT
INTO
THE
WELD
NUT
ON
THE
BOTTOM
OF
THE
RIGHT
MOUNT.
SEE
FIG.
2.
JUST
GET
IT
STARTED.
DO
NOT
THREAD
IT
IN
ALL
THE
WAY.
REPEAT
ON
LEFT
MOUNT.
6.
STARTING
ON
THE
RIGHT
SIDE
SLIDE
THE
RIGHT
MOUNT
OVER
THE
END
OF
THE
RIGHT
SWING
ARM.
SEE
FIG.
3.
HOLD
THE
MOUNT
TIGHT
AGAINST
THE
SWING
ARM
AND
TIGHTEN
THE
SET
SCREW
USING
A
4MM
ALLEN
WRENCH.
7.
PIVOT
THE
BRAKE
ASSEMBLY
BACK
INTO
POSITION
AND
INSTALL
THE
BACK
BOLT
YOU
REMOVED
IN
STEP
3.
TIGHTEN
BOTH
BOLTS
ON
THE
BRAKE
ASSEMBLY.
8.
GO
TO
THE
LEFT
SIDE
AND
SLIDE
THE
LEFT
MOUNT
OVER
THE
END
OF
THE
LEFT
SWING
ARM.
HOLD
THE
MOUNT
TIGHT
AGAINST
THE
SWING
ARM
AND
TIGHTEN
THE
SET
SCREW.
9.
TAKE
THE
AXEL
CAP
AND
PLACE
IT
OVER
THE
END
OF
THE
AXEL
ON
THE
RIGHT
SIDE.
SEE
FIG.
4.
10.
INSTALL
THE
M10
X
462MM
LONG
BOLT
WITH
A
LOCK
WASHER
FROM
THE
LEFT
SIDE.
PUSH
IT
THROUGH
THE
AXEL
AND
OUT
THE
RIGHT
SIDE.
SEE
FIG.
5
11.
INSTALL
THE
M10
HEX
NUT
AND
A
LOCK
WASHER
ON
THE
RIGHT
SIDE
AS
SHOWN
IN
FIG.
5.
USING
TWO
17MM
WRENCHES
TIGHT
THE
BOLT
AND
NUT.
12.
INSERT
THE
HITCH
FRAME
INTO
THE
MOUNTS
WITH
BALL
MOUNT
HOLE
ON
THE
TOP.
INSTALL
THE
SIX
M10
X
20MM
LONG
HEX
BOLTS
WITH
LOCK
WASHER
AND
TIGHTEN.
SEE
FIG.
6.
13.
ALWAYS
CHECK
ALL
OF
THE
BOLTS
TO
MAKE
SURE
THEY
ARE
TIGHT
BEFORE
USING.
14.
A
MUD
FLAP
MOUNTING
KIT
IS
INCLUDED
WITH
THE
TRAILER
HITCH.
USE
BIG
BIKE
PARTS
PART
NUMBER
2
‐
111
MUD
FLAP
(NOT
INCLUDED).
SEE
FIG.
7.
Copyright
©
2014
by
Big
Bike
Parts,
Inc.
No
part
of
this
instruction
sheet
may
be
reproduced
without
the
written
permission
of
Big
Bike
Parts,
Inc.
