Today we are going to be installing the Signature Series Fifth Wheel part...(More)

Today we are going to be installing the Signature Series Fifth Wheel part number 30061. On a 2007 new body style Chevy Silverado pickup 2500. The first thing we need to do is lower the spare tire to gain access to the under body. Next we will need to remove the heat shield or else it will be in the way during our installation. After we remove the heat shield we want to go ahead and put the rear cross member into place. As you can clearly see that we have already put the cross member in. It will be easier if you loosen or remove the bed bolts. There are 4 middle ones that if you take them out or loosen they will allow you extra room when putting the cross member back into position. Then go ahead and install the front and rear channel. You can see we have both cross members into position now. The next step will be to mount the side brackets on the side of the frame. On this 2007 new body style Chevy pickup it has this optional brake controller unit built into the dash board. All of the electronics for that unit are mounted here on the driver side frame rail. They offer an after market bracket which is part number 58318. That is what we are going to have to use to relocate this so we can get the frame bracket up into place without interfering with this. We are back on the outside of the frame rail here. We are going to show you the 6 fasteners that are holding the electronic brake control unit to the side of the frame. You can see there are five 10 mm bolts and one 13 mm here as well. Which all of them need to be removed that will give us access to the brake controller on the frame. You want to make sure to support the unit on the other side before removing the bolts because it will fall. We have removed the brake controller components and attached them to the after market bracket part number 58318. It is going to mount to the frame with the same hardware that the frame brackets are going to use. We are going to install these spacers in between this bracket and the frame well also. Now we are going to start drilling out our holes. We got our hardware installed so we will go back and tighten up the bolts. Next up we are going to show you how to install part number 27-6145 running board attachment. We have our board laying on the brackets and now it is just the simple process of lining up the bolts to meet the holes. Continue doing that all the way down the board. Now we have our board laying there and we can scoot it left or right to as we see fit. At this point we have a board the way we want it. So lets go ahead and install our hardware. The same thing applies for the rest of their brackets on the way down. There you have it for the install of the running board part number 27-6145 the black aluminum board. This install also applies to part number 27-6540 the chrome aluminum running boards. Part number 27-0025 step board assembly with the light kit. That concludes our install of part number 27-1495 our running board installation kit. So it spaces them away from each other. Now we have the mounting plate attached to the electrical brake controller unit on the inside of the frame. The next step is going to be to go ahead and put the frame brackets on. As you can see there is a cut out here that will go right around that section right around the axle. Now when this frame bracket is in position the holes align with the already existing holes. You can see we have the frame bracket in place like I said before the 5/8 x 2 inch bolt fits with most models. However with us having the brake control bracket on the other side we use the longer bolt that they provided with it. Actually bring it out this way a little more and attach the lock washer and nut here. This here is the other extra bolt holding on the brake control bracket which gets fastened with a 7/16 washer and nut. Over here to the forward most hole and again that is going to be mounted from the inside out. We are going to have to fish it through the frame with the use of this bolt leader here. Basically what we are going to do is fish this through the hole like so meet up with the bolt on the other side of the frame. Then wrap the threads with the bolt leader here and then pull it back through. Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.(Less)