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(updated video now includes removing and reinstalling the jack bracket)
It's possible to stow the jack tools kit under the jack, freeing the jack tools cubby for your own use, which I use for a trailer hitch.
There is a cavern of space between the interior panel and the body.
So much actually the tire iron bag can fall all the way down if you let it.
You have to protect the body from the jack tools from the inside of course, but even so, the bottom area where the bottom end of the kit lands is actually behind the plastic bumper cover, not directly visible from the outside.
To get the foam in I was able to remove and reinstall the jack bracket without taking any part of the interior apart.
You get the 4 bolts out (Be careful not to drop any or you will be going to autozone to by the 59 inch wifi borescope with a maget tip. It's $68 and most locations have it in stock. Ask me how I know.), then lift up on the left side of the bracket to free the two metal hook tabs from their holes (it takes some force), then push the top to the left to slide the upper plastic standoff out, then push the right side down to slide the lower plastic standoff off. Then you can fish the bracket out of the opening.
To reinstall it's the same in reverse initially to get the plastic standoffs in, then just lay the left side in place and don't try to get the hook tabs in their holes yet. place a finger over the lower metal tab on the left so you can feel it and feel the hole it will pop in to. Then lift up on the whole bracket and strain it just enough until the bottom tab clears it's edge and pops in. The upper metal tab is easy after that. Finally reinstall the bolts.
While the bracket is out stuff any kind of large foam down all around where the bottom end of the toll kit lands. Especially you need to put some bulk to the right (toward the front of the truck) to prevent the tool kit from sliding forward (which would then allow the top to fall down). I used a few pieces of floor cushion like used in gyms around weights etc. Home depot or lowes sells them for putting in your garage or play room etc. And a few small pieces up around where the top of the tire iron rests just under and to the left of the jack.
With the jack out of the bracket, the gap in front of the bracket is big enough to fish the tire iron kit in. Then put the jack back in the bracket.
Then I was able to fit a trailer hitch in the jack tools cubby and still close the cover. It did fit with some slight flexing of the cover without modifying the hitch, but I did also decide to grind away a few high points to fit better, and doesn't affect anything about it's strength.
I had to ditch the anti-rattle bolt I had on there though.
I have a Quietite on order too.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CQ6HWCC
That looks like it should fit just as well, and has it's own built-in anti-rattle. I did not want a quietite if I was storing the hitch on the exterior, like strapped under the receiver or strapped inside the spare the way I had before this, because the wedge draw screw would immediately rust and seize up in NJ. But stored inside the vehicle it's no problem.
(updated video now includes removing and reinstalling the jack bracket)
It's possible to stow the jack tools kit under the jack, freeing the jack tools cubby for your own use, which I use for a trailer hitch.
There is a cavern of space between the interior panel and the body.
So much actually the tire iron bag can fall all the way down if you let it.
You have to protect the body from the jack tools from the inside of course, but even so, the bottom area where the bottom end of the kit lands is actually behind the plastic bumper cover, not directly visible from the outside.
To get the foam in I was able to remove and reinstall the jack bracket without taking any part of the interior apart.
You get the 4 bolts out (Be careful not to drop any or you will be going to autozone to by the 59 inch wifi borescope with a maget tip. It's $68 and most locations have it in stock. Ask me how I know.), then lift up on the left side of the bracket to free the two metal hook tabs from their holes (it takes some force), then push the top to the left to slide the upper plastic standoff out, then push the right side down to slide the lower plastic standoff off. Then you can fish the bracket out of the opening.
To reinstall it's the same in reverse initially to get the plastic standoffs in, then just lay the left side in place and don't try to get the hook tabs in their holes yet. place a finger over the lower metal tab on the left so you can feel it and feel the hole it will pop in to. Then lift up on the whole bracket and strain it just enough until the bottom tab clears it's edge and pops in. The upper metal tab is easy after that. Finally reinstall the bolts.
While the bracket is out stuff any kind of large foam down all around where the bottom end of the toll kit lands. Especially you need to put some bulk to the right (toward the front of the truck) to prevent the tool kit from sliding forward (which would then allow the top to fall down). I used a few pieces of floor cushion like used in gyms around weights etc. Home depot or lowes sells them for putting in your garage or play room etc. And a few small pieces up around where the top of the tire iron rests just under and to the left of the jack.
With the jack out of the bracket, the gap in front of the bracket is big enough to fish the tire iron kit in. Then put the jack back in the bracket.
Then I was able to fit a trailer hitch in the jack tools cubby and still close the cover. It did fit with some slight flexing of the cover without modifying the hitch, but I did also decide to grind away a few high points to fit better, and doesn't affect anything about it's strength.
I had to ditch the anti-rattle bolt I had on there though.
I have a Quietite on order too.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CQ6HWCC
That looks like it should fit just as well, and has it's own built-in anti-rattle. I did not want a quietite if I was storing the hitch on the exterior, like strapped under the receiver or strapped inside the spare the way I had before this, because the wedge draw screw would immediately rust and seize up in NJ. But stored inside the vehicle it's no problem.
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